Understanding Nutrition (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Eleanor Noss Whitney, Sharon Rady Rolfes
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 1BCTQ
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To explain: The way to plan a social gathering that would ensure that guests of legal age could enjoy an evening that includes alcoholic beverages in a safe and responsible way.
Concept introduction:
Alcohol is an organic compound consists of the functional group (-OH). It is the end product of the fermentation and produced from cereals, grains, potatoes, fruits, and carbohydrate foods. It is mainly present in the alcoholic beverages include beer, wine, and liquor. Severe alcohol drinking leads to nervous disorder, various cancers, impotence in sexual characters, and multiple organ failure eventually ends up in the death of the individual.
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