The effects of alcohol on the body

How does alcohol affect the human body? Alcohol affects the whole body and does not just cause the drinker to act drunk. Every part of the human body responds when alcohol is present in the body. The brain is affected by alcohol with impairment in behaviour, judgement, memory, concentration and co-ordination as well as mood swings and emotional outbursts. The Central Nervous System is sedated by alcohol and the ability of the nerve cells to …

…with inflammation, ulcers and cancer, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, sweating, loss of appetite and the inability to process nutrients and vitamins. Alcohol interferes with the body's ability to absorb calcium resulting in bones being weak, soft, brittle and thinner. The conclusion I make is an obvious one of the fact that alcohol affects many parts of the human body and the statement that 'alcohol has no effect on the human body' is completely false and uneducated.