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Scientists Discover Booze That Won't Give You a Hangover

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-ahead-and-have-another dept.

Kwang-il Kwon and Hye Gwang Jeong of Chungnam National University have discovered that drinking alcohol with oxygen bubbles added leads to fewer hangovers and a shorter sobering up time. People drinking the bubbly booze sobered up 20-30 minutes faster and had less severe and fewer hangovers than people who drank the non-fizzy stuff. Kwon said: "The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage reduces plasma alcohol concentrations faster than a normal dissolved-oxygen alcohol beverage does. This could provide both clinical and real-life significance. The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage would allow individuals to become sober faster, and reduce the side effects of acetaldehyde without a significant difference in alcohol's effects. Furthermore, the reduced time to a lower BAC may reduce alcohol-related accidents."

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  1. My fool-proof no-hangover method by Pojut · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have followed this rule religiously once I started drinking socially. As a result, I have never gotten a hangover. Here it is:

    For every three beers or three shots you drink, drink a glass of water. Also, try to make sure you drink a glass of water before falling asleep.

    You will be hangover free...guaranteed. Simple, safe, and effective.

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  2. Get Back to Work!!! by Maniacal · · Score: 5, Funny

    No hangover - Good
    Faster sober - Bad

    You're not done mister, get back to the lab.

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  3. Re:Soju with oxygen? by maeka · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sold! I'll go check the local Uwajimaya (Asian superstore) for some of this. I don't even remember Soju being in liquor stores. Beer or sparkling wine have carbon dioxide, which it looks like doesn't count.

    One goes to great lengths (for good reason) when bottling beverages to remove existing oxygen, and prevent introduction of new oxygen.
    If this technique for reducing hangovers becomes popular it will need to be done shortly before consumption. (Value-added service at the bar?)

  4. Do NOT Want by Conchobair · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I want to be sober, I just won't drink. However, when I do drink, (I won't drive) I want to be drunk and stay drunk. I want to be drunk all night and when I wake upside down in a sleeping bag trying to get it open with my toes, I want to wonder how I got there and not be able to remember. This just takes all the fun out of drinking.

  5. Re:Beer by sopssa · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I did mean 80%. It kicks ass ;)

  6. Homebrewing with oxygen by fear025 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As a homebrewer, I know that oxidation of beer can give it "cardboardy" flavors, so this technology is probably useless for beer.

    I'm not sure how long oxidation needs to occur before the off flavors manifest though, so perhaps you could force-oxygenate at pour time.

    Sounds like some experiments need to be done...

  7. "No thanks, I like my beer like I like my women" by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 5, Funny

    cold and devoid of oxygen

  8. Re:Hydration by chronosan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is your doctor badanalogyguy?

  9. Re:Beer by nabsltd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Though most of them are now listed in the "%ABV(#Proof) format. Kind of sad, since it shows that some people are too stupid to realize that proof is just ABV/2.

    Irony, thy name is "Omestes".

    Proof = ABV * 2, not ABV / 2.

  10. Re:Beer by CaptKeen · · Score: 5, Funny

    A solution to the problem does exist, though. It's called "everything in moderation."

    ... including moderation.

    I find I personally like my moderation in moderate amounts.

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