Do you Need to Take Care of Your Liver? Go at Least Three Days in a Row Without Trying Alcohol

Do you Need to Take Care of Your Liver? Go at Least Three Days in a Row Without Trying Alcohol – One of the results of the International Liver Congress 2022 was related to alcohol consumption and the health of this organ. At the event, which brought together world experts in London, the newspaper El Paris interviewed some professionals about the right amount of liquor the body can tolerate. We tell you what the hematologists revealed:

Three Days in A Row Without Trying Alcohol

It is the key! Last at least three days in a row a week without trying alcohol. Of course, when it comes to liquor consumption, zero is the best amount, but hematologists suggest this alternative for those who can’t resist a drink.

“It’s not that we tell persons they can’t drink anything; [it is about] maintaining three days without drinking each week,” Aleksander Krage, Deputy Secretary General of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), explained to El País. 

Krag also stressed the importance of consuming no more than five units of alcohol at one time and no more than ten units a week. It is essential to clarify that a team does not correspond to a drink: a full glass of wine equals three units; a 333-milliliter can of beer is 1.5, and a shot of a high-proof liquor is one unit.

The deputy secretary clarified that these recommendations are based on the fact that the liver is an organ with a high volume for regeneration, and therefore

the amounts previously described can tolerate, but that does not mean that they recommend

Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Colombia

How much liquor is drunk in the country?  

Let’s start with the detail that alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance in Colombia and the rest of the world. In 2019, DANE carried out the National Survey on the Consumption of Psychoactive Substances: regarding the consumption of alcoholic beverages, 84% of people aged 12 to 65 reported having consumed it at some time in their life, and 54.5% finished it in the last year and 30.1% in the previous month.

According to this entity, it estimates that there are 1,461,000 people with risky alcohol consumption and 995,000 people with dependency patterns in the country.

On the other hand, in the National Study of the Consumption of Psychoactive Substances in the Colombian School Population – 2016, 69.2% of schoolchildren declared having consumed an alcoholic beverage in their life, 70.4% were women, and 68.1% % were men.

Incentives to Reduce Liquor Consumption

Bearing in mind this context in Colombia and the world, there is no doubt about the importance of having a moderate intake of alcohol. Let us remember that the main suggestion of the scientists who attended the 2022 International Liver Congress is that after drinking liquor, we should take a break for three consecutive days to detoxify the body to improve.

In addition, hematologists emphasized prevention. They stated that the best solution to limit risks and consumption would be to increase the price of bottles in the same way as that of cigarette boxes and establish a notable reduction in the promotion of liquor.

Recommendations to Take Care of The Liver – Take Care of Your Liver

As we mentioned previously, your well-being requires you to moderate your consumption of liquor since excess of this can cause severe liver damage. In addition, other practices help protect the liver; the American Liver Foundation provides the following tips:

• Maintain a healthy weight. If you are obese or overweight, you risk fatty liver.
• Eat a balanced diet. Avoid foods high in calories, saturated fat, refined carbohydrates (such as white bread, white rice, and regular pasta), and sugars.
• Exercise regularly. Regular physical activity helps burn triglycerides and can also reduce liver fat.
• Get vaccinated. There are vaccines against hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
• Have safe sex practices. Unprotected sex or sex with many partners increases the risk of getting hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

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