Wednesday 23 November 2016

Study in rats finds low blood alcohol levels have no effect on total calories consumed

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Laboratory rats will drink alcohol if it's available, and may even get a little tipsy, researchers report in a new study. But they won't voluntarily drink until they're drunk. And while ethanol is calorie-rich, rats that drink it eat less food and their total energy intake remains steady, the research team found.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2gkpjLv

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