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A new study has come up with a startling discovery. According to the study, wine can pose unhealthy effects on the appetite of persons.
"However, alcohol is a drug that is abused and the repercussion of alcohol abuse over a long time can seriously affect most of the major organs of the body," says Anna Kokavec, psychologist at the La Trobe University.
Kokavec and colleague Simon Crowe, a professor, are in an attempt to find the exact way alcohol hampers human body, by focusing on the links between alcohol consumption and appetite.
The alcoholics who usually go for treatment are normally reported to be malnourished, which is "an issue that can lead to health problems like Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (condition that can lead to forms of amnesia and hallucinations)," says Kokavec.
Even though it had been told earlier that the 'poor dietary habits' of alcoholics triggered the malnourishment, Kokavec mentions that there is yet another factor which triggers this condition.
"We confirmed that certain biochemical processes associated with appetite regulation do change when alcohol was consumed," says Kokavec.
"The research provides enough evidence to question whether malnutrition and poor dietary behaviour of alcoholics is the fault of the individual or whether it's the consequences of alcohol and the role it plays in suppressing appetite," says Kokavec.
