In fact, drinking alcohol warms people

According to scientists, alcohol does not cause the body to warm up, but instead causes hypothermia, which is dangerous for people who drink a lot of alcohol.

According to scientists, alcohol does not cause the body to warm up, but instead causes hypothermia, which is dangerous for people who drink a lot of alcohol.

According to Live Science, when you drink a lot of alcohol, your cheeks often turn red, you are more sweaty.The culprit makes people who drink alcohol feel warmer is blood.

"Alcohol causes the blood vessels under the skin to expand, the blood is concentrated in the periphery instead of the center. Our body temperature doesn't really change but only redistributes heat," said Ted Simon, neurologist. At the same time, he specializes in drug and alcohol assessment, speaking.

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Drinking alcohol does not help your body feel warmer.(Artwork: Africa Studio).

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) says people maintain their body temperature at about 37 degrees Celsius. Most of this heat is generated by metabolic processes, the term for antiparticles. Chemical effects in the body help people survive. Human skin contains many sensory receptors that help identify temperature changes. Redistributing blood when drinking alcohol sends a series of messages to the brain saying "the body is hot".

The body's natural mechanisms, such as cold detection, help us to avoid frostbite or hypothermia. Usually blood vessels shrink at lower temperatures to transport blood to vital organs. Alcohol reverses the process.

The body of the person drinking alcohol thinks that the temperature is rising, so he starts sweating to reduce the heat , which can cause some serious harm. In 2015, New York Daily News reported: "On a cold night in England, a student died of hypothermia after walking more than 14km home without wearing a jacket."

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The body of the person who drinks alcohol thinks that the temperature is rising so he starts sweating to reduce the heat.

Everything we eat and drink is filtered through the liver through enzymes. The four main enzymes that metabolize alcohol are: a ldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), cytochrome P450 and catalase . Because the genetic code that makes these enzymes differ from each other, the effect of alcohol metabolism is not the same.

When alcohol has not decomposed in the liver, it penetrates into the bloodstream and travels throughout the body. Alcohol is a broad-spectrum stimulant that works in many different organ systems, including the brain. After a while, alcohol continues to break down when blood returns to the liver. The time of completely decomposing alcohol is also when the drinker regains consciousness.

Update 18 December 2018
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