{"id":15027,"date":"2012-11-22T23:30:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=15027"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:57:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:57:51","slug":"asian-glow-and-other-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/22\/asian-glow-and-other-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Asian Glow&#8221; and Other Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"I was out with a friend the other night having a drink and I got the dreaded \u201cAsian glow.\u201d I can\u2019t help it -- no matter how little alcohol I consume, my face turns bright cherry red.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/asian-glow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15028\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/asian-glow-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/asian-glow-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/asian-glow-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2012\/11\/asian-glow.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>My friend noticed this and teased me by calling me a lightweight.\u00a0 Of course, we both know that \u201cAsian glow\u201d isn\u2019t necessarily a sign of drunkenness but rather more of a myth.\u00a0 And, that got us talking about some of the other myths we\u2019ve heard from before and so I decided to look up them up.\r\n\r\nHere are some of the more common ones I found:\r\n\r\n<strong>MYTH:<\/strong> Coffee, cold showers, or fresh air will sober you up.\r\n\r\n<strong>FACT: <\/strong>Time is the only thing your body needs to digest and remove alcohol from its system.\u00a0 The amount of time it takes depends on your body weight and the amount of alcohol consumed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>MYTH:<\/strong> Drinking alcohol when you\u2019re cold will warm you up.\r\n\r\n<strong>FACT: <\/strong>Consuming alcohol actually lowers the body\u2019s internal temperature.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>MYTH:<\/strong> Alcohol will increase your chances at having sex.\r\n\r\n<strong>FACT:<\/strong> Even though drinking loosens our inhibitions, it can also impair the ability to have sex.\u00a0 For men, it can lead to erectile dysfunction and for women it can impair the ability to orgasm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>MYTH:<\/strong> You will get drunk by mixing drinks than by sticking to one type of alcohol.\r\n\r\n<strong>FACT: <\/strong>Alcohol is alcohol.\u00a0 Your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) \u2013 the percentage of alcohol in your blood \u2013 is what counts, not the type of beverages consumed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>MYTH:<\/strong> Drugs are a bigger problem than alcohol.\r\n\r\n<strong>FACT: <\/strong>Alcohol <em>is<\/em> a drug. Just because it\u2019s legal doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t harm you.\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FCpqTP02HzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nI also found out that combining drinks like Red Bull or Monster with alcohol, tricks your body into thinking it\u2019s not tired, making you feel less intoxicated than your body actually is which in turn can lead to alcohol poisoning.\r\n\r\nAnd, did you know that women who are on the birth control pill can get drunk much faster because metabolizing the hormones of the pill makes it more difficult to metabolize the ethanol in alcohol? Also, birth control pills take three full hours to get into your blood stream and take effect.\u00a0 Vomiting, for any reason, within that time frame reduces the effectiveness of the pill and therefore increases a woman\u2019s chance of getting pregnant if she has sex.\r\n\r\nAlcohol is certainly not required to have fun, and wanting to have fun doesn\u2019t have to mean being reckless.\u00a0 If you like to have a few drinks, knowing the facts about alcohol can help you in making more informed decisions.\u00a0 After all, having fun and staying safe isn\u2019t mutually exclusive.\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s the craziest myth you\u2019ve ever heard?\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\nVivian","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI was out with a friend the other night having a drink and I got the dreaded \u201cAsian glow.\u201d I can\u2019t help it -- no matter how little alcohol I consume, my face turns bright cherry red. My friend noticed&hellip;\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/22\/asian-glow-and-other-myths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&#8220;Asian Glow&#8221; and Other Myths&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2012\/11\/22\/asian-glow-and-other-myths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&#8220;Asian Glow&#8221; and Other Myths&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,1],"tags":[6735,88,9307],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15027"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15027\/revisions\/15293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}