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What exactly is a hangover?
A hangover is a complex malady. Any one scapegoat such as dehydration or dark liquor cannot explain it away. That horrible feeling is actually a combination of factors most of which stem from our bodies attempt to break down the contents of our beverage(s). Because alcohol (ethanol) is not something our bodies naturally process well in large quantities, certain by-products are created during its metabolism that can inflict cellular damage that lead to a hangover.
What are these by-products?
Specifically, these metabolic by-products are:
Reactive Oxygen Species (free radicals for example) and Acetaldehyde (an intermediate of ethanol metabolism). Add to this a bit of fermentation by-products ( other types of aldehydes, other types of alcohols, and solvents such as ethyl acetate that you find in the darker liquors), a drop in cell redox potential, a bit of dehydration, and less than a full night's sleep and it is no mystery why we feel so awful.
So how does Remedy™ help?
Remedy™ is effective because it allows our bodies to naturally remove these toxic products in a quick and efficient manner. Our livers are equipped with an impressive chemical called glutathione whose job it is to grab on to these malicious metabolites, before they react with and harm the surrounding cell, and escort them out of our bodies. When our drinking exceeds one or two drinks, however, we deplete our natural store of glutathione.
Once depleted, our bodies are desperate to make more, but the primary building block used to synthesize glutathione - an amino acid called cysteine - is not readily available. Remedy™ provides this building block (in the form of Acetylcysteine) in a quantity sufficient to allow our bodies to deal naturally with the upset of drinking. The addition of vitamin C helps to protect our cells - fatty acids in particular - from the free radical attack associated with drinking.
Vitamins B1, B3, and B6 have various beneficial functions but of relevance here are their abilities to aid carbohydrate metabolism and elevate energy levels, as drinking both disturbs carbohydrate metabolic function and robs us of these key water-soluble vitamins. Vitamin B3 also plays a key role in ridding the body of the toxic and harmful chemicals produced during drinking.
Once depleted, our bodies are desperate to make more, but the primary building block used to synthesize glutathione - an amino acid called cysteine - is not readily available. Remedy™ provides this building block (in the form of Acetylcysteine) in a quantity sufficient to allow our bodies to deal naturally with the upset of drinking. The addition of vitamin C helps to protect our cells - fatty acids in particular - from the free radical attack associated with drinking.
Vitamins B1, B3, and B6 have various beneficial functions but of relevance here are their abilities to aid carbohydrate metabolism and elevate energy levels, as drinking both disturbs carbohydrate metabolic function and robs us of these key water-soluble vitamins. Vitamin B3 also plays a key role in ridding the body of the toxic and harmful chemicals produced during drinking.
