What will happen if you drink alcohol?
What will happen if you drink alcohol? Have you ever wondered how a drink we call alcohol can affect our bodies? How does this drink, which ends up in our stomach, instead makes us dizzy and drunk? Let's start with alcohol itself. The alcohol we consume is also known as ethanol. This compound is...small. Hmmm, smaller. A little bit more? Okay! Why is it that small? Because ethanol can pass through very tight gaps. Even through one of the most important barriers in our body. Just imagine, these compounds diffuse into our bloodstream as fast as 20 minutes, even with a full stomach. However, what really makes us feel dizzy is the fact that alcohol compounds even diffuse into our brains. But how? Our brain is protected by a layer called the "blood-brain-barrier" whose function is to regulate the components in the blood that circulate into the brain. However, because ethanol is so small, it can easily diffuse through the "blood-brain-barrier" and bypass passing the...