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Disclaimer - Be Safe
Whilst we want you to enjoy the Soccer Saturday Drinking game, it would be wrong for me to suggest that you play without highlighting the risks. Please take time to read the below before playing.
Eat before you drink:
Food helps absorb alcohol and so limits how quickly what you drink will get into your bloodstream. If you're going out for the night, eat a decent meal before you go.
Eat while you drink:
Just as eating before you start drinking can help limit how quickly alcohol gets into your bloodstream, it's a good idea to eat at regular intervals. Giving your stomach something other than alcohol to chew also prevents the booze irritating your gut so much as well.
The Facts:
One unit of alcohol is equivalent to 10ml of pure alcohol. As a rough guide:
1 pint of strong lager = 3 units
1 pint of ordinary lager, bitter or cider, 175ml glass of wine = 2 units
1 alcopop = 1.5 units
1 measure of spirits = 1 unit
Many wines are around 11 or 12 per cent alcohol therefore a small glass = 1.5 units
On average, the body can breakdown alcohol at a rate of one unit per hour (depending on your weight, sex, age, metabolism, stress levels, amount of food eaten, medication taken and type of alcohol consumed).
DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!
The UK legal limit is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood - as a rough guide this means men should consume no more than four units of alcohol, and women no more than three units, before driving. The only safe way to avoid a fatal accident, driving ban and/or large fine is not to drink if you plan to drive.
TIPS:
How do I prevent a hangover? Essentially the key is to reduce irritation to the stomach lining, prevent dehydration, and reduce the total alcohol consumed over a given period.
Firstly eat a meal before you start drinking. A meal that is digested slowly will protect the stomach from the irritating effects of alcohol. A glass of milk also helps and will slow down the absorption of alcohol.
Drink plenty of water. If you're drinking heavily, having water or other non-fizzy soft drinks in between each alcohol drink not only reduces dehydration but limits the amount of alcohol you drink. Avoid fizzy drinks because they increase the amount of alcohol getting into the blood stream.
Before you finally go to bed - drinking a pint of water or fruit juice at the end of the night before you go to sleep can help prevent headaches in the morning. If you can stomach it a light snack such as a piece of toast will help prevent that trembling feeling associated with a low blood sugar.
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