** Alcohol – Is it good or bad to our health?

As we all know, many people are addicted to the habit of drinking. The only reason for it is, after they consume it will give some kind of mental satisfaction to the body and enjoyment too. Many know the ill effects of drinking habit and its causes to the society. But actually, Alcohol! What is it? It is just a drinking substance that is made up of mixing both natural and chemical products. Drinking will help us to relax our mind, but drinking it more will create some bad effects on our body. This is the explanation that is given by all, when we ask about alcohol. We will about the alcohol from technical point of view like its composition, mixture and many more. Technically speaking, an alcohol is a drink that is containing ethanol. This is a chemical product, which will cause more effects on our body and health if we intake it more. This is true and it is applicable to anything, which we in take into our body. Everything should be under a control and of it crosses that, and then we will lose our life. It is also called as a drug which will addict us, and thus we can’t able to live without it. Using alcohol can give us both good and bad result to our health. But the majority of people say that it is very injurious to health and it is also true.

Uses of alcohol

Many are saying that alcohol does have so many ill effects that may cause to us, when we consume it. But even though it is said that alcohol is very hazardous to our health, they also have some benefits it we intake it in a small amount. In many countries especially in cold countries, alcoholic beverages are commonly consumed at the major daily meals (lunch and dinner). In some of the places drinking alcohol in a very small amount is used as one method of avoiding water-borne diseases such as cholera. Even many had done the research and they also says that drinking alcohol will also lowers some risks like heart attack, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and also an increase in overall longevity of life. Thus these points ensure that the alcohols also have a good side of face. But this will not say that drinking alcohol is always good for our health. Because it has some a bad effect on it’s another side of face too. Those who look on to that side of face will not recover from it very easily.

Bad effects of alcohol

In the above section we saw about the benefits of consuming alcohol. But we can get those benefits, only if we are in control, otherwise we may face so many bad effects of alcohol, which we are going to discuss in this section. Drinking a small amount of alcohol may give some good effect to our health. But this is not true for those who drink it a lot. The bad effects of drinking alcohol include damage in brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes. It also leads to liver cancer, low blood sugar. They also cause some small effects like vomiting, unconsciousness etc. Thus drinking alcohol cause many problems in our body. If we drink it in a limited manner, it will not cause any damage to our health. But over drinking will even make one dead.

Thus leading a natural life without drinking alcohol will make one live happy and free. So please try to lead an alcohol free life.