Last weekend I was working through the way the liver processes alcohol into acetelahyde, and then acetic acid (vinegar) and then acetone. Acetone can be burned by muscles for energy, just like they burn glucose and enzymes the liver makes from fat. Apparently the liver is able to keep a steady supply of acetone in the blood stream for many hours and even days after a drinking episode. So long after you wake up sober in the morning, your body may still be using energy from your prior nights, and even previous nights drinking.
It got me thinking of the association between dieting, a system of intentionally lowering your sucrose level to try to burn stored body fat, and craving for alcohol, being an energy source commonly obtained outside the diet.
Does drinking while on a diet increase alcohol dependence?
Does anyone have a feel in their own experience that they became more dependent, or more attached to alcohol during a period where they were on an intentional weight loss plan?
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