Submitted by Lindsey, SUNY Geneseo I put these facts on a folded piece of paper (like a horizontal birthday card) for a fun interactive bulletin board. Hope the facts are helpful ?

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Submitted byLindsey, SUNY Geneseo I put
these facts on a folded piece of paper (like a
horizontal birthday card) for a fun interactive
bulletin board. Hope the facts are helpful ?
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Alcohol myths True or False?
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Can drinking make you warmer?
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FALSE. A swig of alcohol might initially make you
feel warmer, but drinking any alcoholic beverage
actually lowers your core body temperature. It
sends blood to your skin, which will make you
feel warm and flushed, but causes you to lose
body heat. You could suffer from hypothermia and
not even feel it. Alcohol can also cause
dehydration and impair your judgment, which can
make matters even worse.
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Do men have a higher tolerance for alcohol than
women?
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TRUE. Due to physiological differences, a woman
will absorb up to 30 percent more alcohol into
her bloodstream than a man of the same height and
weight drinking the same amount of alcohol.
Compared to men, women tend to have a higher
percentage of body fat, which does not absorb
alcohol, and a lower percentage of water, which
does -- resulting in a greater concentration of
alcohol in the blood. Men also have a greater
quantity of an enzyme in their stomachs that
breaks down alcohol before it enters the
bloodstream.
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A beer flood in 1814 killed 9 people.
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TRUE. On Oct. 17, 1814, a ruptured tank at the
Meux and Company Brewery in London unleashed over
323,000 imperial gallons of beer when one vat
gave way, causing others to succumb. It flooded
the streets knocked down walls, flooded
basements, and demolished 2 houses and a pub.
Eight people drowned. The ninth died of alcohol
poisoning the next day.
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Sucking on a penny or putting it under your
tongue will help you pass a Breathalyzer test if
you've been drinking.
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FALSE. Whoever came up with this idea either had
a very weak grasp of science or was playing a
joke on someone. There is no truth to the rumor
that the copper in a penny will somehow affect
the results of a Breathalyzer test. It just
doesn't make any cents
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Taking a Cold shower, drinking coffee or going
for a run will sober you up faster.
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FALSE. There are no shortcuts to sobriety. No
amount of black coffee, cold showers, exercise,
or water will speed up the process. Your body
processes alcohol at a constant rate of
approximately .015 percent of blood alcohol
content per hour, regardless of gender, weight,
height, age, etc. (approximately 1 drink per
hour). Only time will sober you up.
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Beer does not have as much alcohol as hard liquor.
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FALSE. A 12-ounce bottle of beer has the same
amount of alcohol as a standard shot of 80-proof
liquor (either straight or in a mixed drink) or 5
ounces of wine.
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Beer Before Liquor, youll get sicker.Liquor
before beer, youre in the clear.
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FALSE. If this were true, no one would ever have
a bad morning after. The fact is, it doesn't
matter what type of liquor you drink, the
percentage of alcohol in your blood, or your
blood alcohol content (BAC), is the real factor
in how drunk you get. A single serving of beer or
wine and a shot of liquor all contain the same
amount of alcohol. Too much of any combination
will make you sick.
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Alcohol kills brain cells.
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FALSE. During the temperance movement, it was
often said that alcohol could kill brain cells.
Throughout the decades, this myth has persisted,
but scientific research has shown that the
moderate consumption of alcohol is associated
with better cognitive skills and memory than
abstaining from alcohol. In other words, moderate
drinking actually improves thinking, reasoning
and memory.
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People that dont drink are not totally alcohol
free.
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TRUE. Every person produces alcohol normally in
the body 24 hours each and every day from birth
until death. Therefore, we always have alcohol in
our bodies.
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Girly drinks, or diet drinks dont actually get
you drunk.
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FALSE. A study done by Chris Rayner, M.C. from
the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia showed
that diet drinks could actually get you more
drunk. This is due to the lack of calories in the
drink, which will cause it to empty into your
stomach faster, thus getting you drunk faster.
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Champagne makes you more drunk.
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TRUE. Champagne bubbles open your pyloric valve
through your intestines and move the alcohol into
your bloodstream quicker. The carbon dioxide in
the bubbles helps alcohol flow through the body
at an accelerated pace. This in turn helps you
get intoxicated much quicker.
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Beer makes you dehydrated.
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TRUE. Beer causes you to become bloated, thus not
giving you enough room to stay hydrated. Beer
also causes you to urinate more, thus becoming
more dehydrated.
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Alcohol can age your face.
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TRUE. Alcohol dehydrates your skin, which causes
wrinkles. While the alcohol is in your body it'll
stimulate water retention, however line formation
can come from the absence of that water.
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The more you drink, the greater your tolerance.
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TRUE. The more your liver is exposed to alcohol,
the harder it works against it. Your liver can be
damaged by alcohol, thus reducing it's ability to
breakdown alcohol before it enters your
bloodstream. Long term, a high tolerance, which
can be seen by some college students as a
desired quality can actually lead to alcoholism
and cirrhosis of the liver.
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Alcohol is not always bad for your body.
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TRUE. In moderation alcohol can help your heart,
strengthen your bones and prevent against
osteoporosis, gallstones, ulcers, kidney stones,
some cancer, and diabetes. Also, moderate
drinkers tend to have better health and live
longer than those who are either abstainers or
heavy drinkers. In addition to having fewer heart
attacks and strokes, moderate consumers of
alcoholic beverages (beer, wine or distilled
spirits or liquor) are generally less likely to
suffer hypertension or high blood pressure,
peripheral artery disease, Alzheimer's disease
and the common cold.
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