A few seconds after your first sip, alcohol starts to change how your body works. After years of heavy drinking, those changes add up. Find out more from WebMD's slideshow.
Hormones affect sex drive, digestion, reproduction, and sexual function. Drinking alcohol alters hormone levels and can affect all these processes. If you drink heavily, you may notice it affects your sex drive, digestion, menstrual cycle, and ability to get pregnant. Men may notice difficulty wi...
Alcohol has long had a close relationship with sex, from wild nights out meeting someone for the first time, to romantic evenings in with a glass of wine. But there is a boundary and alcohol can cause significant problems for a person’s sex life, particularly if their relationship with alc...
These red, itchy skin bumps might show up when you drink. They can affect just one body part or pop up all over. Sometimes they're a symptom of alcohol intolerance, meaning your body can't break down alcohol well. They may also result from an allergic reaction to an ingredient in alcoh...
With the new year comes Dry January and a new surgeon general's advisory on alcohol and cancer risk. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods have thrown cold water on that.
These red, itchy skin bumps might show up when you drink. They can affect just one body part or pop up all over. Sometimes they're a symptom of alcohol intolerance, meaning your body can't break down alcohol well. They may also result from an allergic reaction to an ingredient in alcoh...
Alcohol also ramps up adrenaline and in time it raises cortisol, so it is a bit stressful and can affect appetite and cravings via this mechanism as well. It’s funny right? We think of it as relaxing or a “wine-down” but in reality it is stressful for us to drink alcohol so when...
How Alcohol Can Affect Weight and Body Composition In excess, alcohol consumption may cause adverse effects on your body, leading to weight gain. For example, alcohol may affect hormones that control appetite, hunger, and stress. Alcohol is high in calories and is likely to increase abdominal fa...
Ever woken up with a hangover and wondered why, along with a pounding head, your stomach doesn't quite feel the same? Drinking too much alcohol can give you an upset stomach, diarrhoea or even constipation. But why? And is it affecting our bodies in the long term? A neuros...
Drinking raises therisk of several types of cancer, including colon, liver, breast and mouth and throat. Alcohol breaks down in the body into a substance called acetaldehyde, which can damage your cells and stop them from repairing themselves. That creates the conditions for cancer to grow. Th...