People should not drink over two units of alcohol per day: medical experts

HÀ NỘI — Health experts are advising men not drink more than two units of alcohol per day while women are advised to not drink more than one. The advice was given in advance of Lunar New Year, when many people toast Tết by drinking alcohol. Although methanol or ethanol poisoning have the same symptoms of hypothermia and hypotension, the process of methanol poisoning develops after half a day or even one, two days, he said. After drinking alcohol, people should drink filtered water to make up for lost water and dilute the blood alcohol concentration, he said. People should drink ginger juice, making blood vessels circulate better, thereby quickly dissolving alcohol in the body, he said.