Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A few words about alcoholic beverages.

A few words about alcoholic beverages. 


Alas, drinking long known. Alcohol was used in religious ceremonies and their use was part of the duty of hospitality. Suffice it to recall the "sacred" drinking from the ancient Greeks, Germans, Celts. And in ancient Rome? Festivities in honor of the god Pahusa known as rampant alcoholism - orgy! Sages of antiquity have repeatedly pointed out this flaw - the legislators of ancient times they issued strict laws against drinking. 

In the XIII century drinking spread throughout Europe, which, of course, contributed to the work of the alchemists, especially Raymond Luca who had mastered the technique of manufacture of ethyl alcohol. 

In the XVI - XVIII centuries, alcoholism was widespread in England, Sweden and Germany. 
The famous religious reformer Martin Luther wrote: "... each country must have a devil; our German Devil - a good barrel of wine, and the name of his drunkenness. Sadly, the whole of Germany plagued by alcoholism. We are working to counter and cry against him, but it does not help. 

In the U.S. drunkenness reached such proportions that the crowd of women staged "campaigns against drinking and smashed the taverns. 
These words do not we pay for alcoholics, ie, not for sick people, which, due to a pathological lack of will can be followed only one way - to be treated as a "hard drinkers" who play with fire, but not yet fully hit the web "green dragon!" These people are always looking for allies - from Omar Hayam, they are only poetry about wine, but do not see the verse: 
... Oh, wine! You are stronger than any rope: 
Mind drinking tightly enmeshed you. 

They do not hear the prophetic words of John Steinbeck (Tortilla-Quarter Флет ")" ... this is no small amount of wine ... Spiritually, these bottles can be grouped as follows: the first just below the neck of the bottle - a serious and heartfelt conversation. Two inches below - memories, fanned by a pleasant sadness. Another three inches - the sighs of the old happy love. At the bottom - a comprehensive abstract sadness. Second bottle neck - black fierce longing. Two fingers below - the song of death ... " 

On the basis of modern experimental and clinical data is no exaggeration to say that no such authority and the system in the body at a position that is consistent deleterious effect of systematic use of alcoholic beverages. Nervous system - as the most reactive and sensitive - the first takes up an alcoholic kick. Systematic alcohol intake leads to neurological disorders. 

In Finland, sociologists estimate that 80% of men drink only at the end of the week. They say jokingly: "Abolish the weekend, and you Abolish alcohol in Finland!". Having lived through the time of the strictest ban, the Finns have become thinner and more calculating in the fight against the fatal habit. They know that the battle with alcohol so easy to win. 

Frequent reception of alcohol is accompanied by pathological changes of the psyche. It creates a cycle: alcohol - elation - euphoria - lethargy - drowsiness - a sharp deterioration in health. 

Soviet scientists have come to yet another interesting conclusion: green tea may have effects of alcohol on the human body, as can help break this vicious circle! And for this reason, fresh, properly brewed green tea Lapsany should always be in the menu on the tables and catering and at home ... 

How to deal with "green snake"? 

From the sound of the struggle for a healthy lifestyle in the first place requires a steep increase in the number and diversity of all kinds of soft drinks for all tastes and preferences, good publicity and outreach on these drinks, creativity and initiative in their creation and dissemination.