Abstract
Summary
Rats were given alcohol daily and either a high or low casein diet Control series received similar diets and no alcohol. The amount of food intake in control groups was regulated according to the amount taken by the rats receiving alcohol. The effect of total food intake in those receiving alcohol as compared with those not receiving alcohol was further observed by weight curves. Fatty infiltration of the liver occurred in every animal receiving alcohol and low casein diet, alcohol and high casein diet, and in all those receiving low casein diet and no alcohol. None of the animals receiving the same volume of the high casein diet and no alcohol had fatty infiltration of the liver. It is therefore concluded that alcohol exerts an effect which permits accumulation of fat within the liver cells, and that this effect operates separately from that of extrinsic deficiency of lipotropic factors.
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