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The effect of alcohol on resting metabolic rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Kathryn Rosenberg  and
J. V. G. A. Durnin
Kathryn Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
J. V. G. A. Durnin
Affiliation:
Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
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Abstract

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1. There was a significant increase in oxygen consumption in ten women after small intakes of alcohol.

2. No significant difference was found between the average increase in metabolic rate over 3 h after an isoenergetic meal of food or of food plus alcohol. However, during the last half of the 3 h postprandial period, the increased O2 consumption was significantly greater after the meal including alcohol.

3. Possible explanations for the contradictory results in the literature are discussed.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , September 1978 , pp. 293 - 298
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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