Guest guest Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Well, yeah. alocholism IS a disease of sugar metabolism and about 80 % of alcoholics are hypoglycemic. Some alcoholics, depending on the type, even find they were not even ture alcoholics, despite ahving all the sy,ptom,oilgy,. but were hypoglycemic instead. ~Inga On Apr 23, 2006, at 4:42 AM, Misty wrote: > http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/mprev00.htm > Many articles here >  > Search >  > http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/aa001218a.htm > Alcoholism / Substance Abuse > Sweet Tooth, Alcoholism Linked > <image.tiff>May Stem from the Same Genetic Tendency >  > >  Related Resources > • Relapse and Craving > • Chocolate Craving > • Self-Medicating > • Genetics of Alcoholism > • Is It Inherited? >  > <image.tiff><image.tiff> From Other Guides > • Eating Disorders > • Got a Sweet Tooth? >  > <image.tiff><image.tiff> Elsewhere on the Web > • Genetic Component > • More Research >  > <image.tiff> > Can a child's sweet tooth predict a tendency toward alcoholism in > later life? > > Researchers from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say yes, > a craving for sweets and the urge to drink may stem from the same > gene. > > The study found that 19 pairs of twin brothers shared a similar liking > for sweets and alcohol despite having quite different life > experiences. Preliminary results of the continuing research were > presented at a Society for Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans. > > " Several years ago, we found the first clinical evidence linking sweet > liking with alcoholism in a study that involved subjects tasting a > wide range of concentrations of table sugar in water, " said Dr. David > H. Overstreet, associate professor of psychiatry at the UNC-CH School > of Medicine, in a news release. " In this new study, we found that > despite different life experiences, twin brothers continue to share > sweet and alcohol preferences. " > > > Craving for Sweets > " The twin study also allowed us to collect additional information > about the association between different characteristics of sweet > liking and alcohol intake in non-alcoholic subjects since none of our > twins were alcoholics, " Overstreet said. > > " For example, those individuals who reported drinking more alcohol on > occasion and having more alcohol-related problems also had problems > with controlling how many sweets they ate, " he said. " They were more > likely to report urges to eat sweets and craving for them. They also > were more likely to report this craving when they were nervous or > depressed, and they believed eating sweets made them feel better. " > > In earlier studies at the University, scientists asked 20 abstinent > alcoholic men and 37 non-alcoholic men to taste five sugar solutions. > The solutions ranged from not sweet at all to very sweet. Sixty-five > percent of alcoholics preferred the sweetest solution compared to only > 16 percent of non-alcoholics. > > Dr. Alexey B. Kampov-Polevoy, formerly of UNC-CH reported, " Sweet > liking is a basic pleasurable reaction that may be seen in humans and > other mammals within minutes after birth. Disturbance in pleasurable > response to sweets may reflect a dysfunction in the brain's system of > positive reinforcement, which is also involved in development of > alcoholism. " > > > Developing a Test > " Our findings are interesting given the advice found in the early > writings of Alcoholics Anonymous that eating and drinking sweets > allays the urge to drink, " said Kampov-Polevoy, a physician > instrumental in bringing the AA program to the former Soviet Union in > the late 1980s. The researchers hope to design a test to predict who > is at greatest risk of developing alcoholism. > > " Perhaps a benign and inexpensive sweet test, which takes only 10 > minutes to perform, may be a first step in developing such a test, " he > said. " This test could be used to screen youngsters to detect those > with a predisposition to alcoholism, which might allow early education > and prevention rather than waiting until alcoholism develops. " > > Obviously, most people like sweets and most will not become > alcoholics, Kampov-Polevoy said. Alcoholics, however, like stronger > concentrations, and such a test may help us better understand who > might be at risk of alcohol dependence. > > Further study of the effects of sweets on alcohol intake may help > develop better treatments for alcoholism, such as special diets for > recovering alcoholics, and in understanding the genetic risk for > alcoholism in humans, Overstreet said. > > Previous Features > > > «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§\ «¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§« > ¤»¥«¤» > > > § - PULSE ON WORLD HEALTH CONSPIRACIES! § > > Subscribe:......... - > > > «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§\ «¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§« > ¤»¥«¤» > > New Sister Group: > > MedicalConspiracies > > Subscribe:      MedicalConspiracies- > Post message:      MedicalConspiracies > List owner:      MedicalConspiracies-owner > > > «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§\ «¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§« > ¤»¥«¤» > > New Sister Group: MedicalConspiracies (One Word)at Google groups: > > http://groups.google.comMedicalConspiracies > > Post message:      MedicalConspiracies (AT) googl (DOT) com > Subscribe:      MedicalConspiracies- (AT) googl (DOT) com > > Any information here in is for educational purpose only, it may be > news related, purely speculation or someone's opinion. 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