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  2. Alcohol packaging warning messages - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol packaging warning messages (alcohol warning labels, AWLs [1]) are warning messages that appear on the packaging of alcoholic drinks concerning their health effects. They have been implemented in an effort to enhance the public's awareness of the harmful effects of consuming alcoholic beverages, especially with respect to foetal alcohol ...

  3. Phenylalanine - Wikipedia

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    It is used in the manufacture of food and drink products and sold as a nutritional supplement as it is a direct precursor to the neuromodulator phenethylamine. As an essential amino acid, phenylalanine is not synthesized de novo in humans and other animals, who must ingest phenylalanine or phenylalanine-containing proteins.

  4. Alcohol by volume - Wikipedia

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    Some drinks have requirements of alcoholic content in order to be certified as a certain alcohol brand or label. [citation needed] Low-alcohol beers (<0.5) are considered in some countries such as Iran as permitted (or "halal" under Muslim vocabulary) despite alcohol being banned. [7]

  5. Alcohol is not good for us. 5 tips to stay safe(r) if you drink

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    Study participants who were given alcoholic drinks received a specific amount of alcohol, based on sex and weight, that would get them to a 0.06% blood alcohol level, Kilmer said.

  6. Just one alcoholic drink a day can increase your risk of ...

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    The more you drink, regularly and over time, the higher your chances of developing cancer, the NCI says—even if you consume only one drink a day. And once the damage has been done, it can take ...

  7. Alcoholic beverage - Wikipedia

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    Unsweetened, distilled, alcoholic drinks that have an alcohol content of at least 20% ABV are called spirits. [37] For the most common distilled drinks, such as whisky (or whiskey) and vodka, the alcohol content is around 40%. The term hard liquor is used in North America to distinguish distilled drinks from undistilled ones (implicitly weaker).

  8. Congener (beverages) - Wikipedia

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    Congeners are the basis of alcohol congener analysis, a sub-discipline of forensic toxicology which determines what a person drank. There is some evidence that high-congener drinks induce more severe hangovers , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but the effect is not well studied and is still secondary to the total amount of ethanol consumed.

  9. ‘Alcohol gene’ could predict how cocktails may affect you ...

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    If you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol, a mutated gene could be the culprit. An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation, but doctors say there could be some drawbacks.