On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:04:05 -0600, Pennyaline
> wrote:

>On 3/20/2012 5:32 AM, Bryan wrote:
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>> Ethanol has calories, and moderate amounts can contribute to health.
>> How could anything that has those two properties be called "non-
>> nutritive"?
>
>
>Ethanol itself does nothing for health. Any health benefits may be
>derived from some other properties of a given beverage, such as the
>supposed antioxidant properties of red wines. So that in itself does not
>add up to a nutritional benefit for ethanol.
>
>Consumption of ethanol also leads to an eventual wasting effect on the
>body, and causes interference with the body's ability to use other
>nutrients and with fat metabolism. So this too cannot be interpreted as
>providing nutrition.
>
>

Bryan will not address this argument because he is both wrong and
incorrect.

John Kuthe...