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Health Combinations
~LEASURE
without penalty is within
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the reach of the drinker who will ob-
serve a few simple rules.
Self–
imposed restraint is a negative factor in life
for which the fun-loving side of man has small
taste; his life is so full of "don't's" that no
wonder he too frequently throws discretion
to the winds and has his fling. Drinking and ·
eating for pleasure may be indulged in with–
out restraint other than the observation of the
law of moderation. Food may of course be
taken without alcoholic drink, which is a non–
essential to the average person; but alcoholic
drink should never be taken without food.
Alcoholic drinks combine easily with certain
types of food, and in the process of combining,
the system is spared the shock that results
when raw alcoholic substances come in con–
tact with body tissues. Cells may function
without injury while feeding upon liquor-food
combinations, whereas it is an undisputed fact
that cells may
be
permanently injured by hav-
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