Alcohol intro.
The kind of alcohol we drink is called ethanol. When people have any alcoholic drink they
consume quantities of ethanol. Ethanol is a by-product of the fermentation process (when
yeast and sugar are mixed together and react). Ethanol dissolves easily in water, so it can be
rapidly absorbed from the digestive tract and circulate throughout the body in the blood.
Alcohol in the body
Human bodies regard ethanol as a poison, and have many mechanisms to try to deal with it
and render it harmless.
After stimulating the taste buds in the mouth, most of the ethanol goes into the stomach. This is where the differences between men’s bodies and women’s bodies are the most significant.
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