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  • bizarroland@fedia.ioOP
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    2 months ago

    I’ve heard that hangover comes from the fact that most alcohols have two kinds of alcohol in them and your body processes one very quickly and one somewhat slower, so The hangover comes from the slower alcohol.

    That being said, being well hydrated can help your body flush out the slower alcohol faster and prevent or reduce hangovers

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      2 months ago

      If your drink has more than one type of alcohol in it, you need to go to the ER. Methanol is horribly poisonous, and it is not a pleasant death.

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        2 months ago

        You are correct. I got the terminology wrong, there’s alcohol and then there’s acetaldehyde, which is a breakdown molecule of the alcohol.

        Too much acetaldehyde can intensify the effects of a hangover and it takes longer to flush it out.

        Drinking more water can help dilute the acetaldehyde or improve your body’s ability to flush it out, but there is no singular hangover cure other than to not drink so much that you get a hangover.