They merely point out that whiskies and beers are, for the majority of humans, fattening things and should therefore be eliminated from the diet of those wishful to lose their superfluous adipose tissue.

Here, again, they disagree with their professional forebears.

The experts of the preceding generations, being mainly Englishmen and Germans, could not conceive of living without drinking.

Some advocated wines, some ales, some a mixture of both with an occasional measure of spirits added for the sake of digestion.

But among the dependable dietetic authorities of the present day there appears to be no wide range of argument on this point.