Make alcohol visible in nutrition and sleep questions without treating an app analysis as clinical advice.
The question: What details make alcohol visible in a meal and sleep record?
Key takeaways
Omitting drinks can distort both energy totals and sleep-related questions. Drink size, strength, mixers, and timing all affect the record.
Current availability
Verified in the current Feast iPhone app
Plan availability: Confirm the current tier in the app.
Platforms: iPhone
Reviewed against the current iOS implementation and public App Store listing on August 1, 2026.
Real workflow
Include the drink type and a realistic serving description.
Add mixer or ingredient context when relevant.
Use any matched-night finding as an association and consider known confounders.
Try it on a hard case
A representative test tells you more than the cleanest demo. Use a meal or routine that exposes the feature’s actual job.
Review a dinner record once with the drink omitted and once with its type, serving, mixer, and timing included. Notice which nutrition and matched-night questions change.
Alcohol is visible as part of the record without turning an estimate into a diagnosis or a moral judgment.
A glass shape cannot reveal alcohol concentration or exact volume. Feast is not a tool for assessing or treating alcohol-use concerns.
Source ledger
This page documents current Feast behavior from product review and official listings. That evidence can establish what the feature is designed to do; it does not prove clinical benefit or the accuracy of a particular meal estimate.
Where it may not help
From explanation to evidence
These are not generic recommendations. Each destination shares a named subject with this page and exposes the underlying USDA records, denominators, or preparation distinctions.
Browse the preparation signals, portions, and nutrient distribution inside this 17-record source neighborhood.
Shared focus: and, energy, drinks → Source-record topicBrowse the preparation signals, portions, and nutrient distribution inside this 10-record source neighborhood.
Shared focus: and, energy, drinks → Meal familyCompare the idea against 3 exact USDA records gathered for the beef and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark green leafy vegetables without potatoes family.
Shared focus: and, without → Meal familyCompare the idea against 3 exact USDA records gathered for the beef and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark green leafy vegetables without potatoes family.
Shared focus: and, without →