The Sunset Blog — Asian Flush, ALDH2 & Alcohol Science

Pedialyte is great at rehydrating you, but it can't cure a hangover — and it doesn't touch acetaldehyde, the toxic compound behind most of how rough you feel. Here's the honest science.

Mints and gum only get you so far — and they do nothing about the alcohol your body is quietly breathing out from your bloodstream. Here's what actually clears booze breath, what merely masks it, and the one thing no quick fix can change: whether you're actually sober.

You lie down, close your eyes, and the room takes off. Here's why alcohol hijacks your inner-ear balance system — plus how to ground yourself fast, and the one version that's an emergency.