What causes a hangover? A hangover is caused by a combination of things, including acetaldehyde poisoning, dehydration, inflammation, irritation of the stomach, low blood sugar, and lack of sleep. As an interesting aside, the word “hangover” only became associated with the morning after drinking too much in 1904. It was used in the Foolish Dictionary, […]
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Can alcohol keep you warm? No, alcohol can’t keep you warm. It might make you feel warm for a short period of time, but it will actually make you lose heat in the long term. There is often a scene in a movie where someone comes in from the cold and has a quick shot
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Is absinthe really hallucinogenic? No, absinthe is not really hallucinogenic. There are many stories of absinthe making people hallucinate. It is often associated with artists and creative people. There is a chemical in it called thujone, which has been cited as the reason why it is hallucinogenic and as the reason why it is harmful.
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What is a speakeasy? It was a bar where alcoholic drinks were illegally sold during the era of prohibition. From 1920 to 1933, alcohol was illegal in the United States of America. This was brought into law by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment says, “After one year from the ratification of this
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Why does bread need yeast? Bread doesn’t have to have yeast and there are many breads made without it. However, if you want the bread to rise, then it needs yeast. Yeast is a single-celled organism called Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is a fungus, which means they make their energy by decomposing other things. There are
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How does a breathalyzer work? The alcohol in a person’s breath reacts with a solution, creating an electrical current. The breathalyzer relies on the fact that when you drink alcohol, some of it gets into your lungs and you breathe it out. That’s why, when you take a late bus home on a Friday night,
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How is an addict’s brain different to a non-addict’s? They have significant changes in the reward, stress, and self-control parts of their brains. Whether or not someone becomes an addict is based on a number of things, but experiments have shown that up to 50% of that risk is genetic. One of these experiments looked
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I learned this today. Alcohol gets people drunk because it is a depressant and slows down the speed at which the brain can send signals. Most alcoholic drinks contain ethanol which is produced when sugars are fermented. It naturally occurs in nature. Humans have drunk alcoholic drinks for thousands of years. They probably started by
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