And the fact that it can pass into so many organs and cells so easily is really what explains its damaging effects . I should mention that there are three main types of alcohol . There's isopropyl , methyl and ethyl alcohol and only the last one , ethyl alcohol or ethanol is fit for human consumption .
I should mention that there are three main types of alcohol . There's isopropyl , methyl and ethyl alcohol and only the last one , ethyl alcohol or ethanol is fit for human consumption . However , it is still toxic .
I know some people talk about sugar is empty calories , but sugar actually is a far better fuel source than alcohol or acetate . But nonetheless , when you ingest alcohol , some percentage is being shuttled into a worse poison and some is being shuttled into a fuel source . Now , the important thing to understand is that it is the poison , the acetyl aldehyde itself that leads to the effect of being inebriated or drunk .
And then some people makes people feel really , especially energized and happy . Well , alcohol is indiscriminate in terms of which brain areas it goes to . Again , it doesn't bind to particular receptors , but it does seem to have a propensity or an affinity for particular brain areas that are involved in certain kinds of thinking and behavior .
And so cells within the liver really take a beating in the alcohol metabolism events . So the key thing to understand here is that when you ingest alcohol , you are , yes , ingesting a poison . And that poison is converted into an even worse poison in your body .