alt Hacker News"These findings provide compelling evidence that acute alcohol consumption decreases GLP-1, a satiation signal, elucidating alcohol's 'apéritif' effect." This could increase hunger and cravings (including for more alcohol).
"These findings provide compelling evidence that acute alcohol consumption decreases GLP-1, a satiation signal, elucidating alcohol's 'apéritif' effect." This could increase hunger and cravings (including for more alcohol).
The double whammy is that alcohol is an extremely calorically dense substance.
Even worse, it is consumed in liquid form, which also bypasses some satiation mechanisms in the body.
There's a reason tour de France riders get most of their replacement calories in liquid form