[Petrochemicals (OP)]

People find the need to eat after partaking in alcohol consumption. Why is this?

[Zer0]

Hmm...i thought the Munchies were more so associated with MaryJane?

I have observed folks quitting on good food n choosing the bed after drinking n happily snoring till dawn.

[paul cotter]

It' a long long time since I did any biochemistry but as far I remember alcohol drops one's blood glucose levels and hence the hunger. Mary Jane has a different mode of action, thc activates the cb1 receptors in the brain and these trigger hunger. A pharmaceutical company had the smart idea of using a cb1 antagonist to assist weight loss, as it would have the opposite effect to your "Mary Jane". The product, rimonobant, worked fine at it's primary job but had to be withdrawn as a side effect of suicidal depression reared it's ugly head. Not surprising really. 

[Petrochemicals (OP)]

It' a long long time since I did any biochemistry but as far I remember alcohol drops one's blood glucose levels and hence the hunger. Mary Jane has a different mode of action, thc activates the cb1 receptors in the brain and these trigger hunger. A pharmaceutical company had the smart idea of using a cb1 antagonist to assist weight loss, as it would have the opposite effect to your "Mary Jane". The product, rimonobant, worked fine at it's primary job but had to be withdrawn as a side effect of suicidal depression reared it's ugly head. Not surprising really. 

Not cool man.

Alcohol itself carries many calories, this you would think would compensate for food as well as glucose loss, it also dehydrates meaning there is less water in the body.