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What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by messe »

sysadm1n wrote: post #2

Anyone have their own cure for a hangover the following day after drinking heavily? My usual go-to is a 'Full English Breakfast' that has all the trimmings and it replaces lost electrolytes in my system and 'cures' me although it's only a band-aid solution. There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. Lucozade is another thing we…

> Lucozade is another thing we have over here in the UK which is lauded as a 'curer' for hangovers.

I’d recommend Lucozade Sport instead, for the electrolytes (It’s got what plants crave!).

Then, poached eggs, rashers, toast and some roasted or fried tomatoes. Throw in a chopped up habañero as well for flavour if your spice tolerance is up to it.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by munificent »

sysadm1n wrote: post #2

Anyone have their own cure for a hangover the following day after drinking heavily? My usual go-to is a 'Full English Breakfast' that has all the trimmings and it replaces lost electrolytes in my system and 'cures' me although it's only a band-aid solution. There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. Lucozade is another thing we…

The best cures, as usual, are preventative. In order of effectiveness, I have found these reduce hangovers:

1. Don't drink a lot quickly. If you never get to the point that the room starts spinning, then your body can roughly process the alcohol at the rate that you're consuming it. Avoid doing shots and sip cocktails slowly.

2. Sober up before going to bed. If you do get too drunk, spend an hour or two sobering up before going to bed. That will give your body time to process some of the alcohol and tell you what it needs—to pee, drink water, eat, etc. before you go unconscious.

3. Drink a fairly large electrolyte drink like Gatorade before going to bed. Much of the pain of a hangover comes from dehydration and other chemical imbalances from your body processing the alcohol while you sleep.

If you haven't done any of those and woke up with a hangover, it's too late. Your body has used all of its reserves processing the alcohol and you have signed up for pain.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by nicbou »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #8

The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…

Is having a drink or two a week really measurably self-destructive? How does it measure compared to sitting at a desk all day, or putting mayo in your sandwiches?

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

disantlor wrote: post #18
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #8

The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…

let us know if you find a solution to social anxiety and especially existential dread

The solution existential dread is managing it, it won't go away because we don't have the tools to answer the questions that induce it

I suggest studying epistemology

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by mrguyorama »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #39
throw6746 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy I don't think any study really proved that a glass of beer a month would do anything to your life expectancy no?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... For populations between 15–39 years old, the theoretical minimum risk capped at 0.603 standard drinks per day. So a "safe" amount of alcohol for the majority drinking population is less than one standard drink per day For populations over 40 years old, the theoretical minimum risk is capped at 1.87 drinks per day

Important addendum (if it's not in your link or people don't read your link):

There's no rollover. If you don't drink during the week, that doesn't mean you get five drinks on the weekend. Each day is independent.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by saulpw »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #8

The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…

> Something is seriously wrong with humanity

Yup, this seems quite accurate to me. Hence the desire to regularly dissociate.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by TakeBlaster16 »

atwood22 wrote: post #35
TakeBlaster16 wrote: post #24

Alcohol is the most harmful drug out there[1] - worse than heroin, crack cocaine, and all the rest. It boggles my mind how common it is, while genuinely useful drugs like psilocybin are still Schedule I and relegated to the shadows. [1]: https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61462-6 https://i.imgur.com/DQDJMGt.png

That paper doesn't really say how they computed the scores of the different drugs. Without that information it's hard to say how accurate the scoring is.

I'll have to disagree with you. The first three pages explain the scoring criteria, and if you scroll down there is more detailed data.

https://i.imgur.com/pjEj4sU.png

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by 0xdeadbeefbabe »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #8

The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…

> I say this as a former Beer and Whiskey nerd by the way.

That is really interesting.

So, what do you do now instead of Beer and Whiskey?

Edit: Don't tell me it's karma.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by vkou »

halffaday wrote: post #45
selectodude wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've been drinking alcohol for 8000 years now so I wish you the best of luck on your crusade to show that it's "something wrong with humanity".

If you ever find yourself in a scenario where clean water isn’t available. Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you.

> Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you

... Because the process of making beer consists of boiling the wort!

But if you can boil water to make beer, you can just, well, boil water to drink.

People have known since antiquity how to make water potable.

Re: What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video]

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Post by kennedywm »

wheelerof4te wrote: post #4

Honestly, one bottle of beer turns me from a chronically melancholic and outright boring person, to a functioning, social human being. So, I call BS.

Relying on booze to have a personality is where a lot of alcoholics start out. Not saying this is you, but it's worth keeping in mind if one beer starts becoming more.
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