Is it possible to poop toxins out of your body (Its after a night of drinking/sm!


Question: Is it possible to poop toxins out of your body (Its after a night of drinking/smoking)?
Sometimes if I have been drinking and smoking, I feel sick, like my body is poisoned. Then I go to the bathroom and poop. It dosent feel like a regular poop its almost like a "toxic turd". Thats the name I have given it. After that I no longer feel ill or any of the bad effects of alcohol/cigerettes and my body starts to recuperate. I believe my body is passing the poisons out through my anus.

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Nope. Alcohol is metabolized (broken down) in the liver. The only things that end up getting eliminated through excretion, after it is broken down into its byproducts, are carbon dioxide and water. No toxins.

Following is a quote from the National Institute of Health:
"During periods of high BAC, about 5 percent of the alcohol is excreted in breath and another 5 percent in urine, with negligible amounts excreted in sweat and feces."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK203…

EDIT: I already answered that, second sentence. No. You are NOT pooping out toxic byproducts. The only thing left after the alcohol is completely broken down is carbon dioxide and water. Neither one of those is a toxin. They are the same things you breathe out with every breath. Alcohol is broken down by an enzyme known as ADH to acetylaldehyde, which is then converted by different enzymes to carbon dioxide and water. That's it. If you are interested, there are tons of details in the link provided above.

RN

It's not.


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