by Michael Rucker | Oct 12, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Activated charcoal is marketed as a way to cure hangovers. The idea is to digest enough carbon through supplementation that the compound will soak up metabolites and toxins from the blood and help you with your hangover. The problem is it doesn’t work. Activated...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
The psychological effects of alcohol can transform a person from a well-mannered citizen to a fun-loving extrovert, to a bumbling idiot, or in the worst case to a downright menace to society but the physical effects of alcohol can be worse. Just ten minutes after you...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Waking up a bit queasy one Sunday morning you might ask yourself, “what is a hangover?” Simply put, a hangover is a subset of unwanted physical and mental symptoms due to the excess consumption of alcohol. Depending on the amount of fun you had the night...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Contemplating grabbing a little hair of the dog that bit you for your hangover relief? Let me guess, you drank too much last night, you are having a rocky morning and you are thinking you could try drinking a little more to take the edge off, right? The term “Hair of...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Various vitamin depletion can be part of the reason we get hangovers and vitamin B levels tend to get tapped out when we drink. Therefore, in theory, a vitamin B supplement could potentially be beneficial as a mitigating agent before or after we go out drinking to...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
And why is the craft beer hangover generally worse than other hangovers? Craft beer is generally created from small, independent and traditional breweries (as determined by the Brewers Association). Other names given to craft breweries are brewpubs, microbreweries,...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and glutamine is arguably the most important amino acid of the bunch. Without it, our immune system would not operate effectively because many of the supporting cells in our immune system rely on it for energy....
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
There are many side effects of alcohol, some are good and some are bad. Drinking is fast-acting. Alcohol is ingested so quickly by your body it is almost akin to injecting an I.V. into your arm… in other words, alcohol goes straight into your blood so some...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Looking for home remedies for hangovers that go beyond the common wisdom of hydrating with water? Here are some home remedies that might help ease some of your symptoms: Thyme has been purported to provide hangover relief. Make some thyme tea by boiling five or six...
by Michael Rucker | Oct 11, 2007 | Functional Supplements
Do you want to know how to prevent hangovers? Let’s start with the simplest answer: don’t drink. That is really the only way that you can assure yourself you won’t have a hangover. If you are going to drink think: hydration. One of the major contributors to hangover...
