nutr chapter 8

• standard drink is the size that proves 14g of alcohol, beer 12oz, wine cooler, 10 oz, wine 5oz, and hard liquor 1.5oz
• moderate alcohol intake is 1 standard drink per day for women and for men
• distilling is when after fermentation the alcohol can be recovered by boiling off the alc and the vaors are collected an condensed
• alc is rapidly absorbed through the gi tract by simple diffusion
• 3 alc metabolism pathways
• 1 alc dehydrogenase (adh) pathway occurs during low to moderate intakes
• 2 microsomal ethanol oxidizing system (meos) occurs when the adh can't keep up. the same intermediates (acetaldehyde and acetyl-coa) are produced but energy is used
• meos metabolizes drugs and other foreign substances
• 3 catalase pathway
• blood alc concentration (bac) is the amount of alc in the blood and the amount excreted in the lungs ins measured
• acute alc toxicity=acl poisoning
• binge drinking is 4 or more drinks in one occasion for women and 5 for men
• low to moderate use has benefits r
• excessive intake has serious effects
• moderate use can reduce stress and anxiety and stimulate appetite in elderly
• alc hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver
• cirrhosis is the final stage of liver damage
• wernicke-korsakoff syndrome is a thiamin deficiency
• fetal alc syndrom (fas