ethanol effects on health. Symptoms of exposure to ethanol may include irritation to the eyes, skin and nose, drowsiness and headache. Other symptoms may include stupor, nausea, mental excitement or depression, vomiting, flushing and coma. Exposure to high concentrations of ethanol vapours may cause irritation of the eyes, skin and respiratory tract, loss of coordination (ataxia), sleepiness, narcosis (stupor or unconsciousness), impaired perception and lack of coordination. It can also cause lowered inhibitions, dizziness, shallow respiration, unconsciousness and death. Ethanol is harmful by ingestion, inhalation or by skin absorption.
Repeated contact can dry the skin resulting in the skin cracking, peeling and itching.
Ethanol can depress the central nervous system, the eyes and upper respiratory tract (nose and throat). Ethanol can cause irritation, headache, fatigue and loss of concentration.
Consumption of ethanol during pregnancy may affect the unborn child, resulting in spontaneous abortion, developmental problems, or birth defects. This is known as 'foetal alcohol syndrome'. Chronic ingestion of ethanol may cause liver cirrhosis, affect the nervous system and affect the glands in humans.
Ethanol may cause mutations (genetic changes).
Ethanol is rapidly oxidised by the body to carbon dioxide and water, with no cumulative effect. Concentrations below 1000 parts per million (ppm) usually produce no signs of intoxication.
2. ETHANOL
• US Drinking Population
• ~51% of women
• ~72% of men
• ~5% of total en intake
• Heavy drinkers
• 3% of women
• 14% of men
• Up to 50% of total en intake
3. ETHANOL
• Energy Content of
• 7.1 kcal/g
• 29.7 kJ/g
• 1 drink =
• 12 g ethanol
• ~9 oz beer (270 ml)
• 100 mL wine (12 % by volume)
• 30 mL liquor (40% by volume)
• ~85.2 kcal from ethanol
4. THE PROOF IS IN THE ALCOHOL
• Proof = 2x % alcohol
• 100 proof is 50% alcohol
• Whiskey, gin, rum, vodka are 80 proof or
40 % alcohol
• Wine = 8 –14% alcohol
• Beer = 4 –9% alcohol
10. ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE
• Ethanol to acetaldehyde to acetate to acetyl CoA
• Uses NAD + forms NADH
• Liver primarily
• Gastric mucosal cells
• Males> females
• CH3CHOH + NAD+ CH3CH + NADH +
O
• CH3CH + NAD+ + H2O CH3 CO- + 2H+ + NADH
O
• NADH increases in cytosol and mitochondria
ethanol
acetaldehyde
acetaldehyde
acetate
ALDH2
Occurs in mitochondria
11. MEOS-CYTOCHROME P450 2E1
Metabolizes up to 20% of ethanol
Inducible by ethanol and other substances
increasing tolerance to ethanol or increasing
metabolism of some substances (vitamin A, some
drugs)
12. ALCOHOL TOXICITY
• Acetaldehyde Toxicity
• Can attach to proteins impairing the protein function
• Damage to hepatocytes can lead to fibrosis and cirrhosis
• High NADH: NAD+ ratio
• Increase formation of lactate ( LDH)
• Slows Krebs cycle so acetyl CoA pushed toward fatty acid
synthesis
• Glycerol -3-P increased TAG synthesis
• Impaired gluconeogenesis
20. CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION IN
ASH
• Anorexia
• Alterd taste/smell
• Malabsorption
• Poor food quality
• Metabolic disterbances
• Cytokine
• Complications of liverdisease
• Unpalatable diet
• Fasting for proceedures
21. ALCOHOL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• Reduced Dietary Intake
• Poverty
• Displaces regular food
• Anorexia
• Problems eating
22. ALCOHOL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• Impaired Digestion
• Alcoholic gastritis
• Reduced secretions
• Bile
• Pancreatic enzymes
• Mucosal damage
23. ALCOHOL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• Malabsorption
• Mucosal damage
• Indirect damage
• Folate deficiency
• Motility changes
• Faster transit times in SI
• Pancreatic insufficiency
24. ALCOHOL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• Impaired transport of nutrients
• Liver damage
• Decreased Storage
• Liver damage
• Alcoholic myopathy
25. ALCOHOL AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• Increased losses
• Excretion
• Bile
• Urine
• Increased requirements
• From other changes
• Increased metabolic rate
26. ALCOHOL & ENERGY METABOLISM
• ~ 96 g or 25 en%
• Substituted increases EE ~ 4%
• Adding increases ~7%
• 20-25 % thermic effect of food (~12 %
mixed meal)
• Moderate consumption
• 15-20% thermic effect of food
27. LIPIDS
• Suppresses lipid oxidation ~ 1/3
• Acetate used by peripheral tissues
instead of FA
• + fat balance
• Increases FA intake by liver
