“Ethanol affects the entire body, including the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys. Alcohol removes water, and minerals leave with it: potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc. Under the influence of alcohol, vitamins are absorbed worse, and a duet of fatty meat and alcohol increases the risk of damage to the pancreas, ”warned Ekaterina Kashukh, a gastroenterologist at the Hemotest laboratory, candidate of medical sciences.
