Drinking ??!
Question: What are the effects of long term and short term effects on the body and brain?
Answers: What are the effects of long term and short term effects on the body and brain?
Alcohol is the most widely used drug in our society, and because it is so available, most people don't think of it as a drug. But it is; and if misused, it can cause a lot of damage to your body, ie:
* Alcohol is not a stimulant, but actually a sedative-depressant of the central nervous system;
* It is capable of rupturing veins;
* It does not warm you up, but causes you to feel colder by increasing perspiration and body heat loss;
* It destroys brain cells by causing the withdrawal of necessary water from them;
* it can deplete the body of vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin K, zinc, magnesium and potassium;
* Four drinks a day are capable of causing organ damage;
* It can hamper the liver's ability to process fat.
The B complex of vitamins are essential for healthy neural, digestive and immune system functioning, vitamin C is essential for enabling protein cells to hold together and aides in treatment and prevention of the common cold. Vitamin K is essential in the formation of prothrombin, a blood clotting chemical. Zinc is essential for protein synthesis and collagen formation and governs the contractibility of muscles. Zinc is also important for blood stability (keeps the proper concentrationof vitamin E in the blood) and in maintining the body's acid-alkaline balance. magnesium is known as the antistress mineral and is essential for healthy veins, nerves and for heart health and Potassium is essential for carrying oxygen to the brain and helps to dispose of body wastes. Potassium also assists in reducing blood presssure.
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