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Drinking alcohol makes you feel hungry

18.01.2017

Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute (UK) found that a person can eat more when intoxicated, not because of a decrease in self-control, but because alcohol triggers brain signals about the need to eat. The corresponding mechanism has been shown in experiments on mice, but researchers believe that there is a similar mechanism in humans.

Experimental mice were fed alcohol for three days at a dose approximately equivalent to one and a half bottles of wine for a person. It turned out that alcohol caused an increase in activity in neurons called AGRP - these cells are responsible for the feeling of hunger. In fact, the mice also ate more than they normally would.

In a second experiment, the scientists blocked the work of AGRP neurons with drugs, and alcohol did not produce the previously observed effect, which proves their role in the designated process.

Thus, not only does alcohol itself contain a lot of calories, its use also contributes to overeating, and often it is not about the healthiest food, but as a result, problems with being overweight.

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