Does Alcohol Affect Women Differently?
Press Release Mar. 2011
Yes, alcohol affects women differently than men.
Women become more impaired than men do after drinking
the same amount of alcohol, even when differences
in body weight are taken into account. This is because
women's bodies have less water than men's bodies.
Because alcohol mixes with body water, a given amount
of alcohol becomes more highly concentrated in a
woman's body than in a man's. In other words, it
would be like dropping the same amount of alcohol
into a much smaller pail of water. That is why the
recommended drinking limit for women is lower than
for men.
In addition, chronic alcohol abuse takes a heavier
physical toll on women than on men. Alcohol dependence
and related medical problems, such as brain, heart,
and liver damage, progress more rapidly in women
than in men.
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