Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 1, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 January 2014 — Page 5

The effects of alcohol on the human body

Aimci.K raovinrn Alcohol is often considered an essential element of adult social functions, but adults who overindulge in alcohol are likely doing themselves a significant disservice. Alcoholic beverages can negatively impact a person's physical and cognitive abilities. But when it is consumed in moderation, alcohol can have some positive effects as well. Understanding what alcohol really does to the body and brain may help some people make more informed choices. The Good The idea that alcohol can have both good and bad effects on the body may seem like a mixed message, but that does not mean it isn't true. The effect of alcohol on a person's body often depends cm the frequency and quantity of alcohol that individual consumes. Moderate alcohol consumption, such as one or two drinks per day, can have a positive impact on a person's health. T he Mayo Clinic says moderate alcohol consumption may provide the following benefits: • Possibly reduce risk of diabetes • Possibly reduce risk of ischemic strokes • Lower risk of gallstones • Reduce the risk of dying of a heart attack • Reduce risk of developing heart disease. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, alcohol has the ability to raise good cholesterol and lower bad cholesterol. Anti-inflammatory effects and antioxidants in some beverages, such as wine, can reduce blood problems that lead to clogged arteries. Alcohol in moderation may also help fight fat. A 2010 study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine found that women who had one or two drinks per day were less likely to gain weight than those who didn't drink at all. Researchers believe there is a link between people who drink frequently and how their bodies adapt and metabolize alcohol differently from those who limit their drinking to nights out on the town or otherwise only drink rarely. Alcohol increases levels of a hormone that improves insulin sensitivity and makes it easier for the body to process glucose and use it as energy, potentially benefitting those with type 2 diabetes. Although alcohol may be associated with poor judgement, moderate drinking may stave off cognitive impairment. Alcohol may improve blood flow to the brain and make brain cells more tolerant to stress, preparing them for major stresses that can induce dementia down the road.

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Bethel Conservative Church 25402 CR 50 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m. Pastor: Lyle Miller ************ Bethel Missionary Church 63473 CR 7, Goshen, IN • 862-2631 Bible Way Apostolic Church 26148 US 6 E • 773-7882 Sunday Morning - 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening - 6:00 p.m. Pastor: J. L Wyant ************ Brethren In Christ Church 1601 N. Main, Nappanee 773-3365 Sunday School - 9:15 a.tn. Sunday Worship -10:30 a.m. Pastor: Jeff T. Williams ****♦*♦*♦♦♦♦ Calvary Baptist Church At comer of Market & Elm St 574-773-7454 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship -10:30 a.m. Evening Worship -1:00 p.m. Pastor: Don Taylor Church of the Brethren 301 Mack Dr. • 773-4044 Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship -10:00 a.m. Pastor: Byrl and Janet Shaver Church of the Nazarene 67136 ST. Rd. 15, New Finis 574-831-6880 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship -10:30 a.m. Pastor: Don Meiner Compassion of Christ Fellowship 2673 E. Market St 546-5586 Sunday School -10:00 AM Sun. Worship - 11:00 AM Pastor: Gary Kauffman First Baptist Church Haney Dr. • 773-4816 ♦♦♦♦WWW First Brethren Church 1600 N. Main St. • 773-4252 [email protected] Contemporary Service - 8:00 a.m. Traditional Worship -10:30 Senior Pastor: Tom Shiefer

First Church of God Comer of CR 7 & 54, Nappanee 773-7743 Sunday Services -10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Sam Bennett First Mennonite Church 900 W. Market St. • 773-7294 Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship - 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Janet (McFall) Brown

