Everyone knows that alcohol is harmful to health. But they still continue to use it extensively. Each country has its own national alcoholic beverages and even has a culture of use. Alcohol will exist and will exist for more than one generation. Although it is well known that it has harmful effects on the body, the world will not stop drinking. He is deeply rooted in our culture.
But you are not everyone, and you can resist this "food culture". Realizing just how harmful alcohol is can help you. Therefore, here you will find facts you may never know.
Fact 1. Alcohol can cause death and disability
Alcoholism is fatal early in life. In the 20-39 age group, approximately 13. 5% of deaths are related to alcohol.
Fact 2. Changes in mental state
It has been proven that long-term drinking can change a person’s mental state. There is aggression, frustration, depression, and unreasonably falling into conflict.
Fact 3. Infectious diseases
Recently, a causal relationship has been established between harmful use of alcohol and the incidence of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Fact 4. Toasting glasses slows the brain process
A glass of hearing wine will depress the brain for 12 to 15 days. With the frequent use of alcohol, the time for its harmful effects on the brain increases significantly.
Fact 5. 80% of suicides occur under alcohol
According to the conclusions of forensic examinations, nearly 80% of suicides occur under the influence of alcohol. Of all rapes, murders, robberies and robberies, more than 75% also depends on the conscience of the criminal who committed the illegal crime. Action after drinking.Fact 6. Reduce life expansion
Continuous drinking can lead to premature aging. The life expectancy of people who get drunk is 15-20 years shorter than the statistical average.
Fact 7. Alcohol inhibits sexual attraction
It is generally believed that alcohol is an aphrodisiac, and it is increasingly easy to induce people to have sex, but this is not the case. Scientists have proved that you cannot drink alcohol before having sex. In fact, alcohol slows a person's speed and prevents their erection. What happens is that the more alcohol in the blood, the faster the brain’s ability to respond to sexual stimulation decreases.
Fact 8. Alcohol has a negative impact on women’s perceptions
A group of Danish scientists surveyed 6, 120 women aged 21-45. All participants maintained regular relationships with their partners and actively tried to get pregnant. None of the participants received fertility treatment.
Every participant drinks alcohol: beer, red or white wine, dessert wine or other alcoholic beverages. The study also considered the number of sexual behaviors of each partner and the existence of bad habits (alcohol use, smoking, etc. ). During the study period, 4, 210 participants (69%) were able to become pregnant.
As a result of this study, scientists showed that only 37 women who drank alcohol (drinking 14 glasses or more per week) had only 37 successful pregnancies. Participants who abstained from alcohol-1381 women were able to become pregnant. Scientists have calculated that drinking so much alcohol will reduce the chance of pregnancy by 18%.
Fact 9. The content of ethyl alcohol in alcoholic beverages
What is ethanol? Why is it harmful to our body? "Ethanol is a highly flammable, colorless liquid with a special smell; it is an effective drug that causes excitement and then paralysis. Nervous system. "This definition is from the official GOST 183000-72 p. 5. 1 is given. Used in ethanol in 1972. Unfortunately, after this, the definition changed its essence under the pressure of the alcohol mafia, which can be traced back to GOST.
Fact 10. Disordered motor coordination
Among drunk people, heavy drinking can impair motor coordination. In order to perform normal work operations, the number of errors in the solution of any task will increase.
Fact 11. Alcohol dependence
Alcohol is a drug, and like any drug, it is addictive. Alcoholism is a serious chronic disease that is usually difficult to cure. For alcoholics, intoxication is the best mental state. This thirst is in this state to prevent a person from quitting alcohol.
Fact 12. Popular
Delusion is an alcoholic psychosis. It most often occurs in a hangover state. It is accompanied by insomnia, shaking hands, unfounded fear, auditory and visual deception (shadows, noise, sound movement). People suffering, alcoholism and addiction, react strongly to hallucinations, flee or defend themselves from pursuit.
Fact 13. Alcoholic beverages are guilty of murder
According to official data, 82% of murders in the Russian Federation are carried out under the influence of alcohol. RosPravosudie proved this. In criminal cases, they adopted 348 thousand court judgments. This is about half of the decisions made in the same period. Indicate the following in all texts: "They are drinking alcoholic beverages", "In a state of alcoholism", etc.
Fact 14. Women sleep faster than men
Facts have proved that for biological reasons, women drink water 4 times faster than men. In such a family, the degradation rate of children is increased by 5 times.
