{"id":12969,"date":"2024-09-16T09:02:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12969"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:24:22","slug":"can-drinking-alcohol-prevent-food-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12969","title":{"rendered":"Can Drinking Alcohol Prevent Food Poisoning?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Claims on social media suggest it can. We asked experts for the sober truth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCheers,\u201d a woman says in a video on TikTok<\/a> as she raises a shot glass filled with liquor to the camera. She tips it back, grimaces and then sticks out her tongue in disgust.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s medicinal, it\u2019s medicinal,\u201d she reminds herself.<\/p>\n

The reason for the shot was a recent meal, which she worried may have given her food poisoning, she said. And she had read in a study that because \u201calcohol is a sterilizer,\u201d it can protect against food-borne illness.<\/p>\n

But can it really?<\/p>\n

There may be an ounce of truth to the notion that drinking alcohol around the time you eat contaminated food can reduce the chances of food poisoning, experts said. But the evidence to support the claim is limited. And depending on how much you drink, alcohol could hurt your immune system more than it might help. Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n