Grace Point Evangelical Presbyterian Church 1155 N. Main at Northwood 773-3773 Prayer Service - 9:45 a.m. Worship -10:15 a.m. Children’s Church -10:15 a.m. Hepton Union Church 9266 W. Hepton Road Church Phone - 574-707-7289 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Eric Eickhoff ************ Iglesia De Cristo Elim 475 W. Randolph 574-354-0127 Domngo Culto General -11:00 a.m. ************ Living Gospel Church 302 W. Walnut St. • 773-7110 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Morning Service - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Mike Raasch ************ Maranatha Fellowship 9636 W. Hepton Rd. • 7732740 Regular Services Sunday School (All Ages) - 9:00 am. Sunday Worship - 10:00 am. Pastor Michael Peterson ************ Ministerios Cordero 558 W. Walnut St. • 773-5253 Sunday Worship - 2:30 p.m. Brother In Christ: Mario Duran • ************ Mt Tabor Church of God 8424N800W, Etna Green 646-2725 Sunday School - 9:30 am. Worship Service -10:30 am. ' Baai ~m* m raSlOr, i J€r€tfiy UfVvSfr ************

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The Bad When moderate drinking turns into compulsive or binge drinking, file positive benefits of alcohol consumption no longer apply. Drinking too much can take a serious toll on file body. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol can interfere with the brain's communication pathways. While it does not destroy brain cells, it certainly inhibits them, impairing an individual's ability to think dearly. Alcohol also can disrupt mood and behavior, causing individuals who drink to excess to engage in behaviors that are out of character. Alcohol also lowers inhibitions, which can lead to irresponsible behavior. Moderate drinking may help the heart, but excessive alcohol consumption can damage the heart, potentially causing cardiomyopathy, or stretching and drooping of the heart musde. Excessive consumption of alcohol can also lead to an irregular heart beat and high blood pressure, and over time, excessive drinking may induce stroke. Drinking too much can weaken your immune system, making your body a much easier target for disease. The National Institutes of Health notes that men and women who regularly overconsume alcohol are more likely to contract diseases like pneumonia and tuberculosis than people who do not overconsume alcohol. Alcohol also can damage file liver and pancreas. Heavy drinking can cause fatty liver; inflammation, known as alcoholic hepatitis; fibrosis; and drrhosis. Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that can inflame blood vessels in the pancreas and prevent proper digestion. The Very Bad The body often treats alcohol as a poison and attempts to fight back against this perceived poison. It produces an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, or AD, which reaches the alcohol when it passes through the stomach lining and liver. Its goal is to sober you up by taking a hydrogen atom off the ethanol molecules in file alcoholic drink, rendering it into a nonintoxicating substance. Some think AD plays a role in hangovers. Aspirin can reduce the effectiveness of the body's AD enzymes, making hangovers worse. People who overconsume alcohol may be inadvertently poisoning their bodies with alcohol. Receptors in the stomach, intestines and the brain recognize when the body has been infiltrated by a suspecting invader or poison. In an effort to protect itself, the body may try to expel the offending substance to safeguard itself from damage. This is why many people vomit after they consume

Nappanee Family Worship Center - COG 158 E. Centennial St. 574-214-7433 * Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Pastor Justin Moore ************ Nappanee Missionary Church SRI9 at CRSO Sunday Worship- 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. Senior Pastor: Dave Engbrecht ************ New Beginnings Assembly of God 901 S. Main St., Nappanee 773-7509 Christian Discipleship - 9:30 am Worship -10:30 am www.newbeginningsassembly. org Pastor: Mick Tomlinson ************ New Life Church 209 S Main St • Nappanee Sunday School -10:00 a.m. Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m. Pastor: Dean Anglemyer ************ North Main Street Mennonite Church 504 N. Main *773-4558 Sunday Worship - 9:30 am. Sunday School - 10:45 am. Pastor: Ruben Chupp ************ Northwood Chapel 28220 CR 52 *773-7895 ************ Oak Grove Missionary Church Comer of 46 & Beech Rd. 69009 Beech Road 574-633-4517 Sunday School - 9:00 am. Worship - 10:00 am. Pastor: Kevin Skaggs ************ Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church 458 W. Walnut St, Nappeam Sunday Mass - 3:00 p.m. Confessions - 2:00 p.m. ♦**♦*****♦♦* Pillar of Fire 751 W. Market St, Nappanee Worship - 9:00 am. & 6:00 p.m. WLumdwume Dan ITjuluf dailuMAH raswr. nev, ticrsnci Anutrsun ************

