The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-26
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MI S. claim this s;2 per cent beer is intoxicating a.,,l,, My husband @ claims 1t is not He has never am S4 years old. weigh only 8s pounds and have leaky heart valve. The least fright or
 or shor o hes and friends all drink q good deal of beer and are all oyer weight They claim my husband and as any tonic and would help me gain more weight. They also claim 1t is not intoxicating
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 The question whether beer fs intoxicating is not susceptible of definite answer. Depends on on " who 10. IS drinking t. how much he drinks, and gal or generally accepted definition of intoxica- tion, so far as can learn. Therefore 1t is e beer is intoxicating. regard any one as iri- toxicated when can detect the odor of alcohol on on his breath. That is fairly good evidence. I alcohol than he can oxidize or burn and utilize as food or fuel.
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 According to chemical analysis of beer made in the pre.war time when beer was not restricted as to alcoholic content, 6 good grade of beer has the following nutritive value:
 Water; 90 per cent; alcohol s.75 per cent: matter proten e per esns; ana nsra matter 0.20 per cent. If we assume all the a1- cohol in such beer $ actually oxidized and calories in the alcohol alone would amount to 1So, in the pint of beer, which added to the calories from the sugar and protein in the beer would give grand total of about tw0-thirds of the ca1ories you get from pint of milk, and no question about utilizing every nutritive ei- ement in milk. A pint of milk yields S25 calo-
 Now that beer and wine gre legal beverages see no objection to any adult drinking them. browbeat everyone else into doing as they do are tiresome. Why can't they behave them selves and refrain from making comments or offering advice or otherwise calling attention to the memi>ers of the party who for one reason or another. do not choose to indulge? When they play the role of the bad boy or girl who delights to compel 6 less sophisticated com- panion to do as he or she does? assure this correspondent and her husband that beer can do no good for either of them. If they surrender now and begin drinking t just because their friends insist on 1t. their friends will only laugh at them for being so easily influenced.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ouch, Pass Up the Butter have what my physician calls "sIIgflt gail. bladder infccti0ng ! cannot eat meat or fats R.)
 Answer--1t is not the meat. but the fat in or with the meat, that causes contraction of the
  one should take vinegar if lemon juice 1s avail able. Lemon juice is food, utilized in the | body. Vinegar Is not utilized, not oxidized in | the body. However, anything sour, or acid. stimulates contraction and emptying of the | gali- bladder, and if there is any inflammation the contraction will cause discomfort or colicky pain.
 Il Please tell me where I can get your bool Il about what to eat and dieting. C. l.. Al Il Answer--I have no book. I have a bookIe called Guide to Right Eating" Ask for copy, and inciose Gal dime (not stamps) ant (b) q stamped envelope bearing your correc address.
 I do much hiking, but suffer from chafng
 (J. L.)
 | Answer-Use zinc stearate or compoun, zine stearate as dusting powder. If chafed sur face weeps keep clean linen cloths between and use fresh castor oil as a salve. Map for Eating
 Can you give me any help. wonder? MI husband has peptic ulcer and excessive stom acls acidity. Most Of Che things cook for tn table. for myself and the children, he can
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 | Answer-outline of menus for week, in
 ciuding items the patient may eat. Is given Il the booklet Guide to Right Eating" Send dime and stamped envelope bearing your ad dress, for a copy Of the booklet.
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