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ICYMI: Gin Might Actually Speed Up Your Metabolism

We all have that one friend who goes out every night of the weekend, binges on junk food at 2:00am but tells you it’s alright because she’s on gin and tonics tonight. Well, turns out she could actually be onto something. According to recent research conducted by the University of Sigulda in Latvia, gin should […]

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This Is Why You Should Never Workout While Hungover

As far as dealing with hangovers are concerned, there are two types of people in this world: the weirdos who insist on ‘sweating it out” and those who typically look more like this: While we can’t deny the post-booze exercise enthusiasts have good intentions (to seize the day despite their throbbing headache), turns out all […]

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What causes alcohol addiction? Study investigates

Researchers in Sweden and the United States suggest that this might be the case after studying alcohol addiction in rats. They found that the rats that became addicted had an impaired brain mechanism similar to that seen in postmortem brain tissue from humans who were addicted to alcohol. The faulty mechanism is a failure to […]