NUTR SCI 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cardiovascular Disease, Acetaldehyde, Angina Pectoris
19 Feb 2018
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Effects are higher drink for drink for women. Rapidly absorbed, doesn"t spend a lot of time in your stomach and doesn"t fill you up. When broken down it becomes fat, not carbohydrate (cannot carbo load on beer) From burning of fat to storage of fat. If you consume alcohol regularly, it probably makes you a few pounds fatter. If heart is deprived of blood flow, you will have a heart attack. Alcohol intake in the range of 3-9 drinks per week will lower your cardiovascular disease risk by raising hdl (more is better is never true still applies here) 2-5 drinks per week raises your blood pressure by 5-10 points (this could be significant if you already have high blood pressure) High blood pressure it itself is a risk factor for heart disease. 4-6 drinks at once decreases your fat metabolism enough that your heart becomes energy-starved (angina (heart discomfort), people sometimes think they are having a heart attack.
