A new study shows that hangovers, at least in part, may be attributed to your genetic makeup. Researchers tested this hypothesis on twins in Australia and found that, in addition to some outside factors, in some cases people can consume the same amount of alcohol as another person and not have a hangover, while the other person will get a hangover. "Researchers looked for links between peoples genetic makeup and the amount of hangovers they had reported in a year," while taking factors such as consumption time, tolerance and if and how much food was consumed while drinking into consideration. Researchers used twins to reenforce their hypothesis that alcohol resistance is genetic by asking the twins about their drinking in the past year. They found that in many cases the twins hangover levels were very similar. Data showed that people with "hangover genes" were more likely to drink to the point of intoxication more often than people without the "hangover genes," yet would less frequently get hangovers. This phenomenon has raised questions regarding alcohol abuse becoming a problem more often in people with "hangover genes". This information could help reenforce the notion of genetic alcoholism.
http://news.discovery.com/human/genetics/hangovers-are-about-half-genetic-140826.htm
I would not think that the susceptibility to hangovers would be gene related. As someone who enjoys drinking beer I find this interesting, because this points out that those with "hangover genes" are more likely to drink to intoxication. If this information can be more elaborated the susceptibility to alcoholism in individuals could be more readily identified, and help limit those to falling into it.
ReplyDeleteThis article is actually very interesting! I think it is crazy that hangovers can actually be part of your genetic makeup. I also agree with your statement and the person above in that this could possibly be linked to alcoholism. If people without the gene drink less than maybe more alcoholics will prove to have this gene. This could answer a lot of questions and be helpful for family members. They can at least understand earlier in their life that they have this "hangover gene" and maybe they should consider the possible affects of drinking frequently, and to get highly intoxicated.
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