Core tip: the new study, completed by scientists at Chungnan National University, studied the incidence of hypertension in 1763 Korean male subjects. Among the participants, 527 were fond of blushing after drinking, 948 did not blush after drinking, and 288 did not drink. The results showed that compared with nondrinkers, participants in the blush group doubled their risk of hypertension by drinking four drinks a week
The new study, completed by scientists at Chungnan National University, studied the incidence of hypertension in 1763 Korean male subjects. Among the participants, 527 were fond of blushing after drinking, 948 did not blush after drinking, and 288 did not drink. The results showed that compared with those who did not drink alcohol, the risk of hypertension in the blush group doubled when they drank four drinks a week; the risk of hypertension in the nonblushing group increased only when they drank more than eight drinks a week. That is to say, even a small amount of alcohol drinking will increase the risk of high blood pressure.
Jin Zhongcheng, director of the family medicine department at Zhongnan National University, said the results were still valid after excluding factors such as age, body mass index, eating habits, exercise, and smoking.
For a long time, blushing after drinking has been considered a symptom of alcohol sensitivity or alcohol intolerance. According to Kim, blushing after drinking is common in people whose bodies cannot decompose acetaldehyde (the first step in alcohol metabolism), especially in women in East Asia. Acetaldehyde can cause subcutaneous and peripheral vasodilation, reduce the blood flow of the main internal organs of the body. To make up for this, the body produces certain hormones that cause blood pressure to rise. Scientists suggest that people who drink and blush should control the amount of alcohol they drink to prevent high blood pressure.
As we all know, alcohol injures the liver, and drinking too much will aggravate the liver burden. And there was a rumor on Weibo that drinking on the face increased the risk of esophageal cancer. Although this statement has not been confirmed by experts, experts remind us that "on the face" is a signal that people don't want to drink anymore. When drinking on the face, you might as well drink some honey water, which can promote the decomposition and absorption of alcohol, reduce headache symptoms, and timely drink fruit juice or sugar water, which can play a protective role on the liver.