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While working with Horticulture Innovation Australia to reveal some hidden benefits of the fruit, a CSIRO research team led by Professor Manny Noakes found that pears can lower cholesterol, relieve constipation and have anti-inflammatory effects.
But likely the most interesting discovery for those with a tendency to overindulge was the discovery that Korean pear juice can prevent hangovers as well as lower blood alcohol levels. Further research is needed to determine whether the hangover-preventing capabilities extend to other pear varieties as the studies have so far only involved the Korean pear, which is known to have a number of compositional differences to Western pear varieties.
With study subjects measuring hangover severity using a 14-item hangover symptom scale, those given 220 ml (7.4 oz) of Korean pear juice reported reduced overall hangover symptoms compared to those in the placebo group, with the most pronounced improvement reported in the area of "trouble concentrating."
Importantly, the hangover was only avoided if the pear juice was consumed before the alcohol, so downing the juice after a big night out won't help. And although the study involved pear juice, the researchers believe consuming whole pears would produce similar effects.
What's your favorite (scientifically approved) hangover cure?
takyon: The claims are based on preliminary results reported at CSIRO news blog. Here is the abstract of an older study: Effect of Korean pear (Pyruspyrifolia cv. Shingo) juice on hangover severity following alcohol consumption.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @04:56AM
You are so right about the water.
I recommend drinking a glass of water after every glass of booze. This prevents you from getting dehydrated. Even so, shortly before you go to bed, drink as much water as you can handle. And also swallow a pinch of salt to replace what you pissed away. Eating food after your night out, provided it's salty, accomplishes the same thing, but the pinch of salt is easy and doesn't require a meal.
These two things (the water and the salt) will go a long way to lessening a hangover.
Also, stay away from the rotgut liquor, the dark liquors like whiskey, and the sugary drinks with everything in them. Too many extra impurities besides ethanol that tend to make you sick.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @08:04AM
We've done this before here: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/09/06/1135243 [soylentnews.org]
The only cure that actually works is... opiates. Sadly. Water doesn't come close.