In the century between 8-9 the Muslim alchemists distilled spirits from wine. Alcohol is widely used in daily life as well as in medicine at that time. Spirits began to join the European mid-12th century through the alchemy between the 14th century and from the amount of alcohol use began skyrocketing.
The alcoholic drinks fermentation has been known since prehistoric times. The Egyptians and the Sumerians were the first to produce beer and wine then using wild yeasts. They are also the first use of alcohol in medicine. The results of recent archeology has confirmed the hypothesis that the Chinese have been producing wine since 5000 BC.
Absorption and decomposition of the body
Alcohols is absorbed throughout the gastrointestinal route, starting from the mucous membranes in the mouth. There is also absorbed into the bloodstream and go straight so dispersed throughout the body. Alcohols are absorbed from the intestine to the blood to the liver and partially decomposed there. The ability to recognize alcohol increases due to factors that increase the blood circulation eg heat (Irish coffee), sugar (liqueur) or carbon dioxide (gas in champagne). In contrast, the fat causes the body to slow down adoption. This does not reduce the absorption of alcohol, but only lasted a time. In alcoholic liver enzymes differentiate into etanal (CH3-CHO), etanal further oxidized to acetic acid. Acetic acid in cells throughout the body breaks down into energy and carbon dioxide CO2. Etanal intermediate product as the culprit of headaches, the consequences of excessive drinking. Sugar prevents the decomposition of alcohol in the body, so that the impact headaches have sugar alcohols in very high, especially in liqueurs and some champagne.
Decomposition rate unchanged alcohol in certain limits. In the eastern part of Europe is approximately 1 g of alcohol over 10 kg of body weight per hour. Decomposition rate increases as alcohol or alcohol. Familiar with the effects of alcohol are often seen in people addicted to alcohol because alcohol decomposition is so fast that the nervous system has been used with a higher amount of toxins.