On Mar 19, 9:58*pm, "The Failed Nurse" John Kuthe
> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:27:11 -0600, Pennyaline
>
> > wrote:
> >On 3/19/2012 7:45 PM, Bryan wrote:
>
> >> You throw around terms like "Non-nutritive" like you know what they
> >> mean. *No wonder why no one will hire you as a nurse. *"Non-nutritive"
> >> doesn't apply to ethanol, but to things like sucralose or saccharin.
>
> >On the contrary, "non-nutritive" applies to any intake that does not
> >provide nutrition. The term is widely ascribed to artificial sweeteners
> >but isn't limited to them. Non-nutritive intake is either excreted or
> >stored having contributed nothing of nutritional worth to the organism.

Ethanol has calories, and moderate amounts can contribute to health.
How could anything that has those two properties be called "non-
nutritive"?
>
> Yep, and that's exactly what I meant. But don't try telling Bryan
> anything, for he already KNOWS EVERYTHING! Just ask him, he'll tell
> ya! Bryan knows more than degreed medical professionals because he has
> the INTERNET! And GOOGLE!
>
> Feh!

Let's play Jeopardy!

Alex: "The answer is, "medical professional."
Bryan: "What is what John Kuthe could be right now if he'd learned to
shut up on the internet?"
Alex: "Correct."
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan