Lecture 15: Alcohol 3

Question 1

____ is distilled traditionally very strong (70-75%) and is infused with macerated wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), anise, fennel, hyssop, angelica, juniper, star anise, lemon balm.

Answer 1

Absinthe

Question 2

What is the main difference between absinthe and bitters?

Answer 2

Alcohol strength

Question 3

______ is a distilled drink flavored with a macerate of many plants that was initially sold as medicinal

Answer 3

Bitters (called so because of the bitter or bittersweet flavor)

Question 4

Absinthe’s popularity grew steadily through the 1840s, when absinthe was given to French troops as a ______.

Answer 4

Malaria preventive

Question 5

What is “l’heure verte”?

Answer 5

absinthe gradually became so popular in bars, bistros, cafés, and cabarets that, by the 1860s, the hour of 5 p.m. was called l’heure verte (“the green hour”)

Question 6

True or False: Absinthe has played a major role in the development of Impressionism, Post-impressionism, Surrealism, Modernism, Cubism and in the corresponding literary movements.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

How was absinthe presented?

Answer 7

A shot of absinthe, a sugar cube, a special silver spoon; turning milky-white after adding water

Question 8

True or False: Absinthe was publicly associated with violent crimes and social disorder

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What are the two chemicals in absinthe?

Answer 9

Absinthin, a terpene, very, very bitter (with medicinal effects).

Thujone: neurological damage inducing epilepsy.

Question 10

_____ is the disorder associated with the abuse of absinthe. The symptoms included hallucinations, epilepsy, sleeplessness

Answer 10

Absinthism

Question 11

True or False: Based on the current available evidence, thujone concentrations of both pre-ban and modern absinthes may not have been able to cause detrimental health effects other than those encountered in common alcoholism

Answer 11

True

Question 12

What is the regulation of thujone content in Ontario?

Answer 12

10 mg/kg

Question 13

Initially there was evidence that small amounts of alcohol are beneficial to ________

This was thought to be especially true in the case of the red wine, in which _______.

But a lot of this was tied to the French paradox (biased studies)

Answer 13

coronary heart disease

polyphenols (resveratrol)

Question 14

What are 4 main proven problems of alcohol consumption?

Answer 14

Alcoholism

Brain damage

Liver cancer

Chronic pancreatitis

Question 15

True or False: Damage to the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False: Alcohol results in the death of more than 3 million

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False: Nearly 2% of all deaths are related to alcohol

Answer 17

False, 5%

Question 18

True or False: 6.2% of male deaths are related to alcohol, compared to 1.1% of female deaths

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False: 320 000 young people aged 15-29 years die annually

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The Canadian guidelines recommend no more than_____ drinks a day, ____ per week for women, andthree drinks a day, _____per week for men

Answer 20

2

10,15

Question 21

In Canada a standard drink is ____ g alcohol

Answer 21

13.6 g alcohol

Question 22

Any truth in the old folklore sayings such as “Beer on wine not so fine; wine on beer, never fear”

Answer 22

Apparently no