Nutritional Challenge Day 11

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Alcohol, or ethyl alcohol (ethanol) refers to the intoxicating ingredient found in wine, beer, and hard liquor. It arises naturally from carbohydrates when certain microorganisms metabolize them in the absence of oxygen. Alcohol is produced by the fermentation of yeast, sugars, and starches. It is a drug and long-term heavy use creates severe affects on the body, drinking alcohol in small amounts also carries health consequences. Continued use of alcohol can lead to physiological addiction in addition to other physical impairments. Alcohol is the most commonly abused psychoactive drug in the United States and the world.

Nutritional Challenge Day 11:
No Alcohol today