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Another way in which alcohol affects the body is that long-term drinking shrinks the brain and alters the way the brain works. Drinking alters and shrinks brain cells. This, in turn, compromises your ability to learn, think, and remember. You may have difficulty regulating body temperature and...
Parents, studies show that you are the leading influence on your kid’s decision to drink, or not to drink, alcohol. It’s important to explain to your kids why adults can drink alcohol, and kids can’t. Our resources have the facts about the impact of alcohol on a developing brain, ...
The development of alcohol dependence is posited to involve numerous changes in brain chemistry (i.e., neurotransmission) that lead to physiological signs of withdrawal upon abstinence from alcohol as well as promote vulnerability to relapse in dependent people. These neuroadaptive changes often occur ...
How is Alcohol Metabolized? Some sources claim that alcohol is converted into sugar by the liver. This is not true. Alcohol is converted to a number of intermediate substances (none of which is sugar), until it is eventually broken down to carbon dioxide and water. Because too much alcohol...
Alcohol or ethyl alcohol is an intoxicating substance that can be metabolized and absorbed immediately by the body much faster that most other nutrients. The walls of an empty stomach can quickly absorb alcohol and alcohol can reach the brain in just one minute. ...
Alcohol is known to intensifybipolar disorderbecause of its sedating and powerful effects. There is a great risk of inducing feelings ofdepressionwith each swig of booze. Drinking alcohol can also greatly increase the severity ofmania, and manypeople with bipolarcan find this gratifying. Countless ...
Alcohol is also known as ethanol, a liquid produced by fermentation and an ingredient in beer, wine, and liquor that causes intoxication. Alcohol is a depressant drug that slows down activity in the central nervous system, delaying messages sent to and from the body and the brain that also ...
"All organs can be affected by alcohol intake depending on dose and frequency," she told CBS News. "There is vast scientific literature regarding the impact of alcohol consumption on the liver described ashepatitis(in the acute form),liver cirrhosis(chronic form) and possible liver cancer." ...
Read on this blog to know studies carried out on the affect that alcohol has on muscle growth, fat loss and energy levels.