AF> This is all what is known as "training the liver". The liver can take
AF> ever increasing amounts of alcohol (especially a young liver) up to
AF> a certain point...but does rely on recognising the type of alcoholic
AF> drink being consumed.
Bull.  What I was talking about in my post was the enzymes that have
been developed in some races over the years in response to the use of
alcohol.  Lieber did a lot of work in this regard, you might try to find
it in the infamous data base you claim to have access to.  I learned
about his work in 1979 so it had been out long before that, time enough
for it to reach Germany I would think.
The enzymes are alcoholdehydrgenase and catalase, among others.  Some
folks are born with a marked lack of alcoholdehydrogenase and some folks
have plenty.
AF> I remember back in my wild young days being able AF> to consume 12 
pints of English ale and still walk straight. I was AF> almost flat on 
my back after drinking my first three German "half AF> pints" (0.3 l)!!
What you are talking about is tolerance, and, no one but an alcoholic
can consume a large amount of alcohol and function.......in the very
early stages of the disease.
Just as the French...who are used to drinking wine.. AF> can not take 
beer...so it is with wine with the Brits and Australians. AF> One does 
not become "immune" to alcohol (it still destroys brain AF> cells and 
burdens the digestive and excretory systems by hindering AF> the intake 
of several vitamins and also upsetting the intestinal AF> flora), one 
just develops a certain increasing, albeit negative AF> "tolerance" up 
to a point. This has nothing to do with genetics. AF> It's the same 
with tobacco and other drugs.
I vomited more Vodka than I ever managed to keep down.  In my case, it
is an allergy to potatoes.  That is another factor in the use of
beverage alcohol.....allergies.
And since you refuse to admit that enzymes have anything to do with this
or that allergies exist, you won't be able to understand what I wrote.
 
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