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How Alcohol Can Cause Mental Changes 1

Posted on September 12, 2009 by admin

Alcohol, whether taken in large or small doses, immediately disturbs the natural functions of the mind and body .Alcohol is poisonous to many types of human cells .Alcohol can affect your health in numerous ways. They include health, emotional, social, work or school, and financial problems. The main symptoms of alcohol are vomiting, stupor, behavioral changes. It can cause Heart disease: high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, heart damage,  heart failure, mental disorders etc.

Alcohol affects the nervous system by depressing it, meaning it tends to make the body show uninhibited behavior and movements. Alcohol can affect your mental state; people who drink become aggressive or angry. Read the rest of this entry →

Effects Of Alcohol On Membranes 0

Posted on September 12, 2009 by admin

Alcohol is the second most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world .Alcohol is a toxic substance so having it frequently circulating in your body will harm your health. Alcohol can affect your health in numerous ways. They include health, emotional, social, work or school, and financial problems.

Ethyl alcohol or ethanol, are commonly known as alcohol. The consumption of ethanol has been shown to exert profound effects on cellular membranes which result in damage and/or adaptation. Read the rest of this entry →

How Alcohol Affects The Brain 1

Posted on September 05, 2009 by admin

The brain is the control center of the body; it controls all the systems in your body including your muscular system, your respiratory system and your digestive system. So brain plays important role for us, but Alcohol can affect several parts of the brain, but in general, alcohol contracts brain tissue and depresses the central nervous system.

Alcohol also enters the cell membranes of neurons and changes their properties Acute and chronic alcohol consumption can have both subtle as well as dramatic effects on the brain and its functioning. Read the rest of this entry →

Why Alcohol Retards Digestion 0

Posted on September 04, 2009 by admin

Food supplies energy and provides the building blocks needed to replace worn or damaged cells and the nutritional components needed for body function. Once ingested, food must be digested, so it is available for energy and maintenance of body structure and function Digestion begins in the mouth and continues in the stomach and intestines, with help from the pancreas.

Alcohol increases the stomach’s digestive enzymes, which can irritate the stomach wall, producing heartburn, nausea, gastritis, and ulcers. Even moderate drinking can still cause changes in gastric acid secretion, cause acute gastric mucosal injury, and also interfere with gastric and intestinal motility. Alcohol causes damage to the muscles that surround the stomach, and this damage changes how long it takes food to go through these organs. Read the rest of this entry →



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