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Alcohol effects

How many alcohol servings, let’s say per shot (1.5 ounces) of liquor, makes you unable to absorb nutrients and vitamins like thiamin and zinc?

Female | 23 years old

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AddictionMedicineSpecialist|AddictionMedicineAddictions
Alcohol doesn't interfer with absorption per se- but people who drink heavily tend to have poor diets and become deficient on that basis.\
recall that 1 "standard drink" (as you describe) or less per day defines "moderate drinking" and more than three per day or 7 per week defines "heavy drinking" for women. Alcohol isn't harmless.