Fact 15: Alcoholism is transferred from parents to children
In a family with parents addicted, 89% of children and adolescents are also addicted. The reason is as follows:
- Lack of family ideology.
- Examples of alcoholic parents.
- Single-parent families.
- Parents lack attention.
The proportion of children with alcoholism is very small, and neither parent in the family drinks alcohol.
Fact 16. Alcohol consumption population
This "parasite" can wipe out large numbers of people. This is how the American Indians were raised not with guns but with fire and water. Let us now compare the current statistics in Russia: men use alcohol-99. 5 %, women-96. 4%. The numbers are amazing.
Fact 17. Lean towards alcohol dependence
During puberty, the human body develops and forms. Therefore, during this period, the human body is more sensitive, so dependence is formed in an accelerated manner within 2-3 years (the earlier the child drinks, the faster).
Fact 18. Alcohol can affect your personality
With the use of alcohol, children become more irritable, aggressive, increased sense of isolation, social sensitivity, degeneration, and decreased mental activity of the brain, which leads to a decline in academic performance. It is most often that young people grow up to become social communicators, and they do not understand the moral aspects of the problem.
Fact 19. The third cause of death is alcoholism
In Russia, five million people die from alcoholism every day. Poisoning is caused by toxic substances contained in alcohol. It can shorten the life expectancy by 20 years, not to mention its quality and effectiveness.
Fact 20. Alcohol affects women’s appearance
Obviously, alcohol can seriously affect women's appearance. When used, the skin ages faster, the body is destroyed, and the teeth degenerate. Women become ugly, unkempt and aggressive.
Fact 21. Accept the powerful influence of alcohol on children’s fruits
Every woman knows this, but we still meet girls or women on the street, because they are in this position and will not refuse to drink a glass of wine by themselves. However, even this glass of water can harm the child.
However, if the mother-to-be drinks alcohol regularly during pregnancy, the baby will develop Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome). These children often have deformities of external organs, arms and legs. Small, the head is out of proportion to the body. Compared with other children, these children grow up and develop slowly.
Fact 22. Negative effects
Alcohol has a negative effect on the small intestine. It changes the structure of cells, and all useful substances are no longer normally absorbed in the body. It also has a negative effect on the stomach. The mucosa is damaged, and the secretion of gastric juice is disrupted in dying epithelial cells. In this regard, alcohol can cause diseases such as gastritis, pancreatitis, various types of ulcers, and diabetes.
Fact 23. The effects of alcohol on the liver
The liver is a very important "mechanism" for our body; it can act as a filter to protect our body. Prolonged use of alcohol will cause an inflammatory process called "alcoholic dermatitis", after which the well-known "cirrhosis" occurs.
Fact 24. Alcohol and the cardiovascular system
Alcohol has a common negative effect on the heart, which increases. Active eating can cause heart attacks, strokes, and often damage the cardiovascular system. For people with heart disease, even small doses of alcohol are contraindicated.
Fact 25. Loss of family and social status
In addition to alcohol is harmful to health, it completely destroys a person's life. After a person has been drinking for many years, this can lead to family destruction, loss of work, loss of friends, self-flagellation and other consequences.
Fact 26: Effects on the kidneys
The kidneys are also very dangerous when drinking alcohol. When used regularly, they collect many toxic substances contained in alcohol, and then change the tissue of the organs and develop various diseases, such as necrosis, kidney stones, kidney failure and other diseases.
Fact 27. Brain damage
Alcohol is very dangerous to our brain. Ethanol permeates all systems of our brain. It started to cause thrombosis, after which the blood vessels ruptured and the neurons in the brain died.
Fact 28. The effect of alcohol on sperm
It's not just doctors who recommend that you stop drinking alcohol a week before the test. Retinol has a negative effect on the state of sperm. In order to improve the condition, it is necessary to abstain from alcohol for at least 3 months.
Fact 29. Women drinking is more suitable at home
No wonder you like to be attracted. Because alcohol can cause aggression and changes in human behavior, beatings often occur in such families.
Fact 30. Father’s alcoholism has a negative impact on the birth of his daughter
Why is alcoholism in fathers more dangerous than at birth of daughters? The father’s alcoholism brought great trauma to the girl, because the image of the father was projected onto the image of the entire man.
Everyone chooses to drink or not to drink. But before deciding to drink a bottle of beer, first do not think about yourself, but about the people around you. After all, we must hurt them first.