Drinking 0 degree beer, does breath have alcohol concentration?

According to Dr. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Vietnam - Russia Tropical Center, Ministry of National Defense , if you use beers with labels labeled as 0 degrees, your breath alcohol concentration is still at a low threshold. If you participate in traffic and are asked to stop and have your breathalyzed with a specialized measuring device, you can still test positive and violate the law.

Therefore, when using 0-degree beer products, you still need time to eliminate all alcohol concentration in the blood and breath before participating in traffic. "It is best not to drink beer, even if it is 0-degree beer ," Dr. Hoang advised.

There are many types of beer with different alcohol levels. Most beers contain 5-8% alcohol, some have higher levels of 8-15%.

Zero alcohol beer, also known as non-alcoholic beer, is a product from which all the alcohol has been extracted or brewed to contain a lower alcohol content than the permitted level.

In fact, many beers advertised as 0% alcohol still contain around 0.5%. Different countries have different regulations on alcohol content in beer.

According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), drinks with an alcohol concentration of less than 0.5% can be considered non-alcoholic. The same is true in Germany.

Meanwhile, in Italy, zero-alcohol beer actually contains 1.2% alcohol. In the UK, beer labeled "zero alcohol" has an alcohol content of less than 0.05%.

Experts also said that based on the common reality of alcohol consumption in most countries around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced the concept of alcohol unit.

One unit of alcohol is equivalent to 10g of pure ethanol, equal to 200ml of beer; 75ml of wine (1 glass); 25ml of spirits (1 cup). Depending on the amount of alcohol consumed, it will be converted to approximately how many units of alcohol.

For a healthy adult, the liver will eliminate 1 unit of alcohol every hour. This is an average number. Depending on each person, such as people with weak livers or people who weigh more than average, this period of time can increase or decrease.

In addition, pathological factors, age, weight, or when the stomach contains a lot of food, the rate of alcohol absorption in the stomach will be slow and the rate of alcohol excretion will also be slow.

Regarding the body's alcohol excretion mechanism, about 10 - 15% will be excreted through the respiratory tract, skin, and sweat. About 85 - 90% will be processed through the liver.

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