Food allergies are more common in young children than in adults. 1  Milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy cause most problems in children. 2  Some babies are so sensitive to these foods that if the offending food is eaten by the mother, drinking her breast milk can cause a reaction.
Alcohol doesnât only impact the body. Long-term alcohol abuse can have many severe effects on mental health as well. The intoxicating substance changes brain structure and function over time, and these changes can cause a number of negative consequences on mood and behavior.
But itâs not just the alcoholic whoâs affected. Everyone around the drinker suffers to some extent as a result of that personâs addiction to alcohol. Here are some of the specific mental and emotional effects that are the direct result of alcoholism. Loss of Memory. The cumulative effects of chronic alcoholism result in brain cells that are destroyed, synapses broken, circuits that no longer fire or do so in wrong sequences.