That's a <i>lot</i> of water - 16 ounces before, and after each drink? So they drank 1.8 liters of water during this experiment. I'm honestly really surprised it didn't have a bigger impact on reducing their BAC levels.<p>The water drink works extremely well for every person I know. If you simply have a large glass of water after every drink, then, in addition to slightly diluting the alcohol you are drinking, it also cuts in half the amount of alcohol you drink that night - presuming you don't speed up your liquid consumption to accommodate.
While I doubt Koch's trick really has the effect he reports, there are other more-exotic mechanisms of potential action I've not seen mentioned:<p>Perhaps Koch's many years of drinking, <i>and</i> repeatedly using this trick, have resulted in a unique personal gastrointestinal flora that <i>does</i> react to that particular mix of inputs with accelerated alcohol metabolism.<p>Since people can be infected with microorganisms that create alcohol (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome</a>), it seems the reverse should be possible, too.<p>Perhaps the pre-drink concoction even serves as a trained signal, like Pavlov's bell, triggering Koch's flora or liver to accelerate alcohol metabolism processes in anticipation.<p>Inviting Koch in for tests might provide the cheapest initial indicator whether these could be a possibility.
Lots of things effect the "next day."<p>If you want to drink and not feel bad (in order of efficacy)
* exercise
* drink water
* eat well
* vitamin b (this what the yeast provides)<p>Exercise helps you metabolize everything you throw at your body, water keeps those chemical reactions running smoothly and allows the kidneys to remove everything they want to. Eating well, more of the same. Alcohol strips out vitamin b, which we need to metabolize sugar. That headache you have the next morning is a no-sugar headache. Bingeing on sugar is one way, having an over abundance of vitamin b is another. You piss out vitamin b, can't keep it in your system. So a couple hours before drinking take a tab, with water AND food. And then do the same at the end of the night. Don't take it on an empty stomach, will make you sick.<p>Run some of your own science on this advice. Be active and drink well!<p>----<p>Most people in the booze business have a BAC over 0.04 all the time. This was science done by non-scientists.
I'm not sure I believe the "keep you from getting drunk" part of this, as this experiment bears out. However, yeast is a good source of B vitamins, and alcohol often causes B vitamin deficiency. So taking yeast (or drinking unfiltered beer) is a good way to avoid that. So it might help with the hangover or long-term effects.
Has anyone tried the yeast suggestion with success?<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/yeast-key-to-drinking-without-getting-drunk-2014-4" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessinsider.com/yeast-key-to-drinking-without...</a>
Anyone know why Voltarin (Diclofenac) works for hangovers? It's an anti-inflammatory drug. I have a 25mg tablet before going to bed after a big night, even if I've not had water before bed, I've never have a hangover/bad stomach/queezy/headache after taking one of these the night before.
Take a <a href="http://www.lunatus-me.com/about-us/our-brands/pharmaceutical-products/hepamerz/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lunatus-me.com/about-us/our-brands/pharmaceutical...</a> pill before consuming alcohol
The best "trick" I know for processing alcohol fast and avoiding a hangover is plenty of sugar. Drink rum & coke and such like in preference to straight spirits or wine/beer.<p>Your liver rapidly uses up glycogen reserves while detoxifying alcohol, easily leaving you a bit hypoglycemic. The fructose in sucrose powerfully replenishes glycogen.<p>The sugar advantage really is very noticeable if you experiment. You'll sober up quicker from a screwdriver than from a glass of wine.
Supposedly Milk thistle works the best against hangover <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3568094/The-best-hangover-remedies-tested.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3568094/The-best-hangover-...</a>
Once I didn't get any sign of being drunk regardless of the drinks being >50% and 70% vol. and higher, even though we danced, made push-up and have had fun on a trampoline. To this day I still don't understand how not only I, but also the friends who drank the same didn't get drunk. There must have been a secret ingredient in that moonshine, because I didn't eat anything before that.