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Although alcohol abuse is known to accelerate fatty liver disease progression, the health effects of chronic moderate alcohol intake under different dietary conditions remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of moderate alcohol consumption on metabolic phenotypes and gut microbiota\/metabolites in lean and obese mice and to propose a model approximating MetALD features. Methods: C57BL\/6J mice were fed either a low-fat diet (LFD) or a high-fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks, with access to 10% (v\/v) alcohol in drinking water. Systemic metabolic parameters, liver histopathology, inflammatory and fibrotic markers, gut microbiota composition, and the fecal metabolome were assessed. Results: In LFD-fed mice, 10% alcohol intake induced multiple metabolic alterations, including elevated serum triglycerides, reduced fasting blood glucose, and changes in hepatic lipid metabolism along with steatosis and inflammation\u2014though further studies are required to confirm causality. When combined with HFD, alcohol did not significantly exacerbate most glucose\/lipid metabolic disorders but markedly increased hepatic inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis progression. Alcohol consistently increased gut microbial \u03b1-diversity in both dietary groups, while downregulating beneficial metabolites such as amino acids (e.g., glutamine, histidine), their derivatives, and short-chain fatty acids. Correlation analyses associated these microbial and metabolic changes with altered amino acid\/cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory\/fibrotic phenotypes, particularly under HFD conditions. 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