Alcohol is a toxin. When you consume it, your body tries to remove it.
The liver works so fast, however. It can metabolize about 0.5 ounces of pure alcohol per hour, though that amount may vary from person to person.
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If you consume more alcohol than that in a short time, your body removes it in other ways.
“The body gets rid of the rest through a process called oxidation, which breaks the toxins down into smaller parts,” White says.
Alcohol is first broken into acetaldehyde, which itself is broken into acetate. Each is progressively less toxic.
Your body then tries to remove acetate however it can, usually through sweat, breath, and…
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