Revealed: The type of wine that's MOST likely to give you a nasty hangover - and the one that's the best if you want to avoid headaches
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Piercing headaches, nausea and exhaustion are all too familiar for anyone who has ever had a few too many drinks. But have you ever wondered why you feel so much worse the morning after an evening drinking red wine than many other types of drink?. Researchers believe they have hit on the reason why those delicious cabernets and pinots causes such such agony the next day.
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According to US scientists, a compound called quercetin — which is abundant in red wines — may prevent the body processing alcohol properly. Red wine has more quercetin because whole grapes, including the skin, are used —white wine has the skins and seeds removed.
Quercetin is also more abundant in grapes exposed to more sunlight, researchers at the University of California said. This means cheaper red wine might actually be better for avoiding a hangover because cheaper grape varieties are grown on vines with large canopies and lots of leaves so they don't get as much sun.
'If you’re willing to take a chance, look for an inexpensive, lighter red wine,' Professor Andrew Waterhouse, an expert in enology and Apramita Devi, a postdoctoral researcher in food science, told The Conversation. Researchers believe they have hit on the reason why wine — specifically red wine — causes such swift and undeserved headaches.
The NHS recommends people drink no more than 14 'units' of alcohol — around six glasses of wine, or pints of beer — per week. The scientists don't know exactly how quercetin affects people directly, but they believe it blocks an enzyme needed to break down alcohol in the body.
