Alcohol Damaging Liver Research Paper

Alcohol Damaging Liver

Alcohol is a big factor in some people’s lives. It is okay to drink alcohol occasionally but not too often to the point where you are hurting your body. It is difficult to understand as to why people excessively drink alcohol when it is just hurting their body.

The liver can only handle a small amount of drinking, when you drink more than the liver can handle, the liver is struggling to process it. In source B it explains, “When alcohol reaches the liver it produces toxic enzymes called acetaldehyde, which damages liver cells and can cause permanent tissue scarring in your liver”(Loveyourliver). People who drink alcohol are aware of being dehydrated, “When alcohol reaches the body enters the body it acts as a diuretic and as such dehydrates you and forces the liver to find water from other sources”(Loveyourliver). This explains how most people who are out on a big night wake up to a big headache because the liver was forced to find water from somewhere else. Whether you are a regular drinker or a heavy

drinker you are putting your liver at risk, “Regular drinking  and heavy drinking over time can strain or upset the way alcohol is metabolized within the body, which can lead to alcoholic liver disease”(Loveyourliver). When drinking you can put yourself at risk with liver disease.
After drinking alcohol about 25 percent of it is absorbed from your stomach and then is absorbed to your bloodstream.

My Dr. from Source C states, “ The concentration of alcohol in your drink (drinks with a higher alcohol concentration are generally absorbed faster). This is saying that alcohol that has a high concentration is absorbed faster and it will eventually be absorbed into your bloodstream. If you have an empty stomach or not alcohol will still be absorbed,”Whether your stomach is full empty food will slow down the absorption of alcohol (MyDr.). Once alcohol has been absorbed into your bloodstream it will remain in your body until it is processed, “About 90-98 percent of alcohol that you drink is broken down in your liver. The other 2 percent is removed in your urine, breathed out through your lungs or excreted in your sweat (MyDr.). If you drink alcohol faster, your body can process it, then your blood level will continually

rise.
While many people say that those who drink alcoholic beverages will soon get liver disease, drinking can also be benefitting, “Drinking alcohol may offer some health benefits especially for your heart” (MayoClinic). Many people don’t know about this beneficial factor but it’s best to keep your drinking to a moderate level that way you won’t cause any health risks. Some possible health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption would be, “Reducing your risk of developing and dying from heart disease, possibly reduce your risk of ischemic stroke and possibly reduce your risk of diabetes”(MayoClinic). Therefore these are some possible health benefits of moderate alcohol use.
    Alcohol can affect people in so many ways as to putting themselves in danger with risk of alcoholic liver disease, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis,etc. Alcohol can also have a possible health benefit to the heart, but remember either way you are at risk to any of the following if you are either a moderate drinking or heavy drinker.