Introduction
Alcohol in beverages like beer, wine, and spirits contains ethanol or ethyl alcohol, produced by fermenting sugars in grains, fruits, and vegetables. For instance, grapes contribute to wine production, while vodka is made from potatoes (
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What is alcohol?
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Excessive alcohol consumption can have harmful effects, disrupting brain communication, affecting mood, behavior, and cognition. Prolonged or heavy drinking can lead to heart issues like
cardiomyopathy,
arrhythmia, and high blood pressure. The liver may suffer from conditions such as
fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis due to
excessive alcohol intake. Moreover, alcohol is linked to pancreatic inflammation, weakened immunity, and a higher risk of various cancers (
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In this quiz you can learn about alcohol and its effects. The quiz has 10 questions with explanation of answers. The topics covered are
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Alcohol types (1✔ ✔Trusted Source
What is alcohol?
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- Characteristics of alcohol (2✔ ✔Trusted Source
Alcohol's Effects on the Body
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Chemical Composition of Alcoholic Beverages, Additives and Contaminants
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- Test to determine effect of alcohol in CNS (4✔ ✔Trusted Source
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health
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- Breath analyzer test (5✔ ✔Trusted Source
Does Alcohol Thin Your Blood?
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- Methods to calculate alcohol percentage (6✔ ✔Trusted Source
Effects Of Alcohol
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- Hangover (8✔ ✔Trusted Source
How Do You Measure the Percentage of Alcohol in Beer, Wine and Other Beverages?
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