How much you drink can turn out to
be both good and bad for your health! A woman is advised to take no more than
one glass a day. On the other hand, a man is at more freedom on the amount of
alcohol. So, one might ask the question what makes a man drink more amount of
alcohol? The answer to this question may lie in our body composition.
The body composition of humans-beings is such that woman has less body water in comparison to a man. When a woman consumes alcohol, they tend to have a higher blood-alcohol content. The reason for this being alcohol is highly water-soluble, so more body water means it tends to get easily dissolved preventing the blood-alcohol levels of the body to drastically increase.
Another factor why men can gulp
more drinks is an enzyme which is responsible for breaking alcohol in the
stomach called alcohol dehydrogenase. In a woman’s body, these enzymes are low
in number which does not allow complete alcohol breakdown to take place before it
enters the bloodstream explaining why women tend to get intoxicated more quickly
than men.
Wine in moderation can have various
benefits to a woman. There are studies to show that it helps in increasing bone
density, helpful for women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS).
Studies also pinpoint that wine helps during arthritis and help in
maintaining good brain health.
For all those who want to be more
health-conscious on the amount of alcohol they want to put in their bodies, there
are low alcohol and medium alcohol wines on
the market. These wines have lower levels of alcohols making them a good choice
for easy drinking.
