Alcohol consumption has become a part of people's lives, and it is impossible to imagine vacations and fun without it. Everyone should know how much they can drink so as not to harm their health and not suffer from a hangover.
How to calculate hangover alcohol rate
In homage to tradition, people drink various alcoholic beverages at the table and during the break. But everyone wants to avoid a morning hangover, to preserve their health. With regular consumption of intoxicants, the risk of alcohol dependence increases. Anyone can find a relatively safe alcohol level for themselves.
There is a special formula by which you can find out the dose of a single drink, when it is guaranteed that you will be able to avoid hangover syndrome: 1. 5 ml of pure alcohol per 1 kg of body weight. Taking into account that vodka contains 40% alcohol, as for this type of alcohol, you can drink 3. 75 ml per 1 kg of weight at a time. If the drink is spread on time for 4-5 hours, the dose of alcohol can be increased by 25%.
It is imperative to take age and gender into account. The older a person is, the more difficult it is for the body to cope with the effects of alcohol exposure. The allowed rate for women will be half that for men. The presence of various additives, colors or flavors also aggravates the alcohol syndrome, so the side effect of such drinks will be more severe than that of pure vodka.
There are other conditions in which a hangover cannot be avoided, even if the drinking rule is adhered to:
- mix different alcoholic beverages;
- reception of strong alcohol cocktails and carbonated drinks;
- drink after a sleepless night;
- smoking while drinking intoxicating;
- drinking alcohol on an empty stomach or with fatty foods;
- failure to comply with a 20-25 minute break between toasts.
The best way to avoid a hangover is to drink in moderation.
How much alcohol can you drink a day without harming the body?
When alcoholic beverages are consumed, a great burden falls on the liver due to the toxicity of ethanol. But the human brain is more sensitive to alcohol, in which the irreversible destruction of cells begins with the constant consumption of alcohol. The neural network cannot recover until the next drink. If you do not know how much vodka you can drink and in what time interval, it can cause irreparable harm to your health.
Alcohol damages other organs of the human body, but they handle the load a little better than the brain and they recover faster if the norm is observed and there is enough time between drinks.
The limit of the ability of a healthy person to process alcohol is 2, 4 ml of pure alcohol per 1 kg of mass per day, and in terms of vodka - 6 ml. After consuming such a rate, you need to take a break of 8 days so that the body can recover and return to normal.
How much alcohol can you drink without risk of sleeping?
The appearance of alcohol dependence does not always depend on the volume of alcohol consumed. To a greater extent, the cause is hereditary predisposition and psychological factors. Even people who drink heavily when necessary can go without drinking for a long time. But drinking regularly can become addicting and addicting over time.
There is a term "critical dose": this is the maximum dose that a person can drink without risking falling into stage 2-3 of alcoholism, when control over consciousness is lost and drunkenness begins with a severe hangover.
A person who suspects that they are developing alcohol dependence should know roughly what stage they are in. This is important to prevent the disease from progressing and at least to stay stable at this level.
These people must remember how much vodka they need to drink so as not to sink even lower and, showing willpower, stick to their norm while still being able to control themselves. Increasing the volume of alcohol can lead to recklessness and binge drinking.
People who consume in moderation and balance in the first and second stage of alcoholism can drink 100-300 g of vodka 1-4 times a month. This will cause very little harm to the body and prevent it from becoming more dependent on alcohol, which may go unnoticed by the drinker.
Those who are already dependent on alcohol should stop drinking alcohol completely. Any dose, regardless of the species and variety, increases the probability of relapse and adversely affects health.
The age of the drinker must be taken into account. Those under the age of 20 are more likely to sleep. Middle-aged men take the consequences more easily.
Dosage of different types of alcohol.
Any volume of ethyl alcohol is dangerous to health. You should be careful even when consuming alcohol-based drugs and follow the rules for taking them. Do not ignore your gender (men are more resistant to the effects of ethanol) and forget about health problems and related diseases.
If there is no individual intolerance to certain types of alcohol, you should first pay attention to the strength of the drink. With the same volume of alcohol, varieties of different ethyl content will have different effects on a person.
Drinks that contain colors, flavors and various types of flavors are much more harmful than good cognac or natural wines. Taking into account the individual characteristics of the body, each person has their own level of alcohol.
There is no exact figure that indicates how much alcohol each person can drink, but the approximate rate is as follows:
- vodka or cognac - 75 ml;
- wine - 400 ml;
- beer - 500 ml.
Mixing of different types of alcohol should not be allowed, in case of violation of these rules, the harmful effects of alcohol are greatly increased. Women are advised to drink half the male dose. But even the minimal daily intake of intoxicants can lead to alcoholism if drunk regularly.
Who shouldn't drink alcohol?
There are categories of people who are contraindicated to consume any amount of vodka per day:
- people with stage 2-3 of alcohol dependence;
- epileptics;
- those who have suffered a concussion or head injury;
- excitable, aggressive and conflictive personalities who lose control of themselves after drinking.
People with various diseases should refrain from consuming alcohol and, in exceptional cases, drink only with the permission of a doctor.