Do Tannins Cause Headaches? What Red Wine Actually Does to Your Body
For decades, tannins have taken the blame for red wine headaches. Search "do tannins cause headaches" and almost every result points the finger at ...
The Sunset Blog — Asian Flush, ALDH2 & Alcohol Science
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Hangover anxiety (hangxiety): why you feel anxious after drinking and how to fix it
The morning-after dread has a name — hangover anxiety, or hangxiety — and roughly 22% of social drinkers experience it regularly. Racing heart, che...
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Why do I itch after drinking? The real causes of alcohol-related skin reactions
Last Tuesday, a 28-year-old woman walked into a dermatology clinic in San Francisco with angry red welts across her chest and forearms. The intake ...
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Can You Develop Alcohol Intolerance? Yes — Here's Why It Happens
For years, alcohol caused no problems. A beer at dinner, a glass of wine at a party — nothing worth thinking about. Then, without warning, the same...
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Histamine intolerance and alcohol: which drinks trigger it (and which to choose instead)
Most explanations of histamine intolerance and alcohol get the story only one-third right. They'll tell you that wine and beer contain histamine, s...
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The ALDH2 gene: what it is, how it causes Asian flush, and what to do about it
540 million people worldwide carry a defective copy of the ALDH2 gene — the result of a single amino acid mutation where glutamate swaps to lysine ...
