![]() You will not find pure alcohol in most drinks; drinking pure alcohol can be deadly because it only takes a few ounces of pure alcohol to quickly raise the blood alcohol level into the danger zone. For various types of beverages, the ethanol concentration by volume is as follows.: |
![]() No more than 0.64g CO2/100mL; derived primarily from apples/pears or apple/pear juice concentrate and water; containing no other fruit product or fruit flavoring other than apple/pear; and containing at least 0.5 and less than not equal to 8.5 alcohol by volume. |
![]() Visit Alcohol and Your Health to learn why pregnant women should not drink alcohol. Underage drinking is excessive drinking. Youth who start using alcohol before the age of 15 are four times as likely to become alcohol dependent than those who do not start until they are 21 2. |
![]() 15.7 of sexually active students reported that the last time they had sex they were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. More than 1 in 10 deaths of Australian teens aged 14 -17 are related to alcohol consumption. |
![]() A person's' alcohol level is measured by the weight of the alcohol in a certain volume of blood. This is called Blood Alcohol Concentration, or BAC. At a BAC of 08 grams of alcohol per deciliter g/dL of blood, crash risk increases exponentially. |
![]() For all people, alcohol can lower blood sugar. If your doctor has cleared you to drink alcohol in moderation, be sure to eat a meal or snack when you drink to keep your blood sugar from getting too low. Is alcohol high in calories? |
![]() The number of units is based on the size of the drink and its alcohol strength ABV. The ABV alcohol by volume figure is the percentage of alcohol in the drink. A single pub measure 25mls of spirits 40 ABV contains one unit of alcohol. |
![]() Adults who first used alcohol before they turned 15 are 7 times more likely to develop alcoholism than adults who first used alcohol at the age of 21. Over 40 of all drug-related emergency room visits of people under the age of 20 were caused by alcohol abuse. |
![]() Anyone who consumes too much alcohol too quickly may be in danger of an alcohol overdose. This is especially true of individuals who engage in binge drinking, defined as a pattern of drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration BAC to 08 percent or higher, typically occurring after a woman consumes 4 drinks or a man consumes 5 drinks in about 2 hours; 1 as well as high-intensity drinking, defined as drinking two or more times the binge-drinking thresholds for women and men. |
![]() According to the National Cancer Institute: There" is a strong scientific consensus that alcohol drinking can cause several types of cancer. In its Report on Carcinogens, the National Toxicology Program of the US Department of Health and Human Services lists consumption of alcoholic beverages as a known human carcinogen. |