My husband often entertains guests and drinks a lot. I often mix lemon juice with honey for him to drink. Is this method effective and safe for sobering up? (Ngan, 30 years old, Ho Chi Minh City)
Reply:
When drinking alcohol (in general, alcoholic beverages) to a certain level, you will feel drunk. Mild symptoms include dizziness, nausea, and more severe symptoms include loss of behavioral control and drowsiness.
The difference in alcohol tolerance is due to the different rates at which people metabolize ethanol. This depends on enzymes such as ADH and the antioxidant glutathione secreted by the liver. When the amount of alcohol consumed exceeds the liver's metabolic threshold, the body will become drunk.
Lemon juice, honey, lemongrass, ginger, orange juice... contain many vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, promoting the process of alcohol metabolism in the liver to take place faster, helping to reduce the feeling of drunkenness. However, these drinks do not reduce the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, only reduce the unpleasant symptoms.
Therefore, alcohol should be consumed in moderation to avoid long-term effects such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, and even liver cancer.
Doctor Dinh Tran Ngoc Mai
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
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