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Effect of Ingestion of Milk on Concentrations of Blood Alcohol

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DURING the course of work in which ethyl alcohol was used for measurements of body water, Miller and Stirling1 have shown that the metabolism of alcohol is increased by the taking of food containing 1,000 kcal 1 h after the alcohol.

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  1. Miller, D. S., and Stirling, J. L., Proc. Nutrit. Soc., 25, xl (1966).

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MILLER, D., STIRLING, J. & YUDKIN, J. Effect of Ingestion of Milk on Concentrations of Blood Alcohol. Nature 212, 1051 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121051a0

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