Metabolizing, because it is breaking it down to get it our of the body.
<span>But I have heard the term Oxidation too, because of alcohol oxidation rates. </span>
A nonrestrictive modifying clause (or nonessential clause) is an adjective clause that adds extra or nonessential information to a sentence. The meaning of the sentence would not change if the clause were to be omitted. Nonrestrictive modifying clauses are usually set off by commas.