🍷 What alcohol does to your body - unit by unit.
From raising blood pressure to causing mood swings - here is the true impact of alcohol on your body post-Dry January 👇
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From raising blood pressure to causing mood swings - here is the true impact of alcohol on your body post-Dry January 👇
🧵 Thread
telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…
🚫 1 in 6 drinkers have admitted they feel concerned about the amount of alcohol they have been consuming since the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in the summer 
🧠 What happens when alcohol hits your system?
"The majority is absorbed in the small intestine before passing to the liver - the alcohol then passes into your bloodstream and from there it can have an impact on the brain"
"The majority is absorbed in the small intestine before passing to the liver - the alcohol then passes into your bloodstream and from there it can have an impact on the brain"
❓ What should I be drinking?
Alcohol is alcohol.
“There’s no evidence different types of alcohol affect the body in different ways,” says Dr Matt Parker, reader in neuroscience and psychopharmacology at the University of Portsmouth
Alcohol is alcohol.
“There’s no evidence different types of alcohol affect the body in different ways,” says Dr Matt Parker, reader in neuroscience and psychopharmacology at the University of Portsmouth
🧬 How alcohol affects the organs of your body.
Here is a brief rundown of the impact of booze on your body thanks to Alcohol Change UK 👇
Here is a brief rundown of the impact of booze on your body thanks to Alcohol Change UK 👇
🧠 Brain
The immediate effects of drinking on your brain can include slurred speech, slow reactions, impaired memory and blackouts.
Long term, heavy drinking can cause brain damage and overuse of alcohol can also worsen the symptoms of many mental health problems
The immediate effects of drinking on your brain can include slurred speech, slow reactions, impaired memory and blackouts.
Long term, heavy drinking can cause brain damage and overuse of alcohol can also worsen the symptoms of many mental health problems
❤️🩹 Heart
The risk of developing cardiovascular disease and some other heart conditions start to rise when you are consuming more than 14 units per week.
Heavy drinking is also associated with high blood pressure and increased risk of stroke
The risk of developing cardiovascular disease and some other heart conditions start to rise when you are consuming more than 14 units per week.
Heavy drinking is also associated with high blood pressure and increased risk of stroke
💊 Liver
Most alcohol that goes into your body is processed by your liver, and if it has to break down too much alcohol the health of your liver will suffer.
Long term, drinking too much can lead to inflammation and scarring of the liver, and also liver cancer
Most alcohol that goes into your body is processed by your liver, and if it has to break down too much alcohol the health of your liver will suffer.
Long term, drinking too much can lead to inflammation and scarring of the liver, and also liver cancer
🍻 How much is too much?
"Your chances of dying from an alcohol-related condition are one in 100 or less if you don’t drink more than 14 units a week - although that doesn’t mean that there’s no risk at all if you drink less than that"
"Your chances of dying from an alcohol-related condition are one in 100 or less if you don’t drink more than 14 units a week - although that doesn’t mean that there’s no risk at all if you drink less than that"
Read more (including strategies for drinking less) here ⬇️
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