alcohol

If you have a habit of smoking avidly while drinking alcohol, you should know that you are at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning, according to a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Indeed, it exists. It has been created by the American company Bytox, and has just arrived in Spain. It is applied 45 minutes before consuming alcohol and it is removed 8 hours after ingesting the last drink. It is registered with the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition as a food supplement, it was created by a doctor in the USA and it has been specially designed to effectively replace the loss of vital levels of vitamins and acids that occurs when they are consumed. alcoholic drinks.

The speed at which you consume alcohol can be influenced by the shape of the glass in which it is served, according to a study from the University of Bristol (UK) published in the journal 'PLoS One'. As Angela Attwood and her colleagues at the School of Experimental Psychology have found, curved glasses at the upper end invite you to drink beer twice as fast as if you use straight glasses.

Taking two tablespoons of oil or a yogurt before consuming alcohol does not prevent drunkenness. It is also not true that the hangover disappears by drinking tomato juice or having a beer for breakfast. Much less running to "sweat" the extra drinks we have ingested.

According to an American study from the Universities of Cincinnati, Pennsylvania, Rutgers and Texas, lasting marriages have a beneficial effect on alcohol consumption in men, which is significantly reduced compared to the consumption of singles, widowers and divorcees. However, the researchers found that married women drink more than divorced women - except in the first years of separation - and widows, because they live with men who generally drink more than they do. The conclusions of the work have been announced at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

High alcohol consumption during adolescence is dangerous as it can affect the brain, which during this stage is in full development. Now, a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reveals that, in addition, certain patterns in an adolescent's brain activity help predict whether the young person in question will end up having problems with alcohol consumption.

Thanks to new technologies, today it is possible to be connected at all hours and check email or social networks at any time. This makes many people unable to resist the temptation to enter their Factbook profile or check their Twitter account at all times. A study that will be published in the journal Psychological Science affirms that social networks cause more addiction than alcohol and tobacco.

For the first time, a study has confirmed that men and women who drink alcohol continuously suffer to a greater extent abdominal obesity, related to mortality in adults. The effect of alcohol on accumulated fat is greater in the case of beer than in that of wine, although both have a marked effect on this adiposity.