Research results that 'it is highly possible that you eat junk food in the middle of drinking alcohol and it tends to lead to obesity'

There is a claim that moderate drinking is good for the body , as the word "sake is the head of a hundred medicines" exists. However, on the other hand, research that "People tend to eat salty junk food such as pizza and tacos for late night meal, and tend to lead to obesity" is announced.

The Drunchies Hangover: Heavy Episodic Drinking and Dietary Choices while Drinking and on the Following Day
(PDF file) http://www.cjhp.org/volume16Issue1_2018/documents/79-90_CJHP2018Issue1_Kruger.pdf

Here's How a Night of Heavy Drinking Gives You The 'Drunchies'
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-a-night-of-drinking-affects-your-food-choices


There are research results that 65% of college students routinely consume alcohol in the United States, and alcohol intake is dealt with as a problem that is greatly related to university public health. A research team led by Mr. Jessica Kruger studying public health and health behavior at Buffalo University targets 286 students attending public colleges in the United States, "Are you drinking?" "What is always eating for breakfast "We did a questionnaire such as" How many meals did it ever go from sleeping to sleeping "" Are you eating something before going to bed? "

Then, when I drank alcohol I found that there was a tendency to eat something before going to bed. Especially when you eat alcohol after drinking it was almost like choosing salty snack foods, pizza, tacos, burrito, etc, than what you care about healthy such as raw vegetables and beans.

by Jeremy Brooks

Also, it turned out that many of the students who drank alcohol had a lower probability of taking breakfast than usual. The research team thinks that overeating is caused because the brain becomes deceived as hungry because of the intense fluctuation in blood glucose level after drinking and you want to eat something.

Alcohol intake contributes to weight gain. Especially, young people eat tacos and pizza etc in addition to alcohol such as beer, so the research team points out that the influence on weight gain will become bigger. Kruger said, "Given the increase in alcohol consumption rate and obesity rate among college students, it is necessary to fully recognize the influence from drinking and drinking after drinking as well as the direct adverse effects caused by alcohol." .

by Wally Gobetz

The research team insists that it is important to do hydration firmly when drinking, and that it is necessary to focus on healthy eating with high nutritional value, not fast food, at nighttime meals.