M5L6: Danger of alcohol

Now in the previous lecture, recall that we talked about Alcohol as a diurectic. Now why does a person, tend to urinate more after consuming alcohol?

When an organic material starts decomposing, it creates aflatoxins during the process of fermentation. So while converting such products into alcohol, a lot of such toxins enter into it. When a person consumes alcohol, these toxins start entering his blood

The brain recognises that these toxins are harmful to the body. It immediately instructs liver to work at highest capacities to flush them out in the form of liquid waste. This liquid waste can be either sweat or urine. This makes alcohol a diuretic. Additionally, when the person consumes alcohol, his body sweats a lot to release the same.

In order to detect alcohol, biosensors known as breath analysers are used.