Abstract:Relevance. In case of developed alcoholic disease, under conditions of alcoholic hypoglycemia, ketone bodies act as an energy substrate for the brain. However, the role of ketone hunger for maintaining the craving for alcohol has not been established. The assumption of such a connection has a right to exist, since it is alcohol that stimulates the formation of ketone bodies. Therefore, with developed alcoholism, the desire to consume alcohol (and, in fact, "saturate" the brain with ketone bodies) can be consid… Show more
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