The medical professional shared advice on beverages to avoid during a barbecue.
** warnin' ya pal, stay away from shashlik and booze combo!**
Your favorite shashlik might not be as harmless when paired with carbonated and sweet alcoholic beverages, such as beer, champagne, or cocktails with bubbles. Here's why you should think twice before downing a cold one with your grilled meat skewers.
In an interview with "Lenta.ru", endocrinologist Galina Smirnova spilled the beans on the most dangerous drinks to wash down your shashlik.
The doc cautions against combining shashlik with carbo-sweet drinks, like beer, champagne, or cocktails with fizz. Carbonic acid, found in these drinks, speeds up alcohol absorption, leading to fast intoxication and, potentially, body poisoning. Additionally, sugar increases the drink's calorie count.
Beer ain't no friend to your waistline, packing a large amount of carbs, making it equivalent to a slice of bread in calories. Champagne and sparkling wines double the trouble, with their combo of bubbles and sugar.
pairing shashlik with these drinks puts extra strain on your stomach. According to Smirnova, your body's gotta juggle digesting heavy protein-fat grub and sobering up alcohol, which messes with the enzymes' job.
The result? A slow-moving digestion process, leaving you feeling uncomfortable and bloated. The liver's gotta burn extra energy to break down alcohol while fats and carbs from food go unused. This could lead to issues with the pancreas' function.
Now, here's a fun fact: more than half of Russians consider pork shashlik the tastiest! But to keep your health in check, consider swapping out high-calorie cocktails, beer, or champagne for a drink with fewer carbs. Opt for leaner meats, reduced charring, and unsweetened non-alcoholic beverages.
This article contains insights from research on carcinogens, metabolic effects, and digestive strain linked to consuming grilled meat and alcohol. (Synergistic carcinogenicity, obesity and chronic disease risks associated with the calorie-dense pairing of fatty meat and sugary alcohol, carbonation's potential worsening of acid reflux or indigestion with high-fat meals have been identified as key concerns.)
- Endocrinologist Galina Smirnova from Lenta.ru warns against pairing shashlik with carbonated and sweet alcoholic beverages like beer, champagne, or cocktails with bubbles, because the carbonic acid in these drinks speeds up alcohol absorption, leading to fast intoxication and potential body poisoning.
- Beer, with its high carb content, is equivalent to a slice of bread in calories and champagne and sparkling wines double the trouble due to their combination of bubbles and sugar.
- Pairing shashlik with these drinks puts extra strain on your stomach, as your body struggles to digest heavy protein-fat grub while also trying to sober up alcohol, which messes with the enzymes' job.
- As a result, you may experience a slow-moving digestion process, leaving you feeling uncomfortable and bloated, and leading to potential issues with the pancreas' function. To maintain health, consider swapping out high-calorie cocktails, beer, or champagne for drinks with fewer carbs, opting for leaner meats, reduced charring, and unsweetened non-alcoholic beverages. (This article contains insights from research on carcinogens, metabolic effects, and digestive strain linked to consuming grilled meat and alcohol.)
