BOTTOMS UP Travellers told drinking alcohol could help them avoid food poisoning during holidays

Experts have said that properties in wine could help prevent getting a stomach bug

Source: The Sun

BY BRITTANY VONOW 

2nd February 2017

HERE’S one excuse to enjoy a boozy holiday abroad – with experts saying drinking alcohol could PROTECT you from a crippling bout of food poisoning.

With January named as the peak vacation time for Brits, food scientists have advised drinking alcohol could help protect holiday-makers from potentially fatal bugs like E.Coli and salmonella.

Richard Conroy, world-leading food scientist and founder of vacation illness compensation firm SickHoliday.com, told The Sun Online: “Whenever you go on holiday abroad, particularly on all-inclusive trips, you run the gauntlet of the restaurants and buffet bars.

“They can often be breeding grounds for food-borne pathogens like salmonella, E.Coli, Listeria, and even Cholera.

“But the good news is that wine, beer, gin and other alcohols have been found to be great at pathogen prevention.”

He said that alcohol concentrations attacked the bacteria itself, killing any bugs while the acid secretions after drinking could help to neutralise anything nasty lurking in your stomach which might make you unwell.

Mr Conroy said: “Tests have shown that there’s anti-microbial properties in wine, which help defend against bacteria, and red appears to do a better job than white due to an increased number of antioxidants.

“It really is case of, ‘One for me, one for my stomach’.”