E122-Know Your Alcohol

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of monitoring alcohol consumption and its health implications.

In this discussion I look at why its important to monitor your alcohol consumption, for health reasons. A unit of alcohol is classed under the following ratings, of which can vary in different parts of the world. 8mg / 10ml of ETHANOL (half a pint of beer or lager) or (25ml of vodka, whisky, gin) or (50ml of wine, port, sherry). Consumption of alcohol is widely known to be detrimental to your physical, mental and emotional health. An alarmingly high percentage of the UK population drink alcohol, in not only social events, but also at home and or the workplace. Both sedentary and active people alike drink alcohol as either a mild relaxant or even to give an ill advised anti depressant effect. However, it's actually a depressant, of which leads to acute, then eventually chronic dependency, as our mind and body crave the initial buzz, followed by the temporary high, then obligatory comedown the next morning. Our vital organs are sent into a physiological panic, as the alcohol enters our bloodstream, with a varied time scale before the effects actually take place on our brain. It can take up to one hour for a single unit to have its full effect on our cognitive skills, heart rate and…

People in this episode

Host: Tristan Lowe

Topics covered

• alcohol consumption
• health risks
• dependency
• mental health
• physical health
• emotional health

Keywords

• alcohol
• dependency
• health
• ethanol
• mental health
• physical health
• UK

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Places: UK

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