Many people abstain from alcohol during Lent.
But abstinence from wine and beer can lead to the following problem.
In general, the less alcohol you drink, the better.
As a toxin, ethanol is broken down by the liver, which has to do heavy work with regular and excessive alcohol consumption.
In addition, long-term alcohol abuse triggers cancer, especially of the liver, the oral cavity, the throat * and the esophagus, as the portal
Kenn dein Limit
informs.
Those who regularly consume wine and beer also reduce their potency and promote obesity.
Refraining from alcohol helps the liver to regenerate.
It is the only organ in the body that can renew itself and even grow back, as reported by the Stuttgart Clinic.
But “cold withdrawal” also has its downsides if you make this mistake.
Many people know it from themselves: You have been over the top for several weeks and want to take a break from alcohol.
Generally an excellent idea, if you take into account that alcohol is a poison that, although it has a relaxing effect, also
promotes many diseases and problems - from sleeping problems to cirrhosis of the liver
.
As the Oberbergkliniken announced on their website, abstinence from alcohol leads to deeper sleep, an improved immune system and lower calorie intake after just two weeks.
After six weeks without it, blood values improve and blood pressure also falls.
In addition, there is more life energy.
But according to Professor Ansgar Lohse, the clinic director at the UKE Hamburg-Eppendorf, “cold alcohol withdrawal” can also have a negative effect under certain circumstances.
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A maximum of 20 grams of alcohol for men - and a two-day break per week
Refraining from alcohol is generally good for the liver, the
picture
quotes
the liver specialist.
“If after three weeks of abstinence someone shouts 'up the cups' again, it is dangerous.
This can lead to a type of hypersensitivity reaction.
Possible consequence: acute alcoholic hepatitis
”, Lohse continues.
After a break from alcohol, you should therefore not expose your body to too much alcohol all at once.
As the Leberzentrum Bern informs, chronic high alcohol consumption can lead to fatty liver and also to fatty liver inflammation.
Acute fatty liver inflammation (acute alcoholic hepatitis) is a serious to life-threatening clinical picture
.
As an expression of the reduced liver function, jaundice (jaundice) and a change in brain function (encephalopathy) can occur, according to the specialist portal.
The
picture
concludes in this context: "
Better permanently less and no radical cures - ten grams of alcohol (about a glass of sparkling wine) per day for women and 20 grams (about half a liter of beer) for men are harmless to the liver".
The German Nutrition Society also defines the maximum tolerable alcohol intake as ten grams per day for healthy women and 20 grams per day for healthy men, according to the portal
Kenn dein Limit
.
However, the Federal Center for Health Education advises that both men and women should completely refrain from alcohol for at least two days a week.
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Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network
.
More sources: https://www.oberbergkliniken.de/artikel/alkoholverzicht-ausektiven-vorteile-tipps;
https://www.klinikum-stuttgart.de/kliniken-institute-zentren/klinik-fuer-allgemein-viszeral-thorax-und-transplantationschirurgie/
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