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I’ve just been reading up on the negatives of drinking.  Which is a shame really because I enjoy a good glass of red.  However, to get really healthy, I need to give it up.

Firstly, alcohol retards food digestion.  As I’m trying to lose weight, at first I though YAY! I can eat more and it won’t get digested.  The problem is, it’s the bad stuff that still gets digested, but it’s the good stuff that gets blocked.

And here, in order to give those who are not familiar with the process of digestion a clear idea of how important it is, and the effect produced when alcohol is taken with food, I’m going to quote you from the lecture of an English physician, Dr. Henry Monroe, on “The Physiological Action of Alcohol.”