Healthy people can metabolize alcohol at a fairly consistent
rate. One standard drink, which is ten ML of alcohol, is eliminated through the
body every hour. A lot of factors affect this process though. Factors such as;
gender, age weight, height, general health, presence of food in the stomach,
concentration of alcohol in the drink, and illicit and prescription drugs can
effect this. Our Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is why we are affected by
alcohol. The BAC is the total amount of alcohol in your system divided by your
total amount of body water. Your BAC goes up when your body takes in more
alcohol than it can metabolize at a time. That is why it is very good to drink
water while consuming alcohol, water dilutes and dissolves alcohol.
When alcohol first enters your body,
it goes through the body and straight to the stomach where 20% of it is
dissolved. The other 80% goes to the small intestine; the heart then pumps it
throughout your whole body.
Here is a video of how alcohol can effect your body.
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