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Here
are our Top Tips - if you have any that you would like us to add please
email Mel at ChalderM@cardiff.ac.uk or Lorna
at CoombesL@cardiff.ac.uk. |
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Pace yourself - one unit of alcohol takes an hour to go through your system
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Eating carbohydrates like pasta, bread or chips slow down the effects
of alcohol |
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Black coffee never sobers you up – the only thing that will is time
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Watch out for ‘alcopops’ - they have a higher alcohol content
than most beers or lagers
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5. Remember - fizzy alcoholic drinks get you drunk more quickly than non-fizzy
drinks
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6. Avoid eating dairy products if you’re going to have a drink –
they just don’t mix!
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Don’t overdo it - after a few drinks you may feel happy but alcohol
is actually depressant |
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to avoid a hangover, drink as much water as you did alcohol |
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in Wales, 90% of boys and 88% of girls under the age of 15 have tasted alcohol
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your brain shrinks for a while when you’ve been drinking alcohol
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the NHS spends £160 million treating alcoholics each year
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the size of your body makes difference to how quickly you get drunk |
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drinking alcohol kills more young people every year than heroin or Ecstasy |
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15% of road deaths are alcohol-related
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when you vomit, the orange bits aren’t carrots – they’re
part of your stomach lining
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each year, 1000 young people under the age of 15 go to hospital with alcohol
poisoning
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some bottles of strong cider contains more alcohol than a man should drink
in a week |
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alcohol affects women more quickly than men |
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For
more information, or if you would like to add to our list of 'Top Tips'
then please email Mel at ChalderM@cardiff.ac.uk
or Lorna at CoombesL@cardiff.ac.uk. |
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Click
here to see our favourite alcohol-related websites... |
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This
page was created on 11/02/03
Page created by Nina Smalley |
