Myths About Alcohol That Couldn’t Be Farther From The Truth

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1. Myth: Eating before you drink can prevent you from getting drunk.

Alcohol is absorbed through the lining of your stomach, so filling your stomach with food can slow down the rate at which alcohol is absorbed, but not prevent it. In any case, your stomach empties out eventually, after which the alcohol is absorbed much faster.

2. Myth: There’s no harm in drinking now and then.

One drink per day for women and two drinks for men is the recommended limit. You may think that you’re safe if you don’t drink during the week but binge on the weekends, but binge drinking takes a severe toll on your health.

3. Myth: You’ll sleep better after drinking.

Alcohol may make it easier for you to fall asleep, but it affects sleep quality and duration, preventing you from feeling rested the next day.

4. Myth: Some people have a higher tolerance, so they can drink more.

People assume that they have a higher tolerance because they can drink a lot of alcohol without feeling the effects. What this actually means is that their bodies are not giving them the usual cues that indicate that they’ve had too much to drink, thereby putting them at a disadvantage.

5. Myth: Mixing alcohol with energy drinks makes you more intoxicated.

Energy drinks are loaded with caffeine, which gives you an energy rush, but they don’t affect your level of intoxication. The reason why you should avoid mixing them with your drinks is because they prevent you from realising how drunk or tired you are, causing you to push yourself past your limits.

6. Myth: Puking helps you sober up and prevents hangovers.

Alcohol starts getting absorbed into your bloodstream almost immediately after you start drinking, and by the time you’re puking there’s enough of it buzzing around your system to guarantee a hangover. Getting rid of the little bit that hasn’t been absorbed will prevent it from making the hangover worse, but won’t prevent the hangover altogether.

7. Myth: Eating before you sleep can reduce your hangover.

You’ve probably made a few trips to your local pizza or frankie joint in the middle of the night, hoping that eating will prevent your hangover. Unfortunately, by the time the food hits your stomach, most of the alcohol has already been absorbed into your bloodstream. The greasy food may do more harm than good, because it can cause acidity on top of the dehydration your system is already facing.

 

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8. Myth: The older the wine, the better.

Some of the best wines are hundreds of years old, but many wines are intended to be consumed within a year of two of production. Keeping them around for longer won’t improve their quality or flavour.

9. Myth: Darker alcohols are healthier.

Darker alcohols like darker beers and whiskies do contain more antioxidants than their counterparts, but unfortunately they also contain more cogeners. These are toxic substances generated by the manufacturing process. Darker alcohols have more calories too.

2. The Myth: Beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you’re in the clear.

The reigning belief is that beer is a “softer” drink that can’t cause drunkenness as quickly as, say, shots of vodka. Switching to hard liquor after a few beers can make the feeling come on too fast... usually resulting in vomit (or so the myth goes). So, starting with the hard stuff and then slowing down with beer should prevent the spins, right? Not so much.

The Fact: The amount you drink matters more than the type of drinks you consume or how you mix them. Drinking too much of any alcohol too quickly can make you sick, whether it's wine, beer, or liquor. No matter what you're drinking, pacing is key.

The Myth: Dark beer is higher in alcohol than light beer.

Dark beers just look like they’re thicker, fuller in taste, and higher in carbs and calories. Many also assume blacker brews, like porters and ales, are higher in alcohol.

The Fact: While many “light” beers are in fact lighter in hue, color is not the sole indicator of a light-bodied, lower-calorie brew. Beer’s color depends on the type of grain it was made from. Some dark beers, like stout, are actually lower in both alcohol and calories than their paler cousins. To be certain about a beer’s true flavor and alcohol content, ask your bartender or beer distributor.

It's a nice thought: Taking a pill now will help prevent feeling awful in the morning. But while those preemptive efforts to stave off a thudding headache may seem wise, ultimately they don’t pay off.

The Fact: Taking painkillers before pain sets in won’t help—the med’s power will wear off before that headache comes on. A word of caution: Absolutely do not take aspirin or ibuprofen while still drinking. The painkillers can erode the stomach lining, which, coupled with the stomach irritants in alcohol, can cause liver inflammation and allow more alcohol into the bloodstream, resulting in potential liver damage and a higher-than-normal Blood Alcohol Content (Talk about counterproductive!).

Taking ibuprofen or another pain reliever the morning after, however, can help relieve temporary pains.

 

[indianBong]

One drink per day for women and two drinks for men is the recommended limit. You may think that you’re safe if you don’t drink during the week but binge on the weekends, but binge drinking takes a severe toll on your health.

two drink bole to??? amount??? beer contain diff amount of alcohol compared to whiskey.......

