WARNING!!!

!!!ACETALDEHYDE!!!

Acetaldehyde

• Product of decomposition of ethanol• New findings: more harmful than ethanol

Inability to decompose acetaldehyde

• 50 % of Japanese, Koreans and Chinese

• Mistake in a gen• Intolerance against

alcohol

Hangover

Ethanol• damages: brain,

kidneys, liver

Acetaldehyde• Muscular poison• Alcoholics: five times

worse injury of muscles than other organums

Transformation of ethanol in our body

• with your first swallow your body begins to decompose the alcohol

• Ethanol Acetaldehyde• Average liver – 7g/h• Liver of an alcoholic – to

10g/h• If you drink one bottle of

wine, your liver have to work all night to get rid of acetaldehyde.

Acetaldehyde & DNA

• Acetaldehyde is bonded to the proteins, causes changes it their structure and functions

• Influences DNA, brings about mutations and changes in chromosomes

Other sources

• Cigarettes : present in the saliva of the smoker, liquidation is not so easy as in the case of alcohol

• Bacterias living in our mouth

• Food bacteria: are coming up during the fermentation of yoghurts and production of cheese

• Freshly prepared coffee• Fresh fruits

Defence

• It is in research.

• Only known means of protection are:• Chewing gums• Mouthwash

Don’t be sad you have to die of something.

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