Antioxidants are substances which can prevent or slow oxidative damage to our body. Antioxidants are substances which can prevent or slow oxidative damage to our body. When we introduce toxins into our body, or even when our cells use oxygen, they naturally produce free radicals which can cause damage. Antioxidants act as “free radical scavengers,” preventing and repairing damage done [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alcoholic beverage’
13 Jan
Understanding your Hangover
A hangover describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for “uneasiness following debauchery” (kveis) and the Greek word for “pain” (algia) — an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable symptoms experienced by the average drinker. The common hangover includes some [...]
