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Ladies,
you can't drink
men under the table! 
It's a fact!
By: Dolly Santana
"Chug, chug,
chug," people continue cheering as Molly chugs the beer down
and attempts to out drink Billy. "Pass me another one,"
she says and the same process continues for many beers to come. Molly
finishes the contest tied with Billy, and the next thing you know
she's on the floor. The paramedics come and diagnose her with alcohol
poisoning.
Alcohol poisoning
is common in today's youth, especially among women. Now that times
have changed and gender lines are blurred, females think they're just
like one of the guys, which can prompt them to adopt a similar drinking
lifestyle.
Recent studies by
the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that alcohol
substantially affects women differently compared to men. According
to BRAD21.org, an organization that educates young adults and their
parents about the use of alcohol, women can expect more alcohol-induced
impairments than men at equivalent levels of consumption.
Most women are smaller
than men and equivalent doses produce higher levels of alcohol concentration
in women's bodies. They also contain more body fat than men and consequently
have less body water to dilute the alcohol. Females absorb and metabolize
alcohol differently. They produce less alcohol dehydrogenase, the
enzyme in the stomach that breaks down alcohol, so in reality alcohol
remains longer in a woman's bloodstream.
Females should be
concerned because medical research continues to reveal greater alcohol-related
health risks such as brain and liver damage. Did you know that unstable
hormone levels in women cause the effects of alcohol to set in faster
when estrogen levels are higher, especially during the premenstrual
period? So pass on that Smirnoff when it's your time of the month.
For those ladies who
are concerned with their appearance, here's an interesting fact: Alcohol
leads to the increase of estrogen levels and other related symptoms
like those red "spider veins" around the nose and cheek
area. So unless you want to spend more time applying concealer and
make-up, lay off the alcoholic beverages.
According to the C.D.C.
and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, eighty-two
percent of women surveyed average around 0-3 drinks per week, less
than what men drink. Cornell University revealed that in multiple
studies, the risk of breast cancer increases as alcohol consumption
increases; drinking about two to five drinks per day "may be
associated with a rate of breast cancer that is about 40% higher than
the rate for non-drinkers."
Research like this
will hopefully deter women from consuming large amounts of alcohol
and stop them from challenging their male friends to drinking contests.
Visit
www.niaaa.nih.gov
find out more information and for answers to frequently asked
questions. To find out more information from Cornell's study, go to:
http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Diet/fs13.alcohol.cfm?resource=topic.
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