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Does alcohol leave body in urine ? i know body needs to break down over time but does it leave in urine also ? thanks in advance for answers :)

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Ethanol: The body processes and eliminates ethanol in separate steps. Enzymes break apart ethanol into other compounds which can be processed more easily by the body. Some of these intermediate metabolites can have harmful effects on the body. Most of the ethanol in the body is broken down in the liver to acetaldehyde and acetate, which then are eliminated as CO2 and water. Some etoh appears in urine.

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Yes: at higher EtOH levels, about 5% of the total alcohol is excreted unchanged in the urine, where 90 % is slowly converted to aldehydes in the liver and excreted that way...

Answered 12/21/2014

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