Intake of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) fermented milk before drinking alcohol reduces acetaldehyde levels and duration of flushing in drinkers with wild-type and heterozygous mutant ALDH2: a randomized, blinded crossover controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunyaporn Trachootham ◽  
Kanyawee Whanmek ◽  
Kemika Praengam ◽  
Piya Temviriyanukul ◽  
Chalat Santivarangkna

Alcohol consumption leads to acetaldehyde accumulation which is carcinogenic. Drinking LGG fermented milk before alcohol intake reduces blood and salivary acetaldehyde levels especially in people with mutant aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene (ALDH2).


Author(s):  
John W. Apolzan ◽  
Robbie A. Beyl ◽  
Corby K. Martin ◽  
Frank L. Greenway ◽  
Ursula White

Alcohol (i.e., ethanol) is consumed regularly by much of the adult population; yet, the health effects associated with its use are not well-characterized. Clinical interventions to investigate the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on metabolic outcomes, including adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors, are limited and have yielded conflicting data. In addition, no study has reported the effects of routine alcohol intake during weight loss in a controlled feeding trial. We present the first randomized controlled pilot trial to investigate the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on metabolic outcomes during weight loss in women with obesity. Both groups consumed 30% energy restricted diets and were randomized to either an ethanol-free control (CTL) group or a group (EtOH) that consumed 35 g ethanol daily for eight weeks. Our findings demonstrate that, despite similar weight loss, the decrease in mean arterial pressure was attenuated in the EtOH group, relative to the CTL group (p = 0.02). In addition, decreases in other outcomes, including visceral adipose tissue (p = 0.23), circulating lipids (triglycerides (p = 0.11) and cholesterol (p = 0.11)), and uric acid (p = 0.07) tended to be attenuated with alcohol consumption. These pilot data provide potential evidence that moderate alcohol consumption may mitigate the beneficial effects of weight loss and support the need for larger Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) to better investigate the metabolic effects of moderate alcohol intake in humans.



2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Pärtty ◽  
Liisa Lehtonen ◽  
Marko Kalliomäki ◽  
Seppo Salminen ◽  
Erika Isolauri


Allergy ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 1270-1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Grüber ◽  
M. Wendt ◽  
C. Sulser ◽  
S. Lau ◽  
M. Kulig ◽  
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