Alcohol Flashcards
Too much consumption of which alcohol is toxic?
Ethanol
Which 2 alcohol are poisonous?
Methanol and isopropanol.
How is alcohol made?
Fermentation of yeast and natural sugars from grains and fruits.
What is liquor
Concentrated alcohol from distillation.
Moderate alcohol consumption from women and men.
Women: 1 drink daily
Men: 2 drink daily
a standard drink:
12 oz serving of beer
1.5 oz shot of liquor
5 oz glass of wine
What is Alcohol dehydrogenase?
An enzyme in the stomach that can metabolize some alcohol
What does blood alcohol concentration have to do with?
The amount of alcohol in your breath.
Alcohol can district blank and cause blank
Sleep cycle and hangovers
What are cogeners in alcohol?
A chemical that contributes to hangover symptoms
Alcohol is a diuretic so it can cause
Electrolyte imbalance and dehydration
Alcohol can interfere with hormones such as? Does estrogen levels increase or decrease? Alcohol can cause what for bone, breast, and sex?
Insulin and glucagon
Parathyroid hormone and other bone strengthening hormone. Increase osteoporosis. Increase estrogen levels which can cause breast cancer. Sexual dysfunction from the affected reproductive hormones.
Thiamin deficiency can increase risk of
Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome
Alcoholic liver disease stages
Fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis.
Exposure to alcohol while pregnant can cause
Alcohol spectrum disorder
