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Disadvantages of Alcohol to the body

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Disadvantages of  Alcohol to the body

Based on whom you ask, alcohol  can be a blessing or a curse. Even Harvard School of Public Health calls it “both a tonic and a poison, ” depending on dose. Although a beverage, beer or glass of wine can be both relaxing and great for the heart, it might also play a role in cancer development, liver and heart damage and depression symptoms.

Low risk drinking advice

The advantages of consuming alcohol are nearly always measured in terms of drinking moderately. This means one to two refreshments a day for guys and one drink per day for women.

  • To minimize the risk of damaging your health if you drink most weeks:
  • men and women are recommended not to regularly drink more than 14 units a week
  • spread your drinking over three days or more if you drink as much as 14 units a week

There are so many Disadvantages of Alcohol to the Body, but lets get to know what alcohol is

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Alcohol, technically called ethanol in the context of alcoholism, is made by the fermentation of glucose into yeast. The type of alcohol that features in the alcoholic drinks we drink is a chemical called ethanol.

Disadvantages of Alcohol to Pregnant woman

Doctors warns mothers to be to stop drinking completely if they love the fetus inside them. Alcohol not only has a negative effect on the person drinking it, but also affects the unborn baby inside the womb.

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Alcohol Reduces Body Nutrient

Alcohol starves the entire body, including the skin, of essential nutrients. The larger the quantity of alcohol intake, the larger the quantity of nutrients depleted. And the larger your bodies are open to risk

Cause Psychosis

Extreme levels of drinking (defined as more than 30 units per day for several weeks) can occasionally cause ‘psychosis’, a severe mental illness where hallucinations and delusions of persecution develop. Psychotic symptoms can also occur when very heavy drinkers suddenly stop drinking and develop a condition known as ‘delirium tremens’.

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Alcohol causes Liver abnormalities

Alcoholism causes liver abnormalities, and taking too much of alcohol causes liver disease, which affects other organs of the body, most especially the skin

It causes Facial redness

Drinking much Alcohol causes facial redness, particularly for fair-skinned people. Alcohol causes the capillaries in the face to dilate, allowing more blood to enter the tiny vessels.

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People who have been drinking large amounts of alcohol for long periods of time run the risk of developing serious and persistent changes in the brain. Damage may be a result of the direct effects of alcohol on the brain or may result indirectly, from a poor general health status or from severe liver disease.

It Aids Depression

Alcohol is good in altering your brain chemistry risking of depression. A recent British survey found that people suffering from anxiety or depression were twice as likely to be heavy or problem drinkers. Depression leads to various health problems and sometimes even push you to death

Causes Swollen Face and eyes

Drinking much Alcohol causes swollen face and swollen eyes which are common after a night of drinking, and they may eventually become facial characteristics of heavy drinkers.

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More diseases that can be caused by alcohol to the body are:

  • Poor or Memory Loss
  • Aggression
  • Impulsive, risky behavior
  • Difficulty planning and reasoning through problems
  • Poor attention span
  • Mood swings
  • Aggression
  • Impaired verbal skills

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12 comments

oluseye May 4, 2013 - 9:14 am

Alcohol has never been good for anybody.
Thanks for the post.

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Temilola Waliu Globalwalyy May 4, 2013 - 5:22 pm

Oluseye you are right, Alcohol is Good for no one…

Thank You for your comment….
Kind Regards
Temilola

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Neha May 10, 2013 - 4:20 pm

hi i don’t think Alcohol is bad for health if you ake in limit than it’s good for your health like 1 peg daily night. thanks for this awesome tips.

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Temilola Waliu Globalwalyy May 10, 2013 - 4:44 pm

hello Heha, You are right, drinking too much of alcohol only destroy your organ

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ahmed February 12, 2014 - 4:05 pm

Alcohol is toxic to liver cells, and many heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, a sometimes-lethal condition in which the liver is so heavily scarred that it is unable to function. But it’s hard to predict which drinkers will develop cirrhosis. “Some people who drink huge amounts never get cirrhosis, and some who don’t drink very much do get it,” Saitz says. For some unknown reason, women seem to be especially vulnerable.

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Linda March 24, 2014 - 11:54 am

I found its difficult to stop drinking alcohol, could you please advise

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jhabra November 14, 2016 - 6:59 am

Muth pi muth!!!???

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hassan April 12, 2015 - 4:27 pm

alcohol is not good for our health says the quran and bibles!

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Muhammad February 21, 2017 - 9:37 pm

Comment:thanks my dear

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Poonam Chand April 17, 2015 - 9:27 am

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samweli December 20, 2016 - 4:28 pm

Alcohol ? is danger in life is better except

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