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Something to sober you up if you're already drunk would be amazing, but I don't think this will do that
by circlefavshape 2y ago
Something to sober you up if you're already drunk would be amazing, but I don't think this will do that
- aantix 2y agoSulforaphane. Take something like Broccomax - or eat lots of Brussels sprouts, and broccoli.
- BobbyTables2 2y agoI’d probably have to drink heavily before I could eat significant quantities of Brussels sprouts…
- petesergeant 2y agoBritish people combine both at Xmas
- satvikpendem 2y agoBrussel sprouts are quite good these days, because they've been genetically engineered over the past 30 years to be less bitter. They're not your parents' sprouts anymore (especially roasted for that Maillard reaction, not boiled as they would've likely done).
- tayo42 2y agoBrussel sprouts at restaurants are basically candy lol. Yeah they're roasted and crispy and cooked with bacon fat and usually some sweet sauce added lol.
- verall 2y agoMost restaurants deep fry them nowadays
- romafirst3 2y agoAre you working for Big Sprout? I seem to remember seeing that exact phrase on here in the last couple of months. "Not your parents sprouts anymore" For the record I loved them 30 years ago and still love em. My recipe is very different to the modern fashion, boiled until mushy with a slice of smokey bacon, drain and eat with butter. They literally melt like butter - delicious.
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- 4ggr0 2y agoA couple of months ago there was a discussion on HN about this exact topic :D https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39517463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39517463
- zolbrek 2y agoShould I take it when I'm ready to sober up or before drinking as well if I want to make sure I don't get too drunk but still have a good buzz?
- aantix 2y agoTake it a couple of hours before drinking. You won't feel as drunk and will have less of a hangover.
- zolbrek 2y agoThanks, I'll give it a go.
- voisin 2y agoWhat about all the other negative impacts though - like liver impact and blood pressure. Isn’t it better to just moderate your drinking rather than drinking to excess and then dialing back the feel of it with broccoli?
- iamthirsty 2y agoProbably.
- gerad 2y agoNot to mention the cost.
- aantix 2y agoAgree. Of all the negatives, I think diminished sleep is the one that doesn’t get enough attention. It’s superficial sleep at best. You’re up peeing 3,4,5 times a night. You never enter REM sleep. You’re dragging the entire next day. All to do it over again to your body the next day? Of the people that I know that drink actively almost every day, they look like shit, and lack motivation. Their body is crying out for rest and better food but they just keep drinking through their signals.
- cvdub 2y agoAgreed, not seeing many good use cases. It could be prescribed to alcoholics who can’t/won’t stop drinking to help them taper off alcohol, but people would just end up drinking more to counter it. The best use I can think of is for undercover agents to drink heavily and avoid intoxication!
- readthenotes1 2y agoThat's enough of a good use case! It would have made my college years much better...
- scrumper 2y agoUseful too for sales people at business dinners, execs doing corporate entertainment, journalists, even politicians - anyone who's employment requires them to engage in quasi-social activities with 3rd parties where it's awkward to refuse a drink or six.
- Derbasti 2y agoYou could perhaps drink and drive.
- prmoustache 2y agoAs long as it doesn't leave your palet with a taste of the gel, the point is to enjoy the taste of these drinks without the effects of alcohol. Not everybody drink alcohol for the alteration effects and the non-alcohol versions of most beverages is so shitty you don't really want them. My mother for example hate the feeling of being intoxicated, even a little. So she only drink one glass on occasions and barely finishes it. She would definitely enjoy it more if she could have different wines over the course of a meal. It would also be useful if you want to enjoy the taste of some drinks with alcohol but you need to drive or you are in an on-call schedule.
- TacticalCoder 2y ago> Something to sober you up if you're already drunk would be amazing ... But it's the fun of alcohol! What'd be amazing would be something that really works against the headaches and/or prevent vomiting. Basically something for the next day or even the next two days (when you get old, if you party too hard it can take two days to feel good again: I hate it so at 50 I very rarely party hard anymore: maybe once a year).
