COMPARISON: FOOD AND ALCOHOL
That alcohol is not a food, but a poison, may be detected from the following comparisons: Food is essential to growth; Alcohol tends to stunt growtm Food is essential to the repair of the body; Alcohol is useless tor repair of the body. Food provides muscular pow er; Alcohol decreases muscular power. Food provides nerve energy; Alcohol deadens nerve centres. Food maintains warmth in the l>ody; Alcohol dissipates of the body. Food aids physical endurance; Alcohol markedly lessens endurance. Food aids resistance to disease; Alcohol lowers resistance to disease. Food does not deaden higher brain centres; Alcohol inhibits conscience, will-power, jud .i.ient. Food can be stored in the body; Alcohol cannot he stored in the body. Food is not habit-forming; Alcohol is a habit-forming narcotic drug. —By F. L. Furry, M.D., in The Union Signal.
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White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 9, 1 October 1948, Page 9
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