How Alcohol Affect Your Body Organs

               

Do you know that, Just one sip of beer, wine, or nkai-kai hangs out in your body for about two hours? Once it enters your bloodstream, it touches down on nearly every organ and system in your body.

The liver bears the brunt of heavy drinking. But even if you don’t imbibe enough to cause cirrhosis (the dangerous liver scarring that marks the final stage of alcohol-induced liver diseases)- it still takes a toll on your health if you start to overdo it, alcohol can certainly have negative effects.

Here’s what happens in your body when you throw down more than a few:

 
1. Your Brain
Contrary to popular belief, alcohol doesn’t actually kill your brain cells, but alter levels of neurotransmitters, the chemical messengers that control your mood, perception, and behaviour.

Alcohol impairs brain areas such as the cerebellum—the control site for your balance and coordination—and your cerebral cortex, which is responsible for thinking, memory, and learning

2. Your Skin
Alcohol dilates blood vessels on your face, making them more prone to breakage.
Your heart pumps more fluid into surrounding tissues to balance out those alcohol-widened arteries and veins, leaving you with a bloated, puffy face.

MUSCLES

Alcohol affect  your hormonal and inflammatory responses to exercise, making it more difficult for your body to repair damaged proteins and build new ones.

So take the time to get some protein, carbohydrates, and non-boozy fluids into your system post-workout before cracking open your first cold one and hit the gym.

4. Your Heart
Moderate drinking might protect your heart due to the blood vessel-relaxing polyphenols that alcohol contains or by raising your levels of HDL, (“good” cholesterol)

Meanwhile, those same two drinks per day can raise your risk of atrial fibrillation by 17 percent, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

STOMACH

Alcohol irritates your stomach, increases acidity, and relaxes the muscle at the end of your esophagus, causing heartburn.

6. Your Penis
Having as few as five drinks a week decreases your sperm count and percentage of healthy swimmers, perhaps by affecting levels of sex hormones like testosterone

Almost three-quarters of men with alcohol dependence have at least one sexual health issue, such as low desire, erectile dysfunction, or premature ejaculation.