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Science of Drinking : How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind, Paperback by Dasgupta, Amitava, ISBN 1442204109, ISBN-13 9781442204102, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Outlines what constitutes healthy drinking and its attendant health benefits, offers advice on how to drink responsibly, and provides insight into just how alcohol works on the brain and the body.

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What happens when you drink your favorite cocktail? How does it go from beverage to buzz? Or from buzz to blotto? Here, Dr. Amitava Dasgupta, a practicing toxicologist and researcher in the field of alcohol and drugs, provides answers for everything you ever wanted to know about drinking, from what creates the high to how to tell when you've had too much.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1442204109
ISBN-13
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Amitava Dasgupta
Publication Name
Science of Drinking : How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
276 Pages

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Item Weight
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This book should be required reading for everyone who drinks alcohol, especially the young. It can literally save lives., In this thoroughly documented tome, toxicologist Dasgupta covers everything you ever wanted to know about alcohol "and more. Alcoholics " brains get lighter. About half of U.S. adults drink regularly, and one in five always abstain. Women should consume no more than one drink a day, and men no more than two. Alcohol increases the risk of heart disease and cancer. And some energy drinks contain low levels of alcohol. A helpful, scary chart shows the many common medications "from Prozac to Robitussin "that can interact poorly with alcohol....Overall, it "s a definitive guide that should be available to everyone, including those who want to understand the science behind a friend "s or relative "s substance abuse. And that "s a lot of people: Dasgupta notes that 30.4 percent of U.S. adults consume more than two drinks a day. Anyone who reads this book won "t want to be among them., In this thoroughly documented tome, toxicologist Dasgupta covers everything you ever wanted to know about alcohol--and more. Alcoholics' brains get lighter. About half of U.S. adults drink regularly, and one in five always abstain. Women should consume no more than one drink a day, and men no more than two. Alcohol increases the risk of heart disease and cancer. And some energy drinks contain low levels of alcohol. A helpful, scary chart shows the many common medications--from Prozac to Robitussin--that can interact poorly with alcohol....Overall, it's a definitive guide that should be available to everyone, including those who want to understand the science behind a friend's or relative's substance abuse. And that's a lot of people: Dasgupta notes that 30.4 percent of U.S. adults consume more than two drinks a day. Anyone who reads this book won't want to be among them., In this thoroughly documented tome, toxicologist Dasgupta covers everything you ever wanted to know about alcohol-and more. Alcoholics' brains get lighter. About half of U.S. adults drink regularly, and one in five always abstain. Women should consume no more than one drink a day, and men no more than two. Alcohol increases the risk of heart disease and cancer. And some energy drinks contain low levels of alcohol. A helpful, scary chart shows the many common medications-from Prozac to Robitussin-that can interact poorly with alcohol....Overall, it's a definitive guide that should be available to everyone, including those who want to understand the science behind a friend's or relative's substance abuse. And that's a lot of people: Dasgupta notes that 30.4 percent of U.S. adults consume more than two drinks a day. Anyone who reads this book won't want to be among them.
Table of Content
1 Chapter 1. Alcohol Use and Abuse: Past and Present 2 Chapter 2. How does the body handle alcohol? A Guide to Drinking Sensibly and Avoiding DWI. 3 Chapter 3. How Alcohol Affects the Human Mind 4 Chapter 4. Can Alcohol Prevent Heart Disease and Other Illnesses? 5 Chapter 5. Genetic Makeup and Alcohol Addiction: Harmful Effects of Alcohol 6 Chapter 6. Markers of Alcohol Abuse in Blood 7 Chapter 7. Loopholes of Alcohol Testing: Breath Analyzer vs Blood Alcohol and DWI 8 Chapter 8. Pharmaceuticals, Drugs of Abuse and Alcohol: A Potential Deadly Mix 9 Chapter 9. Workplace Alcohol and Drug Testing: When not to drink at all 10 Chapter 10. Why not to drink at all when you are pregnant 11 Chapter 11. Dangers of Moonshine Whiskey and Related Liquors 12 Chapter 12. More Dangerous than Alcohol: Methanol and Antifreeze
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Diet & Nutrition / Nutrition, Physiology, Customs & Traditions
Dewey Decimal
615/.7828
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Health & Fitness, Medical, Social Science

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