title: [Alcohol and nutrition].
abstract: Alcoholism and alcohol-associated organ injury is one of the major health problems worldwide. Alcohol may lead to an alteration in intermediary metabolism and the relation between alcohol intake and body weight is a paradox. The effect of alcohol intake on resting metabolic rate, assessed by indirect calorimetry, and lipid oxidation, is still controversial. Small quantities of ethanol seem to have no effect on body weight. Ingestion of moderate amounts may lead to an increase in body weight, via a lipid-oxidizing suppressive effect. Chronic intake of excessive amounts in alcoholics leads to a decrease in body weight, probably via increased lipid oxidation and energy expenditure. Chronic ethanol abuse alters lipid-soluble (vitamins A, D and E) and water-soluble (B-complex vitamins, vitamin C) vitamins status, and some trace elements status such as magnesium, selenium or zinc.
authors.affiliation: Clinique médicale A, laboratoire de nutrition, hôpital Bretonneau, CHU de Tours, 37044 Tours, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maillot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farad
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamisse
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002153:Calorimetry, Indirect; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000502:physiology; D014815:Vitamins / Q000502:physiology; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins; D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Alcool et nutrition.