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for someone purportedly so intent on having a scientific experiment, he didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that these two days of drinking were in a row if

for someone purportedly so intent on having a scientific experiment, he didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that these two days of drinking were in a row if I drink on consecutive days the hangover will be markedly weaker on each additional day

tonyarkles 4y ago
There was a day in between, but yeah, not the best protocol.
- washadjeffmad 4y ago
  Ethanol tolerance builds quickly and is still in effect within a few days. Just having someone binge drink twice in 72 hours is typically enough to reduce hangover symptoms. I don't produce enough acetylaldehyde dehydrogenase, so when I was young, I had to drink more frequently than others leading up to a party to keep up with their regular drinking pace, and typically suffering worse from the aftereffects. I didn't understand why at the time, and as soon as I did and the significant increase in risk of cancer and liver damage, I quit drinking.
rjh29 4y ago
Also he wasn't told which day was the hangover-free alcohol day (some weak attempt at making it 'scientific') but of course the first day was normal alcohol. So upon the second day he already knew it was hangover-free alcohol, making placebo effect more likely, and possibly changing his drinking habits (time before bed, hydration etc.). Not that I believe the account at all, this is just a pop article for Vice.
- operator-name 4y ago
  > I awoke at 5 AM with a piercing headache and a parched throat. I drank some water and flopped back into bed but it was no use. I was awake, horribly hungover, and hoping that I’d spent the night drinking plain old tequila. Otherwise I’d have to tell Dahl that his science-alcohol didn’t work. Like any pop-sci article it's not ment to be rigorous, but provide an interesting narritive. Ideally there would a double blind study with control groups given any combination of normal alcohol and hangover free alcohol but I wouldnt expect that level of rigour from a Vice article.
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tonyarkles 4y ago

There was a day in between, but yeah, not the best protocol.

washadjeffmad 4y ago
Ethanol tolerance builds quickly and is still in effect within a few days. Just having someone binge drink twice in 72 hours is typically enough to reduce hangover symptoms. I don't produce enough acetylaldehyde dehydrogenase, so when I was young, I had to drink more frequently than others leading up to a party to keep up with their regular drinking pace, and typically suffering worse from the aftereffects. I didn't understand why at the time, and as soon as I did and the significant increase in risk of cancer and liver damage, I quit drinking.

rjh29 4y ago

Also he wasn't told which day was the hangover-free alcohol day (some weak attempt at making it 'scientific') but of course the first day was normal alcohol. So upon the second day he already knew it was hangover-free alcohol, making placebo effect more likely, and possibly changing his drinking habits (time before bed, hydration etc.). Not that I believe the account at all, this is just a pop article for Vice.

operator-name 4y ago
> I awoke at 5 AM with a piercing headache and a parched throat. I drank some water and flopped back into bed but it was no use. I was awake, horribly hungover, and hoping that I’d spent the night drinking plain old tequila. Otherwise I’d have to tell Dahl that his science-alcohol didn’t work. Like any pop-sci article it's not ment to be rigorous, but provide an interesting narritive. Ideally there would a double blind study with control groups given any combination of normal alcohol and hangover free alcohol but I wouldnt expect that level of rigour from a Vice article.
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