in reguards to alcohol consumption and its effects
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The medulla oblongata controls our breathing, blood pressure, heart rhythms and swallowing. \n\nFor more detailed info:\nhttp://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/patient_e/anatomy1.asp
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Cigarettes and Alcohol
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apart from the obvious risks of liver problems etc.\nSugary alcohol can encourage yeast infections in the vagina due to all the extra sugar in it
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Chemical properties:\nThe vapour can form explosive mixtures with air.\nFlammable liquid. Reacts violently with a wide range of oxidants. Also reacts with disulfuryl difluoride, phosphorous (III) oxide, platinum, and potassium tert-butoxide. Incompatible with acetyl chloride, bromide pentafluoride, and calcium hypochlorite.\n\nEthanol produces a variety of physiological and behavioral effects. The most prominent effect is referred to broadly as "intoxication". At low doses, users experience a mild excitement and become more talkative. This is accompanied by a decrease in perceived stress and anxiety and a mild euphoria. At higher doses individuals become cheerful, loud, boisterous and begin to lose self-restraint. Memory, concentration and insight become impaired, which is accompanied by incoordination and changes in sensory function. These effects are typically followed by sleepiness. At higher doses, subjects often experience nausea and vomiting, followed by lethargy and stupor.\n\nThe primary effect of ethanol on the central nervous system is as a depressant. Although the effects at low doses appear to be stimulatory, the increase in mood and behavior is the result of "disinhibition", the inhibition of normal inhibitions. In other words, behavior that is normally suppressed by fear or anxiety is released by the inhibitory effects of ethanol.\n\nChronic use of high doses of ethanol leads to changes in the brain and behavior. One of the first changes is tolerance, a decrease in the effects of ethanol. As a result of tolerance, higher doses of ethanol are necessary to achieve the same effects. Tolerance to ethanol is the result of several processes. First, the enzyme responsible for the destruction of ethanol in the liver, alcohol dehydrogenase, is upregulated by chronic use. The increased activity of this enzyme breaks down ethanol more rapidly, leading to decreased effects. This form of tolerance is known as metabolic tolerance, since the metabolism (or breakdown) of alcohol is decreased. However, metabolic tolerance does not completely explain the dramatic decreases in effects seen with chronic ingestion. In addition to changes in the metabolism of ethanol, there appear to be decreases in the neuronal response to this drug. With chronic use, the response of neurons to the presence of alcohol is diminished. This form of tolerance is known as "physiological" tolerance, since the physiology of the central nervous system appears to change in response to chronic alcohol.\n\nThe second major change seen in response to chronic ingestion of ethanol is physical dependence. Following chronic use, there are physiological changes that lead to a requirement for the drug. With the development of physical dependence, further administration of ethanol is necessary to avoid a physiological disturbance. This disturbance is known as a withdrawal (or abstinence) syndrome. The withdrawal syndrome for ethanol is severe and can be life-threatening. The symptoms of withdrawal are generally opposite the the acute actions of the drug. Thus, where the acute actions of ethanol are depressant, the withdrawal syndrome involves hyperexcitability. With lower levels of physical dependence symptoms include agitation, tremors, muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, sweating and vivid dreaming. With higher levels, these progress to disorientation, confusion, hallucinations and seizures. Without treatment, a severe case of ethanol withdrawal often leads to death.
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As a bartender I have had to take alot of alcohol awareness classes, usually taught by someone hired by the insurance company, as the answer is always the same. \nAlcohol is broken down with several determining factors, including but not limited to: the person's mental state of mind, their personal tolerance to alcohol, how much body weight they have, how often they drink and how much food they have consumed. All of those factor in, but usually it takes 1 ounce of alcohol ( as in 80 proof ) 1 hour to no longer have adverse affects. One bottle of beer one glass of wine all fall into the 1 ounce of liquor category. Also the lower the alcohol content in the drink the quicker it leaves. The one thing that amazed me is that if you mix the alcohol with carbonated mixers ( soda, club soda, tonic ) it takes longer to get out of the system. Something with the way the body processes the alcohol with the carbonation. Hope this helps
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your body is trying to compensate for the loss of nutrients caused by the alcohol
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Alcohol decreases signal conduction across nerve endings decreasing signals from moving about our brain (spacey, stupid, reduced inhibitions) and decreases motor control (slurring, loss of muscle control, imbalance). It also affects the chemistry of digestion causing fats to be processed differently. With enough consumption, it can effect breathing and enough can kill. It also dehydrates causing other problems.\n\nWhen it wears off, the nerves conduct better so we get shaky, headaches, and general hang-over problems.  It's not good for you.
