The Sunset Blog — Asian Flush, ALDH2 & Alcohol Science

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 a...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol flush, ALDH2, asian flush, histamine, quercetin, red wine headache, sulphites, tannins, wine sensitivity

The morning-after dread has a name — hangover anxiety, or hangxiety — and roughly 22% of social drinkers experience it regularly. Racing heart, c...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol anxiety, ALDH2, anxiety after drinking, cortisol, dopamine, GABA rebound, hangover anxiety, hangxiety, serotonin

540 million people worldwide carry a defective copy of the ALDH2 gene — the result of a single amino acid mutation where glutamate swaps to lysin...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol flush reaction, alcohol intolerance, aldh2, aldh2 deficiency, aldh2 gene, aldh2*2, asian flush, enzyme deficiency, genetics

In November 2023, a team of researchers at UC Davis and UCLA published a study in Scientific Reports that upended decades of speculation about wh...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol headache, ALDH2, Asian flush, histamine intolerance, quercetin, red wine headache, sulphites, tannins, wine sensitivity

NAC for Asian flush is one of the most confidently repeated recommendations in online health communities. Reddit threads, supplement forums, and ...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol flush reaction, ALDH2, asian flush, DHM, glutathione, N-acetyl cysteine, NAC, supplement

Alcohol intolerance is a metabolic condition in which the body cannot efficiently break down alcohol, leading to adverse physical reactions — fac...

Posted in acetaldehyde, alcohol flush reaction, alcohol intolerance, alcohol sensitivity, ALDH2 deficiency, Asian flush, genetics, histamine intolerance, sudden alcohol intolerance, sulphite sensitivity