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4 days agoYour hangover, mapped: Chart reveals what alcohol does to the body
Different alcoholic drinks cause varying hangover symptoms, with lighter spirits generally resulting in milder effects compared to darker drinks.
The liver's primary function is to detoxify things — break them down and make them into usable units of currency for the body, or get rid of them if they're harmful. As we get older, toxic byproducts of alcohol linger in the body The liver breaks down alcohol with the help of enzymes, but as we get older it produces fewer of them, meaning toxic byproducts such as acetaldehyde — the compound responsible for many hangover symptoms — linger in the body.
We saw that it wasn't just neuronal changes that occurred during alcohol intoxication. When blood alcohol levels dropped to zero, when the hangover began, changes occurred that could sometimes be even higher.