Wines in Society Flashcards
What are some of the positive health related issues of moderate beverage consumption?
- Resveratrol = antioxidant in wine believed to be effective in lowering cholesterol ( good for heart health)
- Alcohol is a psychoactive drug that can be a source of pleasure
- Other benefits - relaxation, social enhancement/lubricant, meal enhancement
What are some of the negative health related aspects of abusive consumption?
Specifically, in order, alcohol affects you:
- Intellectually (decision making)
- Emotional (exaggeration)
- Motor (speech impairment)
- Semi-voluntary reflexes (e.g., blinking)
- Vital functions (e.g., respiration, heart rate)
- Sleep disruption
- Mental Health
- Sex
What is considered moderate consumption? What is abusive consumption?
Moderate = low risk drinking ≤1 drink/day for women ≤2 drinks/day for men Abusive = high risk drinking more than moderate
What are the signs of dependency?
- Increased tolerance
- Impaired control
- Desire to stop or cut back 4%
- Keep using despite problems
- Blackouts
- Myths about dependence are that drinking every day or in the morning necessarily denote a drinking problem, and certain beverages are more likely to lead to dependence than others.
- True facts are that dependence can be hereditary and progressing problems (relationally, grades, etc.) can be an indicator.
What are the legal issues with respect to the consumption and service of beverage alcohol?
- Legal risks when hosting a party
- CUPD, when seeing a reasonably suspicious traffic violation, may assume “drunk until proven otherwise” – will watch for multiple violations and can ask for field sobriety test (shown in class: questions, 9 steps, balance, alphabet, eye test).
- DUI laws, DWI laws, DWAI (driving with impaired abilities; BAC 0.05-0.07%), legal drinking age limits.
- NY Zero tolerance law:
Person under 21 cannot consume alcohol and operate a car
08 BAC Standard for drunk driving
NY Zero tolerance law:
Person under 21 cannot consume alcohol and operate a car
DUI laws, DWI laws, DWAI (driving with impaired abilities; BAC?
0.05-0.07%)
What are the typical physiological effects of consuming various quantities of beverage alcohol?
- Intellectual (decision making)
- Emotional (exaggeration)
- Motor (speech impediment)
- Semi Voluntary
- Vital
- Also: Perceptual problems
- Alcohol first affects front of brain, which holds recent memories/skills (i.e. learned in last few years).
- Around BAC 0.20% - color blindness.
- Latency in BAC rising can exist.
- People can lose balance (i.e. stand with legs apart between each test in field sobriety test).
- Drugs amplify effect of alcohol.
How can we maximize our enjoyment of alcohol and minimize the negative effects?
PACE to keep yourself in the “buzz zone” (BAC ~0.06%).
biphasic response
The biphasic response to alcohol means we go from a normal mood to our peak of euphoria at about 0.06% BAC, then continually down with successive drinks (peak is the “point of diminishing return”).
For a hangover:
- Rest
- Hydrate
- Pain relievers
- Antacids
- Bland foods
What is alcohol’s effect on sleep?
- Effects of alcohol are amplified by sleep deprivation.
- Also sleep:
1. Causes initial sleepiness, followed by wakefulness
2. Suppresses REM and can cause REM rebound later
3. Decreases restorative sleep
4. 1 night drinking = 2 night’s sleep disruption
5. Disrupts circadian rhythm (like jetlag)
What are the signs of an alcohol emergency?
- Unable to rouse/keep awake
- Irregular breathing, pulse, or skin color
- Vomiting while passed out/incoherent
- Alcohol mixed with drugs (legal or illegal)
- Head injury
- Drawn on with sharpie (seriously)
What impact does tolerance have on alcohol consumption?
- Over time, consistent exposure to alcohol can cause metabolic changes
- Tolerance leads your body to require more alcohol for the same effect ( or “buzz”)
- NOTE: Buzz can be lowered if you’re not dependent
- Tolerance develops as the brain struggles to stand up for itself
- Causes you to drink more
How is alcohol processed in our system?
Alcohol dehydrogenase (lower in Asians vs. other ethnic groups, and in women vs. men)
