Researchers home in on headache-causing compound in red wine – quercetin glucuronide, which inhibts the breakdown of acetaldehyde.

by globehater

4 Comments

  1. denizen_1

    Interesting. I’d love to see a trial of n-acetyl-cysteine for preventing the problem then, since it appears to help with acetaldehyde clearance.

  2. gustoreddit51

    Odd, I seem to get more predictable headaches from certain beers, even just from drinking one. My experience agrees with the article that inexpensive wine is more likely to produce a headache, again not so much from a hangover but just from drinking a glass or two – red or white.

  3. A_Light_Spark

    Isn’t quercetin also bitter? I wonder if we could filter it out and slightly improve the taste.

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