Posted on 12/23/2010 9:20:48 PM PST by Nachum
Scientists claim that the natural sweetener is a great way to help the body deal with the toxic effects of a hangover.
The Royal Society of Chemistry claim that the fructose in the honey – which is also found in golden syrup – is essential to help the body break down alcohol into harmless by-products.
The reason why hangovers are so painful is that alcohol is first broken down into acetaldehyde, a substance which is toxic to the body, claimed Dr John Emsley of the Royal Society.
This is then converted – using fructose – into acetic acid which is then burned during the body's normal metabolic process and broken down into carbon dioxide which is breathed out of the body.
Serving the honey on toast adds potassium and sodium to the meal which is also helps the body cope with the alcohol.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
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Note for reference and further testing.
Hey thanks for posting this thread.
So does mead cause and cure a hangover?
Always nice to have a thread with practical uses, and not the usual news from DC that makes one want to drink, which can result in a hangover... which is why this thread is so practical.
Time-(hic)-ly.
I have an uncle that used that technique, but he did it before he started drinking. He swore by it to be able to drink all night and party without ever getting drunk. Might have worked, I could never tell if he was drunk or now. He was crazy all the time.
I’m sorry
uuuuh what? what’s gioing on here! dammit
I will kill you!
I lovbe you
going to pee and go to bed now
dreaming of a honey sammich
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be offputting, I was going along with the whole theme of drunks responding to a hangover thread.
I think for the hangover part you’re supposed to use the honey BEFORE it is turned into mead.
Sir, are you on drugs? /s
Now you tell me!
>> Secret to a smooth hangover – honey on toast
Interesting idea. But that requires a lot of bread, and she might object to the crumby texture.
You can also learn to drink like a russian
http://www.liquorsnob.com/archives/2005/12/drink_vodka_like_a_russian.php
Wash it down with a couple of Bloody Marys.
Having been a professional drinker at one time I know the only cure for a hang over is some “hair of the dog that bit you”, get drunk and postpone the hang over until the next day.
(It's also essential that you not think about cold squid or greasy pork.)
What...you teetotalers can't take a little headache and nausea?
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