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Alcohol directly goes from the stomach to the intestine and from here in the blood.\nIts metabolism varies among different people with an average of 15 gr. (ethanol)/ hour.\nWhen its quantity is greater than that average, the surplus of ethanol still remains in circle reaching any cells and passing across the haemato-encephalic barrier.
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You are correct about the average metabolism rate for healthy persons during average activity. The consumption you mention does not include other liquids which would be a factor contributing to mild dehydration during a prolonged drinking period possibly causing headache or muscle fatigue..(short term)\n\nChronic use at the rate you describe can lead to addiction to alcohol.
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Alcohol thins the blood and actually reduces the chances of a heart attack in normal doses. The problem is with people who have excessive doses and destroy their liver, which normally filters out harmful materials that can affect the heart. If you have had a heart attack from excessive alcohol intake then chances are even if you survive it liver failure will kill you.
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Everything is related to the quantity of soft drinks that you consume. Cola beverages contain caffeine(the effect is well known and I don't think that it is worthy to refer)and a lot of sugar, that means a lot of calories.\nA big amount of these, as you refer, can also affect your liver, as everything in our body is getting metabolized by the liver.\nSo take care. When you feel thirsty, drink water.\n\nKaterina
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alcoholic beverages :)))
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1. clouded thinking, impaired judgement\n2.Don't put yourself in situations that you are uncomfortable with.\n3. The average human body digest 12oz of beer 8oz of wine an 4oz of liqiuor every hour(time may vary with alchool and diet).Drink resonsibly or have someone drive you(back to thier place).
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Alcohol... don't try to stay away from it anymore.... I just automatically stay away from it.  It's a killer no matter how you look at it.
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The less educated one is the more likely thay will engage in unhealthy practices...GENERALLY....not true to a person but generally it is true. Regarding the drinking in college, if they did followup studies they might find 10 years later the college crowd is healthier than the non-college crowd - more income, more health awareness, etc...in college there is a lot of social pressure to drink...and when you get thousands of kids together who often are away from parental control for the first time, they often make unwise choices.
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I'll tell you one thing. It does more harm than benefit. Here's something I found that may help:\n\nHow does heavy drinking harm the heart?\n\nFor starters, large amounts of alcohol (more than two drinks a day) can raise your blood pressure to unhealthy levels. If, for example, you drink the equivalent of a six-pack of beer, a pint of whiskey, or a bottle and a half of wine every day for 10 years, that drinking will almost certainly damage parts of your heart. The result is often cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes weakened. In fact, after blocked arteries, alcohol is the second most common cause of cardiomyopathy in the United States.\n\n\n\nDamaged hearts can't pump efficiently. They're also susceptible to blood clots and strange rhythms (arrhythmia), especially during alcohol binges. (Some doctors call these arrhythmia episodes "holiday heart.") If you keep drinking, the consequences are severe. About half of all alcoholics who keep drinking after developing cardiomyopathy die within four years.\n\n\n\nThe good news is that much of the damage is reversible. When alcoholics with cardiomyopathy abstain from drinking, blood pressure drops and the heart can quickly grow stronger. Best of all, more than 90 percent of them will still be alive four years later.\n\n\n\nHeavy drinking -- usually described as three or more drinks a day -- over long periods of time has also been linked to hypertension (high blood pressure), stroke, cardiac arrhythmia, and sudden death.
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It is believed "alcohol consumption is undesirable and dangerous; it typically results in problem behavior; and drinking in any degree is equally undesirable because moderate social drinking is the forerunner of chronic inebriation. Naturally, young people, if not everyone, should be protected from alcohol, according to this view."