Effects of Alcohol in Beer, Wine and Liquor
Intakes
Higher alcohols occur naturally in alcoholic
beverages as by-products of alcohol's Fermentation.
Recently, concerns have been raised about the levels of higher
alcohols in surrogate alcoholic (illicit or home-produced alcohol
beverages) that might lead to an increased incidence of liver
diseases in regions where there is a high consumption of such
beverages. In contrast, higher alcoholics are generally regarded as
important flavor compounds. European legislation even demands
minimum contents in certain spirits.
Consumers' perceptions about alcohol are shaped by numerous
factors. This environment includes advertisements, public service
announcements, product labels, various health claims, and warnings
about the dangers of alcohol consumption.
However, moderate intake of alcohol beverages has beneficial
effects on bones, but the effects of different classes of alcohol
beverages have not been examined. The association between intake of
total alcohol or individual alcohol beverages and bone mineral were
studied in 1182 men, 1289 postmenopausal women, and 248
premenopausal women in the Framingham Offspring cohort (age 29-86
yr). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, the alcohol
intakes and BMD (bone mineral density) at 3 hip sites and the
lumbar spine were evaluated. The men were mainly beer drinkers and
women wine drinkers. Compared with non-drinkers, hip BMD was
3.4-4.5% greater in men consuming 1-2 drinks/day of total alcohol
or beer, whereas hip and spine BMD was 5.0-8.3% greater in
postmenopausal women consuming >2 drinks/day of total alcohol or
wine. Intake of >2 drinks/day of liquor in men was associated
with 3.0-5.2% lower hip and spine BMD vs. intake of 1-2 drinks/day
of liquor in men. After adjustment for silicon intake, all
inter-group differences for beer were no longer significant;
differences for other alc. sources remained significant. The
statistical power was low for premenopausal women and the
associations were not significant. Thus, moderate consumption of
alcohol was beneficial for bones in men and postmenopausal women.
In men, high liquor intakes (>2 drinks/day) were associated with
lower BMD. The tendency toward stronger associations between BMD
and beer or wine, relative to liquor, suggests that constituents
other than ethanol may contribute to bone health. Silicon appears
to mediate the association of beer, but not that of wine or liquor,
with BMD.
The wine, liquor, drinks or beverages included several
different brands from various sources such as : apple juice, acai
juice, black cherry juice, blueberry juice, cranberry juice concord
grape juice, black tea green tea white tea, malt, barely, potatoes,
rice, other serials and any sugary and carbohydrate varieties of
fruits and plants thereof.
The orange juice industry produces, at the end of the residue
extraction, a by-product called orange press liquor. Considering
its high content of soluble solids and the large volume of the
liquor produced in Brazilian orange juice plants.
The Chinese date's beverage is composed of fermented Chinese
date vinegar 10-40, honey 5-10, Glycyrrhiza root extract 4-8,
aspartame 0.05-0.3, and water 50-70 wt. part. The fermented Chinese
date vinegar contains sol. salt-free solid 7-15, total acid 1-5,
vitamin C 0.01-0.09, amino acid 0.5-1.5, and water 80-92 %. The
Glycyrrhiza root extract can greatly improved pharynx dryness
caused by fruit vinegar beverage.
However the frequent use of the alcohol leads anyone to the
lack of tolerance and lays some bad psycatric changes. These
changes are referred to as alcohol abuse. So there
is alcohol treatment for the deficiencies like
that.
A medicinal liquor is claimed to be manufactured. from the
traditional Chinese medicine which including Penis et Testis Cervi
5-10, Lycium barbarum fruit 2-10, Schisandra chinensis fruit 10-20,
Panax ginseng 5-10, processed Radix Glycyrrhizae 10-20, Dioscorea
opposita 5-10, Osmanthus fragrans 5-10, and Ipomoea batatas 20-30.
The manufacturing method comprises soaking raw materials in baijiu
(Chinese liquor) for 15-25 days, sealing, storing for 6-8 months,
precipitating, separating, filtering, mixing, adding honey,
precipitating for 7 days, filtering, and bottling. It is claimed to
have a health promoting effect.
The tomato juice wine comprises the steps of: removing
impurities from tomatoes, washing the tomatoes, squeezing to obtain
tomato juice, adding honey and sucrose, soaking, inoculating
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, fermenting at 30-40°C for 10-15 days,
filtering, and sterilizing. The wine contains abundant vitamins and
minerals, and has good health-care functions
However, all in all the exuberant consumption of alcohol from
whatever source or beverage can invariably lead to serious diseases
and ailments such as increased incidence of liver diseases,
diabetes, glaucoma gastric dysfunction and others.
In some countries we can see that there are proper
alcohol licences used for the alcohol
beverages.