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How Alcohol Affects
the Membranes of Your Body
Among the first areas that get affected by the consumption of
alcohol is that of the membranes. Membranes can be thought of as
an envelope to not only protect organs but to allow tiny
substances to pass through. For example, the human skin is a
membrane that protects the underlying tissues of the human body
but it also allows waste products such as perspiration to pass
from the internals to the outside. Membranes can be found
throughout the body. You will find that even your bones are
covered by a membrane that protects them. This includes the bone
joints and it makes sense because the joints must stay lubricated.
Other organs covered by membranes include the kidneys, heart,
lungs, and liver.
A very thin membrane known as the peritoneum wraps the intestines.
You will find membranes covering all of the muscles. We call these
bundles of muscle fibers fasciculi. You will find that your
eyeball is a complex grouping of membranes. In fact, the eyeball
is really nothing but membranes. The list of organs covered by
membranes continues with the spinal cord and brain. In fact, the
spinal cord and brain are covered by three distinct membranes. The
first membrane is nearest to the organs covering the complex
network of blood vessels. The second membrane has somewhat
serum-like characteristics and the outer or third membrane is
stronger with its fibrous composition.
The purpose of the membranes is to act as filters protecting
organs within the human body. Without the membranes, organs and
body structures are unprotected. For example, without membranes,
some solid body structures cannot build up. The membranes also act
as dividers and keep things in the position that they must hold
within the framework of the human body.
And alcohol does not do well for the membrane structures within
the human framework. In fact, it wears down membranes and inhibits
them from doing their job. All creatures on the earth need food
and water for their sustenance. They need food in order to build
muscle fiber and this comes in the form of substances that do not
filter or settle easily. These same creatures need energy and they
get that from food that combusts easily. Water is necessary so
that life-sustaining substances can be held in solution. Salt is
instrumental in body construction. The arrangement and
compartmentalization of the human body is defined internally by
its membranes. Keep in mind too that only water and soluble
minerals can pass through membranes—colloidal substances cannot.
Colloidal substances must be broken down chemically to a
water-soluble state in order to pass through membranes.
An example of this is when we eat food that is from animal flesh.
After we consume that food, it must be digested so that it becomes
soluble and can be absorbed through membranes. Any colloidal
substances resulting from animal food eaten gets used in building
new structure. Basically when this absorption process is complete,
it goes through another digestive process that converts it into
soluble substances that can be disposed of through dialysis (a
process through the membranes), into the bloodstream, and passed
through excrement or urine.
As one can see, the membranes are very critical to the sustenance
of animal life and the building of the structure of the animal
body. So critical are these membranes that if they get into a
state where they are too porous, all of the critical colloidal
fluids are released (like the albumen in the blood) and the body
will die. It is analogous to the body bleeding to death slowly.
And just as damaging is when these same membranes become clogged
with foreign matter to the point where they no longer allow
critical fluids to pass. This is known as a failure in a dialysis
and the prolonging of such will result in fluids building up in an
internal cavity or constriction of flow within the area enclosed
by the membrane. Sometimes the membranes are not kept lubricated
because of the constriction of fluids and they get dangerously
dry. The latter is typically the effect of aging on many of the
membranes. The shrinkage and dryness of membranes in old age
results in such conditions as dimming in the eyesight, deafness,
and feebleness.
So what part does alcohol consumption play in all of this? Alcohol
distorts and alters the functions of the membranes. Alcohol can
contribute to them shrinking and cause that dangerous thickening
which causes clogging. The membranes require water constantly in
order to keep them moistened and in a condition that allows fluids
to pass. Their lubrication by water also allows them to work
quickly which is essential to so many body functions. The problem
with alcohol is that it deprives these membranes from the water
they need. This also interferes with their ability to extract
critical mineral and salts from the bloodstream. The result of
this deprivation of water means that some membranes will contract
on the organ they service resulting in shrinkage of it.
To sum it up, prolonged consumption of alcohol causes damage to
the membranes because it deprives them of water. The body’s
structures begin to deteriorate because of shrinkage of membranes
around internal organs. If this condition is not reversed by
reducing intake of alcohol it can become fatal.
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