By The Eismans (And we should know as we are doctors)

PART VI

SUGAR AND ALCOHOL

There are experts in this field who feel that sugar is even more toxic than fat. When I was in training, back in the Cretaceous Period, the belief was that people who had a few ounces of alcohol a week, lived longer than those that had no alcohol at all. Today, we feel that it is best not to drink alcohol at all. Women who have three ounces of alcohol a week have a much higher risk of breast cancer. It is felt that the alcohol damages DNA and also converts to estrogen which accelerates the growth of small, estrogen sensitive breast cancers.5 Perhaps alcohol should be ranked with tobacco as an evil. Alcohol also makes you fat. Hay! I don’t drink beer. Fine, but alcohol itself is converted to sugar.7 Now, just to make you totally crazy. There are reputable studies to show that bourbon is good for you. I have sacrificed a great deal of space for the many references in this regard just to show you that there are two sides to every question.