What Causes A Hangover?

Okay, you closet alcoholics.  You’ve been asking for it, now here it is:  my video on what causes a hangover.

Basically, it’s four different things:

1. Dehydration

2. Poisioning from acetaldehyde, a byproduct of alcohol metabolism

3. Depletion of certain vitamins

4.  Congeners, which are impurities created by the fermentation process.

Of these, acetaldehyde is the worst.  By far, the worst.  As your liver breaks down alcohol to get it out of your system, the first break-down product is this acetaldehyde junk, which is far more toxic than alcohol itself.  This stuff will strip the paint off of your house and give your family a permanent orange Afro. (okay, I stole that line from a movie)

I go over the details in the video, and talk about my snazzy invention, a supplement called After Party to help prevent those nasty ill effects of a night out on the town.  You can also read a lot of this informtion on the After Party website.

Avoid those hangovers and stay healthy!