How To Prevent Hangovers

This week Reactions is giving you some pro tips on how to prevent hangovers, all backed by science. Chug up some chemistry! New Years Eve is just around the corner, and just in case you celebrate a little too hard, we're offering you some chemistry fueled tips on how to stave that hangover. You know, to better help you not drop the ball so you can get a head start on your resolutions. Happy New Years folks!

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Music:
Pure Natural - Solar Rhapsody
Alandra Jones - Strike it Up

Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Anne Andrews, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai

Sources:

Alcohol Metabolism - pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA72/AA72.htm

General Hangovers - pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh22-1/54-60.p…

Alcohol Affects Sleep - pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-2/101-109…

Gastrointestinal Effects - pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/76.pdf

Cysteine breaks down acetaldehyde - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143248