The Science of Drinking
How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind, 2nd Edition
The Science of Drinking
How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind, 2nd Edition
Description
Alcohol is a double-edged sword with many health benefits if consumed in moderation but detrimental if consumed in excess.
Therefore, it is important for the general public to understand how to consume alcohol sensibly, its health benefits, as well as the dangers of drinking in excess. The first edition of the book focused on guidelines for drinking based on published scientific evidence of health benefits of alcohol as well as adverse effects of consuming too much alcohol without providing any judgement on what a person should or should not do. Those guidelines were changed in 2015.
The 2nd edition of the book will provide new guidelines on how much to drink in a nice evening dinner without taking any risk of DWI and will include updated scientific information based on publications from 2011 until 2024. After reading this book a reader may enjoy their next drink with a fuller understanding of the rewards of consuming alcohol in moderation.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2. Statistics of Alcohol Consumption by Americans: Teetotalers, Moderate Drinkers, and Alcohol Abusers
Chapter 3. Alcoholic Content in Everyday Items We Use, Including Over the Counter Medications
Chapter 4. How the Human Body Handles Alcohol: A Guide to Drinking Sensibly and Avoiding DWI
Chapter 5. How Alcohol Affects the Human Brain and Mood
Chapter 6. Alcohol and Adolescent Brain: Scientific Reason Why Legal Drinking Age is 21 Years
Chapter 7. Health Benefits of Drinking in Moderation: From Healthy Heart to Increased Longevity
Chapter 8. Can Drinking in Moderation Delay/Prevent Dementia of Old Age and Potentially Alzheimer's disease?
Chapter 9. What Should I Drink for Good Health: Beer, Wine, or Vodka?
Chapter 10. Drinking During High Stress and Pandemic
Chapter 11. Harmful Effects of Drinking in Excess
Chapter 12. Alcohol Liver Disease and Liver Cirrhosis: Potentially Deadly Disorders
Chapter 13. Are Children of Alcoholics at Higher Risk for Alcohol Use? What We Know from Genes
Chapter 14. Breath Alcohol vs Blood Alcohol: Why to Ask for Blood Alcohol if Breath Alcohol is Over 0.08%
Chapter 15. Biomarkers of Alcohol Abuse
Chapter 16. Alcohol-medicine Interactions: Why You Should Not Drink While Taking Certain Medications
Chapter 17. Mixing Alcohol with Opioid Pain Medications: A Deadly Mix
Chapter 18. Why Not to Drink at All When You Are Pregnant and then Breastfeeding
Chapter 19. Workplace Alcohol and Drug Testing
Chapter 20. Dangers of Moonshine Whiskey and Related Illegally Produced Liquors
Chapter 21. More Dangerous than Alcohol: Methanol and Ethylene Glycol
Chapter 22. Mixing Alcohol with Drugs of Abuse: A Potentially Fatal Combination
Product details
| Published | 16 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 360 |
| ISBN | 9798765189849 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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