I've done a lot of videos on the toxic effect of alcohol on the liver, but I haven't done

a video showing the effects of alcohol on the heart tissue.

So let's talk about that.

There is a condition called alcoholic heart muscle disease where the heart becomes

very dysfunctional because of the chronic use of alcohol.

But alcohol in general will create several problems with the heart tissue.

One is it causes an increase of acetyl aldehyde accumulation.

Now I've done videos on this on the liver, and this chemical is considered a toxin or

a poison.

It's responsible for that, the feeling of a hangover.

And the body will try to use certain enzymes to get rid of this toxin.

Well, the same enzymes in the heart also are trying to get rid of this toxic poison, which

is a residue from the alcohol.

Also you'll get a decreased protein synthesis on the mouth sides.

So the heart cell is made out of muscle, and it needs protein to rejuvenate.

So you're not going to get a nice turnover of heart cells, dilated chambers.

So you have different parts of the heart.

You have four chambers, and these chambers as they start to enlarge, they don't all enlarge

on a symmetry basis, like the right side might enlarge more than the left, and that creates

all sorts of problems.

It can also create arrhythmia problems and murmurs because now as the heart is enlarged,

the valves no longer close like they're supposed to.

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