If you've ever had one too many beers with your friends one night, you'll know how terrible that next morning can be. Hangovers are no fun, and if you drink, there's really no way to avoid them. But is there a type of alcohol that gives a worse hangover than the others? Anthony breaks down what causes hangovers, and examines if there is a type of alcohol that will cause a worse headache than the others. Read More: How Hangovers Work http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/hangover3.htm "Different types of alcohol can result in different hangover symptoms. This is because some types of alcoholic drinks have a higher concentration of congeners, byproducts of fermentation in some alcohol." Intoxication With Bourbon Versus Vodka: Effects on Hangover, Sleep, and Next-Day Neurocognitive Performance in Young Adults http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01116.x/asset/j.1530-0277.2009.01116.x.pdf?v=1&t;=hqec05xc&s;=06b04e9bd24c488090b629a8c9fb2203fda2ca84 "Evidence is mixed on whether the residual effects of heavy drinking cause performance de?cits the day after intoxication." Alcohol Hangover - Mechanisms and Mediators http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh22-1/54-60.pdf "Multiple possible contributors to the hangover state have been investigated, and researchers have produced evidence that alcohol can directly promote hangover symptoms through its effects on urine production, the gastrointestinal tract, blood sugar concentrations, sleep patterns, and biological rhythms." The Science of Hangovers http://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2013/dec/19/the-science-of-hangovers "There is mixed evidence for a variety of factors that determine how we may react differently to alcohol and hangover." Congeners http://banderasnews.com/0506/rr-congeners.htm "Congeners are toxic chemicals that are formed during fermentation, some liquors have more of them than others." Dark Liquor Makes For Worse Hangovers http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/dark-liquor-makes-for-worse-hangovers/ "In a head-to-head comparison, bourbon gave drinkers a more severe hangover than vodka." Why Cheap Booze Makes Your Hangover So Horrible http://gizmodo.com/5966569/why-cheap-booze-makes-your-hangover-so-horrible "It is widely believed that because cheaper alcoholic beverages begin with lower-quality ingredients, more congeners are likely to be produced at the fermentation stage." Alcohol use and safe drinking http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001944.htm "Certain types of alcoholic drinks get into your bloodstream faster. A carbonated (fizzy) alcoholic drink, such as champagne, will be absorbed faster than a non-carbonated drink." Effects of Alcohol on Your Body http://www.princeton.edu/uhs/healthy-living/hot-topics/alcohol/ "If your drink is carbonated, the increased pressure in your stomach will force alcohol into your bloodstream faster; conversely, food in the stomach slows the absorption of alcohol by preventing it from going directly to the small intestine, where it would be absorbed much faster." Watch More: How to Cure a Hangover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULu_iRIjqDY TestTube Wild Card: http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-467-tastedifferences?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC Sprite Good for Hangovers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx0vx5uBScM ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Anthony Carboni on Twitter http://twitter.com/acarboni Laci Green on Twitter http://twitter.com/gogreen18 Trace Dominguez on Twitter http://twitter.com/trace501 DNews on Facebook http://facebook.com/dnews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com

• published: 14 Jan 2014
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