ALCOHOL + HEALTH

Alcohol's effect on your blood sugar has a lot to do with context: how much you're drinking, if you're fasting and the type of alcohol.

Alcohol is readily absorbed throughout the entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and the rate at which it’s absorbed is likely affected the most by the presence or absence of food in the stomach.  After ethanol is absorbed through the GI tract, it heads to the liver, which metabolizes more than 90% of it.  The ethanol that isn’t metabolized can enter the bloodstream unaltered.

Tracking your behaviors is an important way to learn about yourself and your habits.

It’s up to you to choose what you think a healthy lifestyle goal is for YOU.

Drinking alcohol before bed can add to the suppression of REM sleep during the first two cycles. Since alcohol is a sedative, sleep onset is often shorter for drinkers and some fall into deep sleep rather quickly. As the night progresses, this can create an imbalance between slow-wave sleep and REM sleep, resulting in less of the latter and more of the former. This decreases overall sleep quality, which can result in shorter sleep duration and more sleep disruptions.

Moderate wine drinking does not increase serum uric acid levels.

Women actually see a decrease in Uric Acid levels with wine consumption.

Alcohol and purines lead to increased Uric Acid which leads to increased fat.

Beer contains both purines and alcohol which elevates Uric Acid Levels which leads to storage of body fat.  Uric Acid is associate with the storage of body fat - and since beer contains both, this is what leads to increased body fat storage.

If you drink beer, look for those that are Purine Free.

Objective

To evaluate the relationship between intakes of beer, liquor, and wine and serum uric acid levels in a nationally representative sample of men and women.

We want to do everything we can to keep our uric acid levels in the optimal range, typically below 5.5 mg/dl. And by far and away, the biggest contributor to the elevation of uric acid that we are seeing around the world seems to be the global increase in consumption of fructose sugar. That said, there are other contributors to the formation of uric acid, and one of them is alcohol.

This book explains how genetically susceptible individuals, differ neurochemically from nonalcoholics, and how alcohol alters dopamine, GABA, serotonin, norepinephrine and opiate neurotransmitter and neurotransmitter receptor levels. Inherited differences in P300 brainwaves are thoroughly explained. The history of alcohol neurotransmitter research is reported, objectively, with fair consideration given to opposing views.

Alcohol is the common term for ethanol or ethyl alcohol, a chemical substance found in alcoholic beverages such as beer, hard cider, malt liquor, wines, and distilled spirits (liquor). Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of sugars and starches by yeast. Alcohol is also found in some medicines, mouthwashes, and household products (including vanilla extract and other flavorings). This fact sheet focuses on cancer risks associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages.