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Compulsive Drinking And Allergies
By K Bakhru
Many people need a drink to get through the day because they are addicted to the ingredients from
which their favorite alcoholic beverage is made. Consequently it seems that alcoholism and food
addiction are closely related, if not identical.
Researchers at the Deaconess Hospital in St Louis, Missouri, have recently conducted an intensive
enquiry into alcoholism and its possible causes. They found evidence to substantiate the belief that
alcoholism is, in fact, a food allergy. Their research showed that alcoholics are twice as susceptible to
food allergies as are nondrinkers. Different alcoholics were found to be addicted to the different
elements within the drink, rather than alcohol itself.
Alcoholic beverages are made by fermenting sugars derived from the starches of various grains and
vegetables. For example, beer contains barley and hops; whisky, malted barley; vodka, potatoes, rye
or barley; wine, grapes; and so on. All alcoholic drinks contain yeast, another common allergen.
The presence of alcohol in the system acts as a catalyst to the absorption of materials from the
intestinal tract. As the alcohol is absorbed, it takes along with it particles of the food from which the
particular alcoholic drink was made. In addition, because of the catalytic effect of the alcohol,
accelerated absorption of any drugs or foods ingested with the alcohol, also occurs.
The ingredients which make up an alcoholic beverage can produce an addictive form of food a