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I want to ask that, when I consume some whisky or any alcohol sometime my appetite get increased for like a week or something. But then I becomes normal. I am a skinny person and I really want to know what is in alcohol that increases my appetite for this long. Explain please.
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Scientist have experienced on mice they concluded that alcohol fire up some neurons which stimulates AgRp which is located in hypothalamus, it is responsible for appetite. Soo similar thing happen to our body also. And thus appetite increases.
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