What are the bad effects of drinking alcohol on your body?

We basically cannot do without drinking in our daily lives. Whether it is a gathering with classmates or a dinner party, alcoholic beverages seem to have become an indispensable part. Therefore, many people have developed the bad habit of alcoholism. However, alcohol intake can cause considerable harm to the body. Below, the editor will give a detailed description of the possible adverse effects. Everyone must read it carefully.

1. For the brain. A small amount of alcohol can make people excited, make the brain active, and have a certain sedative effect. However, excessive alcohol intake can reduce a person's concentration and judgment, and may even cause slurred speech, blurred vision, and loss of balance. More seriously, it can affect a person's memory.

2. Good for the stomach and intestines. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can cause gastric bleeding or damage the stomach and intestinal mucosa, resulting in symptoms such as gastritis, gastric ulcers, and enteritis. Long-term drinking can reduce the stomach's digestive function and the intestine's absorption of nutrients, causing metabolic changes and loss of appetite.

3. Good for the heart. Alcohol and its metabolites - acetaldehyde and acetate - can directly poison the myocardium. People who drink large amounts of alcohol for a long period of time may experience heart enlargement and heart failure, with symptoms such as palpitations, shortness of breath, and arrhythmias, and even cardiac arrest.

4. For the liver. Alcohol is mainly metabolized and detoxified by the liver. Once it enters the human body, it will increase the burden on the liver, seriously affecting the normal function of the liver and causing liver damage. In addition, alcohol produces a carcinogenic substance - acetaldehyde - during the metabolism and detoxification process in the liver. Under normal circumstances, acetaldehyde will be broken down by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the human body and excreted from the body. However, drinking large amounts of alcohol for a long time will cause acetaldehyde to not be completely broken down and remain in the body, which poses a time-limited hidden danger to the body.

Now everyone must have realized the harm of drinking to one's health, so in the future we should avoid drinking large amounts of alcohol at one time, especially drinking less white wine, so as to avoid causing serious damage to multiple organs of the body. However, drinking some alcoholic beverages in moderation is also very beneficial, and you can develop this habit in your daily life.