Scientists Have Just Discovered A Cure For The Hangover!
While the entire scientific community are laser focussed on discovering a vaccine for coronavirus, one group of boffins didn’t get the memo and have just revealed that they’ve invented the cure… for the hangover!
Finnish researchers at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland have discovered that a dose of 1,200 milligrams of amino acid L-cysteine reduces alcohol-related nausea and headaches while 600 milligrams helped alleviate stress and anxiety. The findings, published in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism, pave the way for a simple pill for consequences-free nights out.
The trials sound like a blast too. The double-blind study saw volunteers consuming booze for three hours before swallowing L-cysteine tablets containing vitamin supplements.
Apparently some of the participants weren’t able to consume enough alcohol to meet the requirements, while it sounds that the lab technicians struggled to control others who were counted out of the figures after they sloped off to the bar to top-up their dosages!
The trials sound like a blast too. The double-blind study saw volunteers consuming booze for three hours…
The implications are pretty exciting. No more having to stop drinking because you’ve got work the next day, no more dreading Saturday mornings and being debilitated for the entire weekend after a heavy Friday night. But it also raises questions around the effects of binge drinking, the ‘cure’ won’t undo antisocial behaviour or the medical effects of long term alcohol abuse.
However, researchers believe that the pill will actually help cut alcohol addiction as they will reduce the need for drinking the next day, eliminating the hair-of-the-dog cycle.
Either way, as soon as this gets to Boots we’ll be down there loading up on the stuff…
