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Hangover Helper
By Bob Chaplin
January 26, 2003
Do you have a problem with headaches even after drinking small amounts of wine? According to a recent survey, 77 percent of women who enjoyed wine experienced headaches within two hours, or the next day.
Even drinking plenty of water, or taking a painkiller such as aspirin doesn’t seem to work. Sensitivities to sulphites, histamines and tannins have been blamed for these headaches.
A biotech consumer products company has developed a pill called Chaser. Its formula of activated calcium carbonate and vegetable carbon is said to soak up, like a sponge, the components of wine that cause nausea, headaches and body aches.
The procedure is to take two pills with the first drink and another two after the fourth or fifth. Very few of my friends seem to suffer from wine headaches, but one of my favorite postal workers, Lori, mentioned that she likes the odd glass of wine with her meals and suffers from headaches if she imbibes. She agreed to become a guinea pig. One Friday, I armed her with the pills and a bottle of red wine for her and her husband to try over the weekend.
The bright look on her face Monday indicated success. She said that initially she didn’t like the idea of swallowing a pill with the first glass of wine, but was pleasantly surprised by the results. She had no wine-induced headaches. Several other of my guinea pigs have supported these claims, too.
Remember, these pills do not prevent you from being drunk!
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A recent survey shows it takes an average of just 3.2 drinks to cause
hangover symptoms. For 10 percent of people it takes one or two.
What causes hangovers? The main culprit is congeners.
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