3 ms·
If this is true, why is there no "beer and curry" headache? British style curry is based on a sauce called "base gravy", which is primarily onion (high in querc
by mrob 3y ago
If this is true, why is there no "beer and curry" headache? British style curry is based on a sauce called "base gravy", which is primarily onion (high in quercetin). It's commonly paired with beer, but I've never heard anybody blaming this combination for headaches.
My theory is that red wine gets blamed because it's usually higher in alcohol than white wine. Some people assume all wine is the same and end up drinking more alcohol than they expected.
- rileyphone 3y agoI can drink white wine for days but a few sips of certain red wines can cause splitting headaches. They even address onions in the paper.
- mrob 3y agoOnion is "addressed" by pointing out that it doesn't contain alcohol. This isn't a good explanation when it's combined with alcohol.
- selimthegrim 3y agoMaceration probably degrades the quercetin? e: refs. 55-56 here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835347/ say it's more bioavailable in fried onion