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Alcohol Awareness: Effects, Nutrition, and Long-Term Risks

Learn about alcohol's impact on nutrition, liver function, and the brain. Discover the risks of excessive alcohol consumption, including malnutrition and long-term effects. Find out how alcohol can disrupt the body's functions and strategies for responsible drinking.

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Alcohol Awareness: Effects, Nutrition, and Long-Term Risks

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  1. Alcohol Chapter 7

  2. Alcohol and Nutrition • Public service announcement! • Unlike glycerol, ethanol is a drug!

  3. Alcohol in Beverages • Moderation • A drink • Proof

  4. Alcohol in Beverages

  5. Alcohol in the Body • Alcohol dehydrogenase • Alcohol: Males vs. females

  6. Alcohol in the Body

  7. Alcohol Arrives in the Liver • Acetaldehyde • Alcohol abuse • NAD

  8. Alcohol Disrupts the Liver • Fatty liver

  9. Alcohol Disrupts the Liver • Fibrosis • Cirrhosis

  10. Alcohol Disrupts the Liver • MEOS = microsomal ethanol-oxidizing system • Alcohol saturation leads to competitive exclusion of other things like drugs... • Excess whiskey + drugs=drug O.D.

  11. Alcohol Arrives in the Brain • Narcotic effects • Effect on ADH • depresses activity—you urinate more! • leads to thirst, dehydration • advice, drink two glasses of water before bed, regardless of what you’ve had (or how much).

  12. kCal in Alcoholic Beverages & Mixers, cont’d

  13. Alcohol’s effects on the Brain

  14. Alcohol & Malnutrition • Nutrient displacement • Interference with nutrient metabolism

  15. Alcohol & Malnutrition • Alcoholism • Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome- • paralysis of eye muscles, impaired muscle movement, etc. • chronic abuse of alcohol leads to B vitamin deficiency! Oops!

  16. Alcohol’s Short-Term Effects • Suicide • Homicide • Accidents

  17. Alcohol’s Short-Term Effects • Assault • Sexual assault

  18. Alcohol’s Short-Term Effects

  19. Alcohol’s Long-Term Effects • Alcohol and pregnancy • Heavy alcohol consumption

  20. Alcohol’s Long-Term Effects

  21. Personal Strategies • Social aspects • Consumption strategy • Myths

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