Show alcohol in cold weather A scientist thus explains why it Is if so BO dangerous to use alcohol in the polar regions A moderate use of alcohol causes a deposit of tat fat alcohol it Is not turned into fuel in the muscle and nerve nerv cells but serves as a pure fuel in th the organism and replaces the combustion on of fat alcohol Is if therefore dangerous angelous eang ang erous in the extreme cold because it assists the throwing wang off of heat in a great degree the rhe effect is as if a stove in a room should be heated red hot and then all the doors and windows be thrown open heat fleat produced by muscular work in the body Is best obtained from carbohydrates carbo hydrates in the food but besides this the indispensable production of heat is best obtained by fats this explains the instinctive choice of the food of men in the tropics they eat little fat and much fruit while the polar dweller requires immense quantities 0 of I 1 fat to keep up the bodily combustion |