Union Center Church of the Brethren 70535 County Rd. 11 773-4295 www.cob-netorg/church/ unionctr.htm Sunday Worship - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Jim Davis ************ Union Grove BIC 69954 County Rd. 11 574-773-GROVe (4768) Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor: Darin Simms ************ United Methodist Church 301 E. Market • 773-4183 Contemporary Worship - 8:00 a.m. Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship - 10:00 a.m. Pastor: Jim Davidson ************

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an excessive amount of alcohol. Drinking too much alcohol may be linked to a greater risk of developing certain cancers. Researchers have linked overconsumption of alcohol to cancers of the mouth, esophagus, throat, liver, and breast. Reckless behavior spurred on by lowered inhibitions that result in poor decisions is another potentially dangerous, and sometimes deadly, side effect of overconsumption of alcohol. For example, men and women who drink excessive amounts of alcohol often feel capable of driving even when their blood alcohol concentration limit is exceeding the legal limit. Driving while intoxicated can lead to injury and even death, and oftentimes innocent motorists are injured or even killed simply because they were sharing the road with inebriated drivers. Even at me legal blood alcohol concentration limit of .08 percent, musde coordination is lost, reaction time and hearing is impaired and judgment and self-control are hindered. As an individual's BAC increases, these symptoms are only exacerbated. Drinking alcohol has various effects on the body depending on the amount and frequency that a person drinks. Learning the facts may motivate men and women to consume alcohol more responsibly.

Notice of Filing of Dissolution On 9/27/2013, Guadalupe Martinez filed a Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (cause number 20D06-1309-DR-717). Ms. Martinez is requesting that her marriage to Romelio Martinez Santander be dissolved. After 60 days and a final hearing, the divorce will be final. Mr. Martinez Santander is advised to contact Elkhart Superior Court 6 to inform them of his current address using the above-listed cause number or may contact Ms. Martinez’s attorney, Rose Rivera. Ms. Martinez is represented by Rose Rivera at the Center for Legal Justice at 121 S. 3rd Sr. Elkhart, Indiana 46516. Ph (574)-295-6149. December 19. 2013 AN0305 hspaxlp CLASSIFIEDS WORKI

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Bethel Missionary Church 63473 C.R. 7 • Goshen 862-2631 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 p.m. Jim Smith, Lead Pastor ************ Bible Baptist Church 205 E. Waterford St. • Wakarusa 862-2214 Sunday School - 9 a.m. Worship - 10 a.rg. & 7 p.m. David Harper, Pastor ************ Holdeman Mennonite Church 65723 CR 1 • 574-862-4751 Sunday Service - 9:30 a.m. Sunday School - 10:45 a.m. ************ St. John United Church of Christ 63900 SR 331, Woodland 574-633-4317 Worship - 9:00 a.m. JoAn Schaetzle, Pastor ************

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Notice of Filing of Petition for Dissolution of Marriage On 9/19/2013, Valente Gutierrez filed a Verified Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (cause number 20D06-1309-DR-719). Mr. Gutierrez is requesting that his marriage to Maria Dei Rosario Hernandez be dissolved. After 60 days and a final hearing, the divorce will be final. Ms. Rosario Hernandez is advised to contact Elkhart Superior Court 6 to inform them of her current address using the above-listed cause number or may contact Mr. Gutierrez's attorney, Rose Rivera. Mr. Gutierrez is represented by Rose Rivera at the Center for Legal Justice at 121 S. 3rd St. Elkhart, Indiana, 46516. Ph (574)-295-6149. December 19,26, January 2,2013 AN0304 hspaxlp

Wakarusa Missionary Church 202 W. Waterford St. • Wakarusa 862-2102 Worship - 9:00 a.m. Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Robert Dauber, Pastor ************ Wakarusa United Methodist Church 309 S. Elkhart St • Wakarusa 862-2863 Worship Service (Contemporary) - 8:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:20 a.m. Worship Service (Traditional) - 10:15 a.m. Rev. Ed Geleske, Pastor ************ Yellow Creek Church of the Brethren 65575 County Rd. 11 • Goshen 862-2672 Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. ************