• Fatty liver
31. VITAMINS
•May lower plasma vit A
•Increased degradation
•Decreased RBP
•Vit E levels reduced with
chronic ingestion
•Heavy drinkers
•Lower intake vit D
•Lower absorption vit D
•Decreased activation vit D
•Increased risk of bone
fractures
32. VITAMINS
•Several vit def often with
heavy drinkers
•Vit B6
•> 50% alcoholics have low
levels
•Multiple causes
•Folate
•<50% heavy drinkers low
levels
•Multiple causes
•Riboflavin
•Low intake
•Decreased bioavailability
33. VITAMINS
•Thiamin def
•80% of heavy drinkers
•Poor intake
•Malabsorption
•Alcohol interferes with
active transport
•Reduced active form
•Increased urinary loss
•Reduced storage capacity
38. ETHANOL AND MORTALITY
• J shaped curve
• Low levels decreased morbidity & mortality
• Decreased CAD
• Gallstones
• High levels and abstinence increased
• Morbidity
• Mortality
• Nadir
• US men- 69.9 g/w
• US women- 26.1 g/w
39. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, HEAVY DRINKING, AND MORTALITY:
RETHINKING THE J‐SHAPED CURVE
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
27 AUG 2013 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12250
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.12250/full#acer12250-fig-0001
Figure 1. Mortality risk by frequency of heavy (5+ drinks; dark line) and nonheavy (<5 drinks; light line)
drinking occasions per week. Hazard ratio, with 95% CI, is plotted separately for the frequency of each
behavior. Data are based on the 1997 to 2001 waves of the National Health Interview Survey. Reflects an
interaction model; results are for those respondents who did not indicate they were in poor health.
40. ETHANOL AND MORTALITY
• Linear relationship between frequency of consuming
>5 drinks during one day and mortality.
• So dose matters!
41. ETHANOL AND MORTALITY
• J shaped curve
• Increased morbidity and mortality
• Cancers
• Alcoholic liver disease
• 11.1-4.6/100,000 age-adjusted death rate from
cirrhosis of the liver
• CVD including arrhythmias
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Hypertension
• Stroke
• 1/3 fatal car wrecks alcohol related
42. Figure 1. Associations of usual alcohol consumption with all-cause mortality and the aggregate of cardiovascular
disease in current drinkers. Cardiovascular disease was defined as an aggregate of myocardial infarction, coronary
heart disease, and stroke.
A M Wood, et al.
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912
current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
LANCET, Volume 391, Issue 10129, 2018, 1513–1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
43. Figure 2. Associations of usual alcohol consumption with cardiovascular subtypes in alcohol drinkers
Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, smoking, and history of diabetes, and stratified by sex and EPIC centre.
The reference category is the lowest baseline alcohol...
Angela M Wood, et al
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83
prospective studies
Lancet Volume 391, Issue 10129, 2018, 1513–1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
44. Figure 3. Hazard ratios for subtypes of cardiovascular outcomes in current drinkers, per 100 g
per week higher usual alcohol consumption. Hazard ratios are adjusted for age, smoking, and
history of diabetes, and stratified by sex and centre
A M Wood, et al
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in
83 prospective studies
Volume 391, Issue 10129, 2018, 1513–1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
45. Figure 4. Estimated future years of life lost by extent of reported baseline alcohol consumption
compared with those who reported consuming >0–≤100 g per week. The estimates of
cumulative survival from 40 years of age onwards in the alcohol-drinking groups.
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in
83 prospective studies
A M Wood et al. Lancet, Volume 391, Issue 10129, 2018, 1513–1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
47. BONE
• Heavy drinkers
• Low intake Ca
• Malabsorption Ca
• Increased urinary Ca
• Impaired Vit D
• Increased fractures
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NC
48. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
• Heavy alcohol ingestion during pregnancy
• 1 in 8 women at risk via drinking
• > 7 drinks/w
• >5 drinks/occasion
• Growth retardation
• Facial changes
• Neurobehavioral changes
• Cognitive impairment
• Learning disabilities