- hylaride 2y agoHangovers are a good part caused by by the body reacting to the "damage" that alcohol does: - Alcohol loosens the blood vessels, whereas a lot of the effects of a hangover are caused by the body then "over-constricting" when the aclohol goes away, causing headaches and nausea. The cause of the headache is similar for a brain-freeze from too much ice cream causing the veins in your neck and throat to constrict, though the brain-freeze goes away as you warm back up. - There's also the dehydration as alcohol throws off the balance of water in your system as it makes you want to pee more, but interferes with the body's ability to actually absorb water. - Alcohol causes your body to pump out more "feel good" hormones, which then lead to a crash later. So the way to prevent a hangover is to not get drunk in the first place, same as always. If you want to drink and limit the effects of alcohol (including the initial "benefits") then this has potential. It may prevent vomiting in the sense that vomiting is your body trying to eject the poison as it's building up faster than it can process it (eg when you're already trashed an on the train to hangoverville). However, people often tend to drink for the "good" effects that this gel prevents. If what you want is alcohol's fun, then you're going to need another cure (essentially an IV drip, and drugs to replace the hormones and loosen your blood vessels - all of which are not readily available for other good reasons).
- filleduchaos 2y agoA reliable way to prevent hangovers in my experience is to simply pace yourself properly as well as eat and drink plenty of water. People go out partying on near-empty stomachs and take crazy amounts of alcoholic drinks with not so much as a drop of water all night; it's no surprise that their bodies react that extremely. Also, sticking to drinks with low levels of congeners helps immensely. Ethanol is already toxic enough without throwing other more dangerous alcohols into the mix.
- fluxist 2y agoDihydromyricetin[1] can accomplish this remarkably effectively. It's available on Amazon. Also works great for hangovers. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292407/
- colechristensen 2y agoI learned about this and it does work in my experience, best if taken both at the beginning and end of the night. While it doesn’t alleviate all of the hangover symptoms it does nearly eliminate all of the most unpleasant ones.
- m463 2y agodisulfiram will do it ... in a more philosophical sense. also known as antabuse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram (if you take it, you will get sick if you drink alcohol) Personally, tequila works on me in a similar way when I smell it.
- dbbk 2y agoNaltrexone is a good alternative to this that doesn't make you physically sick. It just dulls the effect to the point where you kinda just get bored of drinking.
- petesergeant 2y agoAlso it’s half of the weight-loss drug Contrave, for similar reasons
- asdfman123 2y agoWhat we really need is something that helps quickly break down acetaldehyde, which is what alcohol is broken down to in your bloodstream and is responsible for all the negative side effects.
- jghn 2y agoCheck out a product named ZBiotics [1] which claims to do this. I can't tell you that it for certain works as advertised, but between myself and several other people now in my friend group, all but one swears by the results in terms of the morning after. [1] https://zbiotics.com https://zbiotics.com
- warble 2y agoConfirmed. Zbiotics works great. It's a very noticeable difference.
- RockRobotRock 2y agoIt's really expensive. Would eating natto work?
- jghn 2y agoPerhaps? Out of the various things I've tried this is the one that has seemed to have the best effect. I've not done a double blind or anything so can't say that it's not psychosomatic. As for the expense, I just view it adding a beer to the night. At least where I am beers are generally ~$9 a pop (more once you add tip & tax) so it's about the same. And to be honest, the productivity gain from the next morning not being so rough has generally been worth it.
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- dhbanes 2y agoN-acetyl cysteine
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- glandium 2y agoTurmeric-based drinks we can find here in Japan are said to work miracles against hangover. I rarely drink alcohol, so I can't tell whether that's true.
- klausa 2y agoI don't know if it's a placebo effect; but I find that they _do_ work. _But_ they also make you less drunk and making the drunkenness less... pleasant? Sample size of like... 4 nights out having nomihoudai.
- duskwuff 2y agoUnlikely. The alleged medical benefits of turmeric are largely illusory; the only medically interesting property that it's been conclusively shown to have is that it interferes with a wide range of biochemical assays. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00975 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00975