Alcohol
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Yeast is the star of the drinks industry. If it feeds on sugar in the absence of oxygen, it releases carbon dioxide and ethanol - the drinkable form of alcohol
1) Only 20% of the alcohol you swallow is absorbed by the stomach
2) Heavy drinking is blamed for up to 33,000 deaths a year in the UK
3) When you consume alcohol, you lose more water in your urine than you take in the drink itself
4) Booze interferes with the nerve endings that control erections
5) Binge drinking is thought to have serious long-term health impacts
6) After a heavy night out drinking your body is dehydrated which causes your brain to shrink away from the skull
taken from the http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/alcohol/
Yeast is the star of the drinks industry. If it feeds on sugar in the absence of oxygen, it releases carbon dioxide and ethanol - the drinkable form of alcohol
1) Only 20% of the alcohol you swallow is absorbed by the stomach
2) Heavy drinking is blamed for up to 33,000 deaths a year in the UK
3) When you consume alcohol, you lose more water in your urine than you take in the drink itself
4) Booze interferes with the nerve endings that control erections
5) Binge drinking is thought to have serious long-term health impacts
6) After a heavy night out drinking your body is dehydrated which causes your brain to shrink away from the skull
taken from the http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/alcohol/
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