Is alcohol a food? Many people believe a glass of wine or beer gives them strength, but science has a much darker truth to tell. According to leading medical experts, alcohol is completely excluded from the class of "tissue-building" foods. While real food contains proteins, starches, and fats to repair our bodies, alcohol offers nothing but destruction.
1. No Building Blocks for Your Body
Real food consists of nitrogenous elements (like eggs, milk, and meat) that build our muscles and repair tissues.
- The Verdict: Dr. Richardson and Dr. Liebig confirm that alcohol contains no nitrogen.
- The Result: It is incapable of being transformed into blood, muscle, or any part of the living body. It is "constructively" useless.
2. The Cold Truth: It Doesn’t Produce Heat
A common myth is that alcohol "warms you up." In reality, it does the exact opposite.
- The Science: Unlike fats and sugars that undergo combustion to create vital force, alcohol reduces body temperature.
- The Danger: Arctic voyagers learned long ago that spirits actually lessen the power to withstand cold. It doesn't stoke the fire; it puts it out.
3. Alcohol Doesn't Make You Strong
If it doesn't build tissue and doesn't produce heat, it cannot add strength.
- Borrowed Power: Sir Benjamin Brodie explains that stimulants don't create "nervous power"—they just force you to use up the little energy you have left.
- The Exhaustion: After the buzz wears off, you are left more exhausted than before. It’s like a machine working under high pressure until it finally breaks down.
4. A "Toxic" Delay
Some advocates claim alcohol is "secondary food" because it delays the "metamorphosis of tissue" (the body's natural waste-and-repair cycle).
- The Reality: Interfering with this process is dangerous. When waste isn't removed, it becomes poisonous to the nervous system, leading to irritability, delirium, and eventually, death.
Conclusion:
Alcohol is not a natural stimulus. It is an agent of decay that abstracts your body's power rather than feeding it. If you're looking for strength, you won't find it at the bottom of a bottle.
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