Women and Alcohol

There are very different ways that alcohol affects women and men. Knowing the differneces could save your life. Drinking more than three glasses of wine per day can increase your risk of getting breast cancer. In a large glass of wine there are almost 200 calories. Womens average of drinking per week in 2002 was 45% higher than in 1992. Some experts say that drinking more than one glass a day could reduce your chances of having a baby. Three reasons women should not drink like men. The first one is that women are usually smaller than men so there is less room for us to absorb the alcohol. Second more on average have 10% more fat then men because of female curves. So there is less body fluid to get rid of the alcohol. So it travels around the women's body and is more harmful to them. The last reason is that women's liver produce less of the substance the body uses to break down alcohol. This means women get drunk quicker but effects them for a longer time. Women should drink no more than 2-3 units per day. A unit is 10ml of pure alcohol. So if your a girl be careful of how much you drink, because you could really hurt yourself and other things later in your life.

effects on the body....

There are many things bad things that can happen to you. The stages of intoxication tell you about what can happen as you drink more and more. Stage 1: is A social Lubricant.After one or two drinks you are more talkative and your heart rate will speeds up a little. This gives your body an "up" feeling. This is the effect when people say that alcohol makes them feel more sociable. Step 2: is Giddy Up! After a couple more drinks you will feel light headed. Your cordination and reaction time will be impaired. And your abilitys to make decisions is slowed down. Step 3: I'm perfectly shober! After a few more drinks(7-9) people will show definite signs of alcohol effects. Drinking more that 8 drinks at a time will seriously overload the liver. Step 4: Nobody's friend...Drinking more than 10 drinks at a time has most people staggering about where they are. Accidents can happen very easily. Fights can happen quick, just by bumping into someone could easily make them mad. This amount of alcohol will be effecting cells all over the body. Step 5:Unconscious or Dead:( 30 drinks is enough to knock a person out. From that point its a short time to heart failure and brething slowly to stop. Even if someone is unconscious the alcohol in the body can still be absorbed andreach lethal levels. Well those are all the steps to INTOXICATION. I hope you learn a lot about this and are careful when you drink.