Practical info for the smarter drinker
Let’s say that you’re at a restaurant with your friends, and everyone is ordering drinks. All around you, people order beer after beer after beer, with no apparent consideration for the hangover that awaits them in the morning. So you, being the sensible one of the group, opt for a glass of red wine. According …
Why is it that wine always gets a nod from the health nuts while beer is frowned upon as a cheap, calorie-ridden indulgence? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it’s nothing more than a combination of superior marketing skills, bourgeois attitudes and the hard facts about the difference in demographics between two very distinct groups of consumers. The simple …
The chemical processes involved in a hangover are various and complex, but the culprit linked to post-party fatigue is a lack of glutamine. Glutamine is an amino acid stored primarily in the muscles and lungs. It is an abundant stimulant in the body, used most often in aiding the immune system and purging excess amounts …