Does anyone know where I can find data about the effects of alcohol consumption that involve the amount consumed vs the frequency?
How deeply do you want to go into the subject? Do you want it on a layperson's level or in more rigorous scientific terms? Needless to say, there is a lot of information on alcohol consumption and its effects. Unfortunately, a good portion of that information is also biased by politics and religion. You know, the people who say just one drink will kill brain cells, and they aren't about to be dissuaded.
**broken link removed** article in J. Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism just happened to pop up on a search. It seems to answer part of your question, namely it assesses differences between binge drinking, high daily, and "acceptable" daily drinking on components included in the "metabolic syndrome."
One thing to remember is that most studies look at alcohol abuse and heavy consumption because they create measurable endpoints within a reasonable period. Longitudinal studies of low-level alcohol consumption are difficult to do.
John
Good story.
Now for some details. Alcohol distributes in the total body water, which is about 60% of body mass expressed as volume. Thus, a 70 Kg man has about 42L of body water. Alcohol metabolism is roughly zero order over a wide range of concentrations. That is, a fixed amount is metabolized per hour. That rate is 150mg/L/hr for light drinkers to 300 mg/L/hr for people who are habituated. If one assumes a value of 200 mg/L/hr for a 70 Kg man, he metabolizes 8.4 g/hour. Specific gravity of alcohol is 0.7, so 8.4 g = 12 mL of alcohol. 80 proof is 40% alcohol, and thus, 30 mL of 80 proof whiskey contains 12 mL of alcohol.
Long story, short: If you are a 70 Kg man, once you get to the level of inebriation you like, you can maintain that level by drinking no more than 1 oz of 80 proof whiskey (or equivalent beer or wine) per hour.
Your bar patron just needed to reach a steady state.
John
Long story, short: If you are a 70 Kg man, once you get to the level of inebriation you like, you can maintain that level by drinking no more than 1 oz of 80 proof whiskey (or equivalent beer or wine) per hour.
John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenols
Wine also contains some sugar which hasn't been converterd to acohol.
I hate wine, just the smell of the stuff makes me feel sick.
I do drink beer and cider though.
I brew my own cider, the longer you leave it to ferment before botling the higer the alcohol content and the dryer the flavour. I prefer it inbetween. I'm still experimenting at the moment, the cider I made last year was far to dry and the year before was a bit sweet.
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