describe the effects of alcohol
Answers
Answer:
hope it will help you
Explanation:
Alcohol can affect you more quickly if you:
drink on an empty stomach
have a lower tolerance to alcohol
have a lower percentage of fat and muscle on your body
are a young person
weigh less
don’t usually drink alcohol
What happens in your body
As you drink alcohol, it:
passes into your blood through the walls of the stomach and small intestine
travels to all parts of the body including the brain
slows down your brain and affects almost all parts your body
affects the way you think, feel and behave
Alcohol only takes a few minutes to reach the brain in an average, healthy person.
Your liver removes most of the alcohol in your body by breaking it down.
Blood alcohol levels
As you drink, the level of alcohol in your blood rises.
The level of alcohol in your blood is called blood alcohol concentration (BAC). A BAC of 0.01 means there is 0.01g of alcohol in 100ml of your blood.
In an average, healthy person, one standard drink:
increases BAC by about 0.02
takes about one hour to break down
Answer:
Alcohol, when consumed in its pure form, will be lethal. Drinking alcoholic beverages that contain 30% alcohol may cause relaxing of nerves and muscles. The person feels relaxed without knowing the damage in his body.It also causes Cirrhosis of liver.