This episode is the start of a 4 part series, researching the origins of alcohol, the physiology, complications, benefits and interference with other medication. Our aim is to provide the evidence, for you to decide whether alcohol should be apart of your lifestyle and we do so in an unbiased fashion. Within this episode we venture into when alcohol was first referenced, what is the current recommended guidelines, how alcohol exerts its effects, what processes does the body possess to cope with alcohol consumption, are there any social implications with alcohol and our personal experiences.

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00:00 - Introduction & Why did we pick alcohol as a topic?

02:16 - What is the history of alcohol?

11:11 - What is a unit of alcohol? What are the current alcohol guidelines?

14:46 - How does our body deal with alcohol and how does alcohol exert its effects?

24:36 - What is our experience of alcohol? What are the social pressures?

30:36 - Final thoughts

Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80b7ed40f0b623026951db/UK_CMOs__report.pdf - low risk drinking guidelines

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671803/ - molecular action of alcohol

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6527027/ - metabolism of alcohol

Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview

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