We certainly don’t recommend that you partake of the grape regularly, especially on a heavy basis. But, once in a while, almost anyone can get caught up in the joy of a happy occasion and drink too much.<\/p>\n
Hangover remedies abound, and most of them don’t seem to work very well. However, there’s actually a way to prevent an over-indulgent evening from becoming a dreary morning after – edible charcoal.<\/p>\n
Hangovers are caused by substances called congeners – and activated charcoal absorbs them. In an experiment conducted at Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in New York City, researchers found that in test-tube conditions similar to a person’s stomach, activated charcoal absorbed 93 per cent of one congener and 82 per cent of another.<\/p>\n
In a second experiment, 68 volunteers – non-drinkers and moderate social drinkers – drank either 2 fl. oz of whisky, which has a high level of congeners, or 2 fl. oz of charcoal-filtered vodka, which has almost none. The researchers then measured their hangover symptoms the next day: 25 per cent of the whisky group had stomach-aches, 27 per cent-had bad breath, 9 per cent had headaches, 7 per cent had dizziness and 6 per cent had fatigue. On the other hand, only 2 per cent of the vodka group had headaches or stomach upset, and there was no bad breath, dizziness or fatigue (Southwestern Medicine).<\/p>\n
The time to prevent the ‘morning after’ is the night before. A few tablets of activated charcoal taken before going to bed after an evening of over\u00c2\u00adindulgence may do the trick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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