Drinking beer with Meat could save you from effects of Formalin

Formalin has been a trending topic in Uganda media as some butchermen are reportedly using it to preserve their meats.

It is drug used to preserve corpses in mortuaries but also sold over the counter in drug shops.

Yes, some medical practitioners are advising that alcohol consumption could slow down or prevent the effects of formalin in the body.

“People who eat meat while taking alcohol are better off. Alcohol contains ethanol & formalin has formaldehyde & ethanol; formaldehyde & ethanol are eventually formed into formic acids but for these processes to happen, they use an enzyme called alcohol-dehydrogenase, it works on alcohol,” says Dr. Gerald Karuhanga