Alcoholic beverages
Many people consume alcohol, some at parties, others during meals or at some type of celebration. This is done because of the ignorance, many of the alcohol consumers do not know where the drink they are ingesting comes from, much less how it affects their body. The form of production, the degree of toxicity and the alcoholic graduation of the most consumed and harmful beverages in general will be evaluated. TOXICITY OF ALCOHOLS Ingestion of large quantities of ethyl alcohol causes intoxication, abuse of these beverages can lead to chronic alcoholism, toxocomania or acute alcoholism. The human organism is capable of oxidizing and eliminating in the form of water a maximum of 0.8 cubic centimeters per hour and per kilogram of body weight. Beyond that amount, the ingested alcohol goes to the blood and nervous tissues, causing toxic effects. Regardless of whether it is a drug capable of generating dependency, alcohol consumption has been convincingly associated with about 60 ...