Question 1

Why do we all crave fatty food when hungover?

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

Because alcohol affects gut hormones that drive fatty food craving.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/review/drink-the-new-science-of-alcohol-and-your-health/4012114.article

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Question 3

I work in addiction. I'd love to know what happens in the hungover brain in a way I can pass on to my patients to assist in MI and moving through Stages of Change

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

It’s a mixture of glutamate excess and inflammation.
https://ideas.ted.com/the-science-behind-hangovers-and-what-to-do-when-you-get-one-david-nutt/

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Question 7

What is the best way to approach discussions about alcohol-related harm when alcohol consumption is such an entrenched doctrine?

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

Get them to read my book  Drink? (https://www.amazon.com.au/Drink-Science-Alcohol-Your-Health-ebook/dp/B07SZLPS5B) -show them the table of life years lost in relation to drinking (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6939a6.htm#T1_down).

Question 8

Is the effect of alcohol greater or more detrimental to a woman's brain than a man's and are women more susceptible to hangxiety?

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

No -women seem to be protected from the physical harms of alcohol but women are more susceptible to anxiety perhaps as they have lower serotonin in their brain.

Question 9

Why do some people seem to be hangover-resistant and report to be perfectly fine after a big night of alcohol?

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

We don’t know but they are at more risk of alcoholism as a result of less deterrence from hangover.

https://www.rehab4alcoholism.com/guides/david-nutt-alcohol-harmful

Question 10

What is Alcarelle and why doesn't everybody know about it?

David Nutt · Accepted Answer

Alcarelle is a synthetic molecule that is designed to mimic the good effects of alcohol but avoid the bad ones such as withdrawal and hangover. we are beginning to get people to know about it –because it has to go through food safety testing it wont be ready for several years. In the meantime we have launched a botanical alternative made of food approved herbs that can be ordered from  www.sentiaspirits.com

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