The four authorities that replaced Avon are: 1  The City and County of Bristol. 2  South Gloucestershire â formed from the Kingswood and Northavon districts. 3  North Somerset â formed from the Woodspring district. 4  Bath and North East Somerset â formed from the Bath and Wansdyke districts.
How Alcohol Affects Metabolism. Alcohol contains empty calories and has no nutritional value. Your body can't store alcohol, so it must metabolize it right away. Metabolizing alcohol, however, can have a detrimental effect on other metabolic processes. Here's what you should know about alcohol and your metabolism. Alcohol and Nutrition. Alcohol contains only empty calories and has no nutritional value.
The role of your liver. Your body can't store alcohol, so it has to break it down-mostly via your liver. Through a complex metabolic process the liver firstly changes alcohol into acetaldehyde, a highly toxic substance.our body breaks down alcohol at a rate of roughly one standard drink per hour. Because it takes time for your body to break down alcohol, drinking more than one unit of alcohol an hour will build up your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and it may be many hours before you are safe to drive.