Alcohol as a food: a commentary on Richter

Physiology & Behavior
K GillB R Smith

Abstract

The present study examined the maintenance of voluntary alcohol intake in male Long-Evans rats. A microstructural analysis of consummatory behaviors (food, alcohol, water) was carried out using a computerized drinkometer system. In this sample of animals, there was no association (r = 0.07) between total food intake and total alcohol intake. There was no compensation for the extra calories ingested in the form of alcohol via a reduction in total food intake, or a reduction in food bout sizes associated with pre- or postprandial alcohol consumption. Further microstructural analyses determined that there were no significant difference between water and alcohol in terms of their distribution in relation to food (non-, pre-, or postprandial bouts). Of the total of 586 bouts of fluid intake analyzed, 45.6% were consumed postprandially, with a similar number (43.2%) consumed nonprandially. A comparison of the size of food bouts associated with different fluid bout types (pre- or postprandial) indicated that food bouts were the same size regardless of whether they were accompanied by water or alcohol. A final analysis determined that 55% of the total daily alcohol intake was consumed postprandially, and that the sizes of non-, pre-, o...Continue Reading

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