Alcohol and Your Blood: Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
The blood alcohol level in your body is simply the concentration of alcohol in your blood. The blood alcohol level can increase and decrease depending on how much alcohol you consume in a period of time. Our bodies on average have to ability to process about one beer an hour. So anything more than that amount would lead to a higher blood alcohol level. When I say one beer per hour, that is merely an average as all people have different things which can affect this level, both permanent as well a temporary factors. Many of these factors, according to studies done, have been based on sex (females tend to have a slower processing of alcohol that males, age (elderly people tend to process slower than those younger in age), ethnicity (example: east Asians such as Japanese tend to have lower levels of alcohol processing enzymes resulting in slower metabolism as well as nastier hangovers), illnesses such as colds, and more. Please refer to our website at The Hangover Network for more detailed information currently available. Since there are no drugs on the market which can increase your tolerance levels, or alcohol metabolism, there are some things a person can do in order to slow down the process. One way a person can slow down alcohol metabolism is by eating a meal before drinking. This allows the body more time to absorb the alcohol as it is ‘diluted’ by the food in the stomach. One thing to keep in mind when considering speeding up ones metabolism is the mixing of carbonated drinks with stronger, non-carbonated drinks. Since carbonation tends to speed up the body’s metabolism process overall, it also speeds up the absorption of whatever is in the stomach…such as alcohol. For many reasons, our body takes a while to adjust to the new type of alcohol being consumed. Harder liquors or higher alcohol content takes longer to process. If the body’s metabolism is sped up, then the higher concentrated alcohol will go through your system too quickly. This can lead to such things as nasty hangovers, as well as nausea and more. So please do practice moderation when drinking or try to avoid mixing types if you can. It’s only for the best. Also, your blood alcohol level can rise even after you have finished drinking due to the body still absorbing the alcohol and more. When drinking, make sure you are aware that mixing different pain killers such as Tylenol and/or aspirin can also slow metabolism as well as lead to liver damage due to the fact that there are two toxins affecting your liver as opposed to just the one resulting from alcohol metabolism called acetaldehyde. Tylenol, for example, contains acetaminophen which is also a toxin. One thing to remember is to drink moderately and try to keep certain things in mind while in party mode. It will only help you throughout the night, as well as the next day when avoiding such things as nasty hangovers and more.
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