The Metabolism of Alcohol in the Human Body (and why I am I crappy drinker):Upon being ingested, alcohol (ethanol) is transformed into acetaldehyde by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), an enzyme. Acetaldehyde is then oxidized another enzyme, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), into acetic acid. Acetaldehyde is actually more toxic to the human body than
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