Facts about alcohol and alcoholic beverages that you did not know about

In our society there are a lot of misconceptions about alcohol and alcoholic beverages. We will now give a number of proven facts. They will dispel many stereotypes concerning the use of alcohol: for treatment, warming and under stress. In addition, we will tell interesting facts about alcoholic beverages.

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• Alcohol
  
• Alcoholic drinks

Alcohol

Helps in the treatment of

In everyday life, alcohol is often taken as a treatment: vodka, vodka with pepper, raspberry tincture, etc., supposedly it helps to kill the virus, and also helps to sweat,which has a beneficial effect on recovery. This is a bit wrong.

In very small quantities, alcohol is really useful in the treatment of , only positively affecting the immune system, but no more: the miraculous power of treatment does not have alcohol. For example, it is useful to drink a small amount of warmed wine. In relatively large quantities, alcohol is harmful, as it weakens the immune system, which can even worsen the patient's condition.

Warms up the

Traditionally, many men, and sometimes women, get warm to take alcohol, after all, it's not by chance that spirits are called "hot".But in fact, there is a similar situation with the previous one. Alcoholic drinks by themselves do not warm, they only contribute to the processes that lead to warming, but only if a person takes a small amount of alcohol.

Having taken 50 grams of vodka or cognac, but no more, this amount of alcohol will expand the blood vessels, increasing blood supply to the organs, which will slightly increase body temperature and help warm up the .But taking more alcohol increases the blood flow to the skin, resulting in a temporary feeling of warmth, but because of the increase in heat transfer, the person will become even colder than it was before drinking, while it will be difficult to keep warm.

Relieves nerve strain

Many people try to relieve nervous tension and stress with alcohol, but this is not the best way. Someone can be helped and a small( just a small) amount of alcohol, which contributes to the release of the hormone endorphin, which increases mood. But this is somewhat risky, since in a state of severe stress it is very difficult to observe the norm and not abuse drinking. In addition, on some alcohol acts differently, they on the contrary - they fall into a big depression. In this case, it is better to take a hot bath or soothing.

Alcoholic beverages

Whiskey and Whiskey

Did you notice that some brands of whiskey have a different spelling of their name? One brand of whiskey is called "Whiskey" and the other is "Whiskey".Do not think this is not a mistake and not a fake. The "Whiskey" writing variant is used for Irish and American whiskeys when, under "Whiskey", they label the Scottish and Canadian kind of a hot drink.

Bourbon not in Bourbon

Everyone knew the bourbon liquor was named after the homonymous county in the US state of Kentucky. Today, bourbon is no longer produced in this district, but the well-known name has become a brand name and still flaunts on the bottles of this hot drink.

The color of the elite drink

We are used to that elite booze, such as: whiskey, cognac, brandy, and bourbon - have an aristocratic brownish-golden hue. In fact, they are given such a rich color for a long period of aging the drink in special barrels, which arises from the long storage there.

Alcohol cocktails

According to statistics, in a solid liquor-filled bar, you can cook more than 17 million cocktails.

The strongest alcohol

The highest degree consistency has medical alcohol - 96 °.This is due to the fact that 100 ° alcohol itself can not exist due to the fact that being in any capacity, and with a transfusion, it absorbs moisture from the air, thereby diluting it.

"Playful" champagne

We all know the distinctive feature of champagne - bubbles. It turns out that in an ordinary bottle of champagne there are about 250 million bubbles.