chapter 1 Alcohol and Nutrition -- chapter 2 Antioxidant and Pro-Oxidant Effects of Alcoholic Beverages -- chapter 3 Nutritional Factors in the Pathogenesis of Alcoholic Liver Disease -- chapter 4 Ethanol and Methyl Transfer: Its Role in Liver Disease and Hepatocarcinogenesis / chapter 5 Alcohol and Nutrition as Risk Factors for Chronic Liver Disease / chapter 6 Alcohol and Cardiovascular Disease / chapter 7 Alcohol, Inflammation, and Coronary Heart Disease -- chapter 8 Deleterious Effects of Alcohol Intoxication on the Heart: Arrhythmias to Cardiomyopathies / chapter 9 Alcohol, Nutrition, and Recovery of Brain Function / chapter 10 Nutritional Modulation of the Expression of Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases and Alcohol Metabolism / chapter 11 Genetic Aspects of Alcohol Metabolism / chapter 12 Measuring Energy Intake in Alcohol Drinkers / chapter 13 The Effect of Diet on Protein Modification by Ethanol Metabolites in Tissues Damaged in Chronic Alcohol Abuse -- chapter 14 Dietary Arachidonic Acid and Alcohol / chapter 15 Protein Metabolism in Alcohol Misuse and Toxicity / chapter 16 Soy Products Affecting Alcohol Absorption and Metabolism / chapter 17 Alcohol and Retinoid Interaction / chapter 18 Plasma Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Alcohol / chapter 19 Alcohol-Induced Membrane Lipid Peroxidation / chapter 20 Alcohol, Overweight, and Obesity / chapter 21 Alcohol Use during Lactation: Effects on the Mother and the Breastfeeding Infant / chapter 22 Alcohol, Acetaldehyde, and Digestive Tract Cancer / chapter 23 Mineral/Electrolyte-Related Diseases Induced by Alcohol.