The "opening way" of drinking in winter

After winter, many people like to drink alcohol to drive away cold, relieve muscles and revitalize the blood
.
Some people are used to having a few drinks and slightly drunk; Some people seek to be hearty and have a good drink; There are also people who are greedy and afraid of getting drunk, so they take a few "hangover pills"
before drinking.
Drinking, what kind of "opening method" is the safest and healthiest?

The Sichuan Provincial Market Supervision Bureau and the Sichuan Food Inspection and Research Institute jointly issued a liquor consumption reminder that when buying prepackaged liquor, you should choose formal places
such as supermarkets or tobacco and alcohol specialty stores.

Wang Qiao, senior engineer of Sichuan Food Inspection and Research Institute, reminded consumers to pay attention to the following points
when purchasing.

Look at the label From the label, you can intuitively understand the product name, aroma, alcohol, ingredient list and other information
.
According to the new standards for the liquor series implemented on June 1 this year, if there are non-grain raw materials and/or food additives in the label ingredient list, it means that it is not a real liquor, but a formulated wine
.

Look at the packaging Pay attention to check whether the bottle seal is tightly packed and whether the bottle body has cracks and trachoma
.
If there are the above problems, the product is easy to run "degree" and loss, should be purchased with caution
.

If the product is packaged in colorless or light-colored transparent glass bottles, the bottle can be slowly inverted and observed
by sunlight or light.
The liquor should be free of suspended matter, clear and transparent, and some sauce-flavored liquor may be slightly yellow, which is normal
.

Compared with pre-packaged liquor, bulk liquor is relatively cheap, and consumers can flexibly control the amount of each purchase, so they have a larger consumer group
.
However, compared with pre-packaged liquor, the problems of over-range sweetener and plasticizer pollution in bulk liquor are more concentrated
.
Therefore, do not buy "unidentified" bulk liquor
.
Specifically, the following three points should be noted:

First of all, you should go to a small liquor production workshop with legal qualifications, complete licenses, fixed places, and a good reputation to buy from bulk liquor sales points, carefully check whether the label content is complete, and ask for bills
.
When consuming bulk liquor in food service establishments, it is necessary to check whether there are any documents of conformity, and avoid buying or drinking bulk liquor
from unknown sources and significantly below the market price.

Secondly, try to avoid buying liquor containing plastic products, liquor is usually higher in alcohol, good alcohol solubility, and it is easier to precipitate plasticizers when the wine body is in contact with plastic products containing plasticizers
.
Plasticizers are not easy to excrete after entering the human body, and long-term drinking of a large amount of such liquor may affect endocrine and bring serious health risks
.

Third, you can pour the bulk liquor into a transparent bottle, and observe the properties and color
of the liquor according to the pre-packaged liquor.

The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2022)" points out that to "control sugar and limit alcohol", adult men should drink no more than 25 grams of alcohol a day, and adult women should not exceed 15 grams
.
Taking liquor with an alcohol content of 38% as an example, adult men should not drink more than 75 ml a day, and women should not drink more than 50 ml
.

Do not drink alcohol on an empty stomach or drink rushed alcohol
.
Alcohol absorption is faster on an empty stomach, and it is easy to get drunk; Do not drink rushed alcohol, and eat more during drinking to slow down alcohol absorption
.
Some milk thistle products on the Internet, although they claim to make people "not drunk in a thousand cups", are mostly gimmicks
.
Wang Qiao explained that the ingredients of milk thistle products are mainly milk thistle extract or milk thistle extract combined with other raw materials, which does not immediately cure alcohol or increase the amount of alcohol
.
In fact, no food can make alcohol harmless, and the best way to reduce the risk of alcoholic liver disease is not to drink alcohol
.

Avoid mixed drinks
.
The composition of various liquors is different, and mixed drinking is easy to get on the head and get drunk, resulting in physical discomfort and slower
recovery.

Minors, pregnant women, nursing mothers and other special groups should not drink alcohol; People who "blush when drinking" should also not drink alcohol, such people may cause alcoholic liver disease and even liver cancer
due to insufficient acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the body.

Alcohol
consumption is prohibited during special periods such as driving vehicles, working at heights, and taking cephalosporin antibiotics.

As the saying goes, "wine is the fragrance of aging", but not all liquor is suitable for long-term storage
.

First, the esters in the wine body will be hydrolyzed with the storage time, especially low-strength liquor (less than 40% alcohol), and may also appear "water taste" and quality due to ethanol volatilization leading to reduced alcohol content
.
For long-term storage, it is recommended to choose liquor
with an alcohol content of more than 50%.

Second, the opened bottle of liquor should not be left for
a long time.
Due to the insufficient sealing degree after opening the bottle, it is easy to cause ethanol and aroma components to volatilize, resulting in insufficient aroma and quality degradation of the wine, and the liquor after opening the bottle should be drunk
as soon as possible.
In addition, when storing, try to choose a cool, dry area with a small amount of air movement
.

(Li Jian)

China Food News(November 24, 2022, Version 06)

(Responsible editor: Zhu Meiqiao)