Sorry but thats wrong… 90-95% of the alcohol breaks down into carbon dioxide and water. Thats why you get tired and or pass out from excessive drinking.
70% of the alcohol gets absorbed by the intestines, 20 by the stomach and the rest gets secreted out by sweat or piss.
The reactions are acetic acid and acetalhylyde are the chemicals that break down alcohol. Alcohol effects the central nervous system, not the digestive system.
Where did you read this stuff?? Id like to take a look. Conflicting info bothers me if its from textbooks… mines from a txt book called Drugs and the Law: Detection, Recognition, and Investigation.
Dehydration and Electrolyte Imbalance - Alcohol causes the body to increase urinary output (i.e., it is a diuretic). Alcohol promotes urine production by inhibiting the release of a hormone (i.e., antidiuretic hormone, or vasopressin) from the pituitary gland. In turn, reduced levels of antidiuretic hormone prevent the kidneys from reabsorbing (i.e., conserving) water and thereby increase urine production.
Alcohol inhibits ADH (antidiuretic hormone)
That’s just the first source I could find. We learned a decent bit about this in at least one of my bio classes here at RIT.
so when i’m clearly out to get drunk I’m going to drink it with jager, since that is 70 proof. where as Vodka, is 80 proof. I don’t know about you but clearly the taste doesn’t matter when I chug most of them anyway.