This episode is a deep dive into how alcohol affects the body, timestamps are below. This isn’t an episode meant to scare you, just to inform you about all the things you may be experiencing. Often we don’t know that alcohol is the cause. In the second half of the episode I’ll shift gears to the scary side of how alcohol impacts the body, specifically cancer and cirrhosis. I will give you a warning before I discuss the prognosis of cirrhosis so if that is information you don’t want to hear then you will be able to turn off the episode.
I designed this episode to be the most comprehensive episode on how alcohol affects the body that has ever been released. Plus, it’s coming from a sober person who knows from personal experience. If this episode helps you, then I would really appreciate you sharing it to help me spread the word.
What to listen to next:
E231: everything you need to know about alcohol withdrawal
E170: here's why the first year of sobriety is so hard
E196: how the brain recovers after quitting drinking
E211: the anticipation of a drink
E224: alcohol makes your brain stop working
E228: how alcohol automatically captures and holds your attention
E240: post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS)
Timestamps (may be shifted slightly due to ads. Thank you for listening to my ads to support all the work that goes into this podcast):
0:00-1:51 Intro
1:52-3:32 why alcohol makes you sweaty and red, night sweats
3:33-5:17 how alcohol affects sleep
5:18-13:00 heart rate and blood pressure
13:01-14:19 leg cramps
14:20-17:41 skin and aging
17:43-19:59 neurotoxin, alcoholic neuropathy
20:00-22:39 muscle building and losing body fat
22:40-24:24 alcohol shrinks the brain
24:25-27:58 how alcohol initially energizes us before making us exhausted
27:59-32:54 gut and oral health, inflammation, acid reflux
32:57-40:02 brain inflammation, memory and cognitive impairments
40:06-44:49 where does alcohol go after you drink it, alcohol metabolism
44:50-48:48 how alcohol metabolism changes when you drink heavily
48:49-50:23 why women typically have more health related consequences than men
50:24-59:06 how alcohol causes cancer
59:07-1:07 how alcohol causes fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis
1:08-end the prognosis for someone with cirrhosis
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