[nagant]

Alcohol and fructose are both metabolized through the same ALDH2 pathway.

[Rockingham]

Sadly, in spite of being married to a highly capable doctor, my friend's Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease was diagnosed too late to make a difference and he suffered from obesity and heart disease. By the end, he seemed in many ways a defeated man weighed down by his medical death sentence.

Yet my friend was still game and retained his characteristic charm, intelligence, love for and loyalty to family and friends, and eagerness to participate in life. His talent was such that, with good health, he would have become a successful and nationally known conservative lawyer, public official, author, or talk show host.