Lies # 1. Beer is a harmless alternative to strong alcoholic beverages.
Many people naively believe that beer is even useful. Since it serves as a kind of substitute for stronger drinks. Undoubtedly, beer also contains alcohol, but its small amount and moderate use of beer is completely harmless.
In fact: beer is the most harmful and meanest alcoholic beverage.
One bottle of beer corresponds to 50-100 grams of vodka. So, if you drink 5-6 bottles of beer, you get a dose of ethyl alcohol, which is equal to a bottle of vodka. In addition, beer can not always be classified as low-alcohol beverages, since in many beers alcohol content reaches 14%.
Beer does not displace, but exacerbates the use of strong alcoholic beverages. So, according to statistics, the use of vodka grows proportionally with the use of beer. Many people like to drink at the same time vodka with beer (the so-called "ruff") to speed up the process of intoxication. Remember the catch phrase - "Vodka without beer - money to the wind."
The meanness of beer lies in the misconception that drinking a couple of bottles with friends does not mean anything, at the same time, a person who drinks a bottle of vodka daily is an obvious alcoholic. But, as already mentioned above, a bottle of vodka corresponds to two or three liters of beer.
More beer is more dangerous than vodka in that beer alcoholism can develop several times faster than vodka.
Lies number 2. Beer alcoholism is a fictional problem.
Many people, especially young people, believe that there is no beer dependency. Again, because of the weakness of this alcoholic beverage.
In fact: Beer alcoholism is a serious psychological illness.
According to narcologists, beer alcoholism is a heavy, hard-to-treat type of alcoholism. People sick with beer alcoholism deny their disease, they are also characterized by a lack of adequate criticism to their condition. Remember, no alcoholic will agree that he is an alcoholic. Because of the taste (not as "nasty" as vodka), the presence of sedative (soothing) components, as well as the reputation of a low-alcohol drink, it is more difficult to fight the craving for beer than with the attraction to vodka.
Not the least role is played by ease of use. You can drink anywhere - at home or on the street. Not even the presence of a served table, you can drink directly from the bottle, right on the go. There is no need for a snack. And most importantly - you can drink alone and without any reason.
Lies number 3. Beer is good for the body .
Beer contains substances useful for the body. For example, silicon, which prevents atrophy of the brain, speech disorders and disorientation. Also, beer is rich in B vitamins. Some people claim that beer is useful for digestion, because it contains vegetable starch compounds that help to produce gastric juice. It is useful for kidneys, if you use it as a diuretic. In addition, beer has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, soothes, relieves stress and irritability, improves mood.
In fact: The use of beer destroys the cells of the brain, increases the heart, destroys the nervous system, causes varicose veins. Abuse of beer increases the burden on the kidneys. And the content of vitamins is extremely low.
Alcohol (in any amount) destroys the cells of the brain. In addition, beer contains cadaverine (in micro doses) - an analogue of cadaveric poison.
Frequent use of beer has a detrimental effect on human intelligence, reducing its ability to memorize and learn, weakening memory, which ultimately leads to dementia.
Affects the use of beer and the main motor of the body - the heart. It is proved that due to the presence of cobalt in beer, which is used as a stabilizer of beer foam, the heart becomes flabby, its walls thicken, the heart cavities expand, inflammatory processes in the digestive organs (stomach, esophagus) develop. And the saturation of beer with carbon dioxide, causing the overflow of blood vessels, entails varicose veins. People who abuse beer increase the risk of developing colon cancer. Beer contains toxic substances, such as salts of heavy metals, leading to changes in the endocrine system.
Yes, vitamins in beer are present, but in extremely small doses. Misconceptions about vitamins are based on the fact that the malt is made up of beer, rich in vitamins of group B. However, during the preparation of beer, the amount of vitamins is very much reduced. As a result, the content of vitamin B1 (thiamine) is 0.005-0.15 mg / l, and vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is 0.3-1.3 mg / l. So, to provide the body with a daily requirement for this vitamin, you need to drink 10 liters of beer (the dose of ethyl alcohol corresponds to the intake of two liters of vodka). Is it not better to receive vitamins in the usual way from the usual food (fish or rice, for example)?
Still in beer there are ions of potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine. When drinking a lot of beer sharply increases the formation of urine and increases the excretion of sodium and chlorine by the kidneys. That in the end result leads to the washing out of the body of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and trace elements, especially potassium and magnesium, vitamin C.
With a lack of potassium in the body, the heart rhythm is broken, there is weakness in the legs, pain in the calves, the skin becomes dry (which is especially unpleasant for women). Deficiency of magnesium leads to a sharp change in behavior - a person becomes quick-tempered, irritable, crying, sleep is broken. And with the washing away of vitamin C, intellectual abilities decrease, immunity decreases.
Beer detrimental to the nervous system. The substances contained in it create a special, somewhat stupefying, intoxicating effect, different from intoxication with strong alcoholic beverages. In addition, along with beer, a person also uses sedatives contained in it, because of which it seems to him that beer acts on him soothingly, relaxes. But over time, he begins to increase the dose of beer, affects the effect of addiction, and then without beer it will be impossible to relax or calm down. Psychotherapists and narcologists all agree that alcohol is the most aggressive of drugs, and beer alcoholism is particularly cruel.
Lies number 4. Beer is useful for childbearing function and increasing male strength.
Very often young people use beer and consider it useful for potency, and also helps in dealing with the opposite sex.
In fact: Any alcohol, even in small doses, negatively affects the sexual activity of men and women.
Due to the toxic effect on the adrenal glands, alcohol reduces the production in them of male sex hormones - androgens, which determine sexual desire. As a result - a decrease in sexual desire, and later sexual indifference.
Harm beer for men: With frequent use of beer in large quantities in the body of men, the formation of the male sex hormone testosterone is suppressed. At the same time, female sex hormones begin to develop and predominate, which inevitably entails changes in the appearance of the man. In men who abuse beer, the breast glands grow, it becomes wider than the pelvis due to the appearance of obesity by the female type.
Harm of beer for women: For women, abuse of beer is fraught with coarsening voice, and the appearance of so-called "beer whiskers." In addition, doctors do not recommend drinking beer to women during pregnancy and lactating mothers, since even the minimum amount of alcohol contained in beer can affect the child's physical and mental development.