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Alcohol and health
Short-term effects of alcohol
consumption include
intoxication
and
dehydration
.
Long-term effects of alcohol consumption
include changes in the metabolism of the liver and brain and
alcoholism
. Alcohol intoxication affects the brain, causing slurred speech, clumsiness, and delayed reflexes. Alcohol stimulates
insulin
production, which speeds up
glucose
metabolism
and can result in low
blood sugar
, causing irritability and, possibly death for
diabetics
. Severe alcohol poisoning is almost always fatal. A 2014
World Health Organization
report found that harmful alcohol consumption caused about 3.3 million deaths annually worldwide.
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