11 Fun Facts about Alcohol

What you didn't know about alcohol

 

The Hedonistlabs team

 

(Nutritional supplements to fight hangovers and promote hydration)

 

1- The Vikings had a penchant for alcohol, and on victory nights they celebrated by drinking from the skulls of their enemies.

 

2- 12,000 years ago, our ancestors invented beer, making our good old froth the dean of bars.

 

3- During Prohibition, the U.S. government deliberately poisoned alcohol, killing around 10,000 people.

 

 

 

 

4- The Manhattan Cocktail was designed by Witson Churchill's mother.

 

5- The Russian government recognized beer asalcohol in 2013.

 

6- In 2019, the German government recognizes hangovers as a reason forsick leave.

 

7- The origin of the word " toast " is Roman. From his perch, Bacchus observed a drunken man lose a piece of toast in his wine. Proof that you never have to look far. 

 

8- The ancestor of the mercury thermometer is thebrandy thermometer.

 

9- Alcohol makes me want to urinate a lot: Yes, this is normal - alcohol blocks the action of an antidiuretic component in our body. The opposite effect occurs, and we have to empty our bladders more regularly.

 

10-Aspirin helps fight hangover symptoms! No, on the contrary. Aspirin inhibits the action of enzymes responsible for eliminating alcohol from the liver.

 

11- Over the course of a lifetime, how long do we spend on average recovering from a night of drinking?

 

 

Researchers in the UK looked into this question with a population sample of 2,000 people aged between 18 and 78. The results are quite surprising, given that on average we are confronted with this situation once a month.
That's 2 whole years of our lives wasted doing nothing. Days punctuated by a drop in productivity, an inability to concentrate and a growing sense of guilt. It's time to put an end to it. We don't want to give up these little pleasures that life offers us, while remaining the best version of ourselves.

 

 

 It's time to combine pleasure and productivity with your HANG OVER ally!