Alcohol and Tobacco
Risk factors to health
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ALCOHOL
- The problem is not the amount of alcohol, it is the time your body takes to eliminate it.
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THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION:
GENDER, AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND GENERAL HEALTH.
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Alcohol enters the body and stops in the stomach! About 20% stays in the stomach and 80% goes to the small intestine.
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That 80% is absorbed and goes to the blood stream and gets to the heart.
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM RECEIVES A HUGE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL.
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This is how our brain receives alcohol and after one drink you can fell light head and relaxed.
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SLOWING EVERYTHING DOWN; THAT IS WHY WE EXPERIENCE THE EFFECTS
ON OUR EMOTIONS, JUDGEMENT, BALANCE, MEMORY AND SPEECH.
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DRINKING ALCOHOL AFFECTS:
- Cerebral cortex (senses)
- Frontal lobes ( making decisions)
- Cerebellum (coordination)
- Hippocampus (memory)
- Hypothalamus (blood pressure, hunger, thirst)
- Medulla ( automatic actions such as heart beat)
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SMOKING AND TOBACCO
EVERY TIME YOU SMOKE A CIGARETTE TOXIC GASES PASS INTO YOUR LUNGS
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What is in a cigarette? It is made using the tobacco leaf which contains nicotine, tar and a variety of other compounds.
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AS THE TOBACCO AND COMPOUNDS BURN
THEY RELEASE THOUSANDS OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS
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CIGARETTE CONTAINS THE POISONOUS GASES SUCH AS:
CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITROGEN OXIDE
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NEGATIVE EFFECTS ARE
- Smoking causes death
- Heart disease
- Heart attack
- Stroke
- Death from COPD
- Lung cancer
- Cardiovascular disease.
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