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ArticlePsychopharmacology2025

Effect of dietary stimulation on acute changes in GLP-1, alcohol responses, craving, and attentional bias: a randomized, placebo-controlled laboratory study.

Michael P Bremmer, Jimikaye B Courtney, Andrew P Neilson, Kyle S Burger, Todd E Thiele, Christian S Hendershot

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Michael P BremmerDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. mbremmer@unc.edu.
Jimikaye B CourtneyDepartment of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Andrew P NeilsonPlants for Human Health Institute, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, USA.
Kyle S BurgerDepartment of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Todd E ThieleDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Christian S HendershotDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)UM1TR004406 · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2025 to 2025
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NCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR004406NCATS NIH HHS UM1TR004406
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rationalePreclinical and clinical findings support the potential for GLP-1 receptor activation to reduce alcohol consumption and reward. Human experimental studies are needed to clarify whether acute changes in endogenous GLP-1 influence alcohol craving and responses to alcohol. Dietary stimulation may present a method to study the effects of endogenous GLP-1 on responses to alcohol.

objectivesAssess the effects of a dietary manipulation on acute changes in GLP-1 and laboratory responses to alcohol.

methodsHealthy young adult heavy drinkers (N = 40) were recruited to participate in two study visits where they received a dietary supplement designed to increase endogenous GLP-1 or a calorically matched placebo in counterbalanced order. Blood was sampled before and 40 min after supplement or placebo administration to measure changes in plasma GLP-1. Subjective effects, craving, and alcohol attentional bias were measured in response to a priming drink of alcohol (target BAC 30 mg%).

resultsCompared to placebo, dietary supplement preload significantly increased blood GLP-1 concentration, β = 0.79, p < 0.001, and significantly reduced alcohol attentional bias, β = -0.56, p = 0.010. Blood GLP-1 concentration correlated with the magnitude of alcohol attentional bias reduction after supplement preload (r = -0.30). There were no significant effects of the manipulation on subjective responses or craving.

conclusionsResults suggest that dietary stimulation may reduce the incentive motivational properties of alcohol-related cues, potentially through increases in endogenous GLP-1, absent effects on self-report measures of alcohol subjective response or craving. Acute changes in circulating GLP-1 may influence implicit motivation for alcohol.

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AddictionAlcoholAlcohol administrationAlcohol primingAlcohol use disorderAttentional biasDietaryGlp-1Human laboratoryNutrient

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