 

[Foo_Fighter]

350 ml beer amount to 1 normal drink (whiskey) is the estimated amount.

 

[Shot-Caller]

No. 4 is not a myth.

 

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How to prevent hangover:

When you get home, drink no less an amount of water than you consumed alcohol in the previous hours. My 8th grade el. school chem. teacher taught us that.....by the time i got to 1st year high school i had tested it to great success.

I drink only when protocol demands it though.

 

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How to prevent hangover:

When you get home, drink no less an amount of water than you consumed alcohol in the previous hours. My 8th grade el. school chem. teacher taught us that.....by the time i got to 1st year high school i had tested it to great success.

I drink only when protocol demands it though.

I have found popping a disprin before going to bed helps.

 

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I have found popping a disprin before going to bed helps.

Well, sure, aspirin might work, i wouldn't know, never tried it.
However, i find guzzling pills to be a less preferential solution to natural chemistry processes that occur if you do it the way i described.
General rule is also, don't mix pills with alcohol. I've seen one or two effects of painkillers + alcohol, it's not nice. Although you take a harmless one and after drinking, i still feel there's a stigma attached to it.

 

[kṣamā]

Though I never drink like a tanker, I consume reasonable amounts of alcohol, but never I have experienced headaches and all in the morning.

 

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Myth: A drink with diet cola will keep me sharp

Actually, it won’t, nor will sipping coffee keep you sober. "Having caffeine with alcohol is actually more dangerous," Dr. Walters says, "because you feel more energized and may drink past what you should."

Myth: I’ve had one drink in an hour, so I’m safe to drive

While it’s true that it takes one hour for men’s bodies to metabolize one drink, Dr. Urschel suggests that women wait at least an hour and a half, due to our unique physiology.

Even then, he says, "you can’t trust your judgment once you’re buzzed," and you’ll probably feel buzzed sooner than you think. The longer you wait to drive, the more sober you’ll feel and the lower your BAC will be.

Myth: I don’t get as drunk when I drink vodka

Truth is, any hard liquor will get you drunk just as fast—but darker liquors might make you feel worse the next day, Dr. Walters says.

That’s because brown liquors (think: whiskey and rum) contain impurities called congeners, byproducts of fermentation that can bottleneck in the body while enzymes in the stomach and liver try to convert them to water, leading to intense hangovers.

 

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Why don't you retards stop drinking alcohol, instead of trying to find fixes after you have drank? Obviously, it's not good for anyone?

Retards ?!!

Tell that to Omar Khayyám.

Meanwhile , check this thread out :

Whisky..

 

[T90TankGuy]

I have found popping a disprin before going to bed helps.

It does !!!!
The Myth: Beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you’re in the clear.
also i heard this saying a different way
Whiskey before beer have no fear, beer before whisky is risky!!!!

 

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Not tried this one..

There's No Cure for a Hangover

It turns out that there is a cure, and a wondrous one at that: the bacon sandwich. And no, as far as we're aware this isn't some marketing team-up between the world's breweries and pork farmers -- there's totally legit science involved.

Sandwich science is obviously the best kind of science.

Those findings were the result of British-led research that came just a few years after the British-led research that said there was no such thing as a hangover cure, leading us to assume that the Brits, being the world's most hungover people, are simply desperate for a cure.

It turns out that the hangover-slaying superpowers of the bacon sandwich are a happy accident of its two constituent ingredients, bacon and bread. The bread is loaded with carbohydrates, while the bacon is full of protein that the body breaks down into amino acids, an important player in your body's overall level of feelgoodness. And while we've shown you before that drinking doesn't kill your brain cells, booze does cause you to lose neurotransmitters, i.e., those chemicals in your brain that allow you to do things like think and breathe and control your innate desire to dance the sexiest version of the robot possible. But the amino-rich wonder-food that is bacon tops those right back up, helping to clear up that feeling that gremlins came in the middle of the night and replaced your brain with a pincushion.

"Time to go perform some surgeries and then get my drink on again."

So add it all up and it means that, so long as you remember to stock up on bacon and bread beforehand, you can feel free to get tanked without fearing the repercussions. Assuming you trust yourself to fry splattering, greasy food while your head feels like John Bonham's bass drum during a never-ending drum solo, that is. So maybe go with that precooked bacon -- you know, the kind you just pop in the microwave?

 

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Prove that Omar Khayam ever drank alcohol or deactivate your account here.

He died in 1131 AD, I didnt have the privilege of having a drink with him.

As regards my account, I didnt seek your permission to open it, I do not need your views to deactivate it either.

Now run along..

 

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