Commonly used term which refers to ethanol-containing alcoholic beverages. However, more broadly, the term can also be applied to any organic compound with a hydroxyl functional group bound to a carbon atom, such as methanol.
Questions tagged [alcohol]
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Does smelling alcohol makes you drunk?
After some googling, I found a Yahoo Answers posting that claims:
Smelling alcoholic beverages will not get you drunk quickly but it will get you going. Alcohol evaporates at a lower temp that water. So if you are holding, for instance, a brandy or…
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Do muscle systems operate exactly the same during a hangover?
In Training With a Hangover, Bill Starr says:
The first thing I taught them when they stumbled into the weight room with giant hangovers was that the alcohol was nothing more than expensive carbohydrates. Which means it can be used as fuel for…
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Does drinking alcohol help a sore throat?
I've heard lots of people claim that whisky or rum or "hot toddies" help with symptoms of a sore throat or a cold.
Does it really or is it just people feeling more relaxed because they had a drink?
Some variants also state that it actually helps…
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Can the current trends in 'mommy social culture' be tied to an increase in alcohol abuse?
I've recently come across an article that implies that the popularity of wine in conjunction with parenting is resulting in more mothers developing alcohol problems:
“So many women I know started drinking more after they have kids,” said Stefanie…
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Do more DUIs occur the morning after drinking rather than the night of?
There have been a few circulations of a claim that more DUIs occur the morning after drinking on certain holidays versus the night of drinking. The idea is that DUIs obtained by unsuspecting people who have slept and then chose to drive the morning…
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Are the 2016 UK guidelines on alcohol consumption evidence based?
The UK government issues public health advice about how much booze people ought to consume. It has recently revised those guidelines. The previous guidelines were the subject of this SK.SE question: Recommended alcohol drinking quantity: are they…
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Does the alcohol content of drinks make you fat?
One of the many arguments used to try and persuade us to drink less is that the calorific content of alcohol contributes to obesity. For example, this article from the UK NHS Choices website argues, among many other things:
Regularly drinking more…
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Does milk thistle prevent liver damage in alcoholics?
There are some people who take milk thistle to offset or repair the liver damage caused by chronic alcoholism.
Example here
Milk thistle and silymarin are commonly used in the United States and Europe to treat liver disease caused by chronic…
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Does honey contain traces of alcohol?
This question is similar to the case of bread, but I am more skeptical with honey because of its properties somewhat resemble to an alcohol (being acidic and tangy on tongue).
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I found this paper on ScienceDirect describes the…
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Did Russia use drunkenness to promote soldier aggression in WW2?
One of my friends claimed that Russians used alcohol heavily in WW2 to manipulate their troops into being less cautious and to increase their aggression. This was supposed to be especially true in cases with Russian "rush" tactics where they used…
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Does heavy alcoholism prevent atherosclerosis?
I’ve heard this claim from several people in Ukraine: people who die of alcoholism tend to have little trace of atherosclerosis (fatty deposits which lead to heart attacks and strokes) in their veins.
(obviously this doesn’t help people who want to…
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Does butter before drinking alcohol help with hangovers and getting too drunk?
Possible Duplicate:
Does eating greasy foods 'help soak up alcohol'?
I've been told to always take a buttered sandwich prior to going out drinking because it would prevent me from getting "vomiting all over the place" drunk and from having a…
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Does more than one unit of alcohol a day damage your long term brain function and increase the risk of dementia?
In a recent article in the The Times bemoaning modern dietary guidelines the author reports new evidence on the affects of alcohol on the brain (my highlights):
To add to the agony, it coincides with research showing that the UK’s alcohol rules are…
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Can ingested alcohol be beneficial for infection treatment or prevention?
According to lore, drinking alcohol can be beneficial for treatment / prevention of infectious diseases
Here are a few notability links:
J. London, The Heathen, 1909
The second day a man died, an Easter Islander, one of the best divers that season…
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Does alcohol help with HDL cholesterol level?
This article claims that drinking alcoholic beverages helps to increase HDL (i.e. "good cholesterol") levels.
drinking moderate amounts of alcohol have been shown to improve "good" cholesterol levels and have been linked with reduced incidence of…
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