Despite what many people THINK, hangovers are not caused by dehydration. If hydration strategies truly worked, no one would ever get hangovers.

If all you had to do to avoid the nausea, headaches, malaise and just general misery was to chug some Gatorade, Pedialyte or water, everyone would do that and it would not be one of the civilized world’s oldest problems.

Fact is… While some people swear by the hydration method, the science just doesn’t support it at all.

Which, I don’t know about you, but that sounds more like a placebo effect. Not what I am about to give you – a real science-backed solution that really works for fixing hangovers. For good.

According to a Dutch study cited in the BBC article “Drinking Water Doesn’t Prevent a Hangover…”

“Among 826 Dutch students…two-thirds drank water while drinking alcohol and more than half drank water before going to bed. Although these groups showed a slight improvement in how they felt compared to those who hadn’t drunk water, there was no real difference in the severity of their hangovers.”

More tough love & brutal truth from LifeHacker.com…

 

“Hydrating is supposed to help with a hangover because the symptoms (nausea, headache) are similar to those of dehydration. And, sure, it won’t hurt to drink a little water. But drinking water isn’t going to cure your hangover, because a hangover is not caused by dehydration. If you have any doubts on this point, try getting actually dehydrated to the point of having nausea and headaches. (I’m kidding. Don’t actually try this.) The feeling is nothing like that of a hangover. So have some water if you like, but don’t expect it to cure you.”

 

The mild dehydration caused by consuming diuretics like alcohol, does NOT feel like a hangover. Hydration fixes dehydration. Not hangovers.

Yes, dehydration is involved in hangovers. 

This invokes the classic rule: Correlation does not mean causation.

Meaning… just because dehydration is involved in alcohol consumption, that does NOT mean that it is the root cause of hangovers.

Okay, so we learned that hangovers are not just dehydration.

Now that we know the first secret, head to #2 and discover the liver's role in the real root cause of the dreaded hangover.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hangovers are actually a combination of things: mild dehydration, poor sleep, gastrointestinal irritation, inflammation, mini-withdrawal and Acetaldehyde exposure.

Not all of these are created equally. If you want to be one of the few who knows how to avoid hangovers, you have to dig a little deeper to find the root cause of the worst side effects of the dreaded hangover.

Then, it becomes clear what you have to do to stop hangovers in their tracks.

So if it’s not dehydration that causes the misery, then what is it?

Hold tight because I’m about to tell you. Then, we’ll break down exactly what you can do about it.

And how you can use the 3-Stage D-R-P Hangover Solution to easily avoid the misery every time.

What do we know for sure?

Common solutions DON’T WORK. If water, sports drinks, greasy food, hair of the dog and all of the other “usual suspects” really worked, you wouldn’t be here reading this and literally nobody in the world would ever be hungover.

But they are. Probably right now at this exact moment.

Also… Herbal traditions, old wives’ tales, unproven cultural theories and your drinking buddy who swears by his grandma’s gazpacho are all missing one key element…

REAL CLINICALLY-PROVEN SCIENCE

If it were that easy, who would be dumb or lazy enough to end up suffering for days from a hangover? No one.

Science is the answer.

Once you know the science behind how the liver works, what really causes hangovers and what you can do about it, you can easily overcome this age-old problem and be in the know with a very small group of people who know how to avoid the hangover every time.

So, where do we start? How about we start where the alcohol ends up – in the liver.

According to JohnsHopkins.org…

 

“…the liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile. This helps carry away waste products from the liver. All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic”

 

(We’ll come back to this soon because it’s a huge part of the solution)

Web MD puts it more simply: “The liver’s main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body”

Once more for the cheap seats… The liver is a filter for your blood.

Think of a car engine’s oil filter. If it doesn’t clean the toxins and impurities from the dirty oil, your engine will be severely damaged. And you will not get far.

Would you run your Ferrari on an engine filter built for a Honda Civic?

Of course not!

Nothing against Hondas, they go forever, but you cannot expect to live a high-performance life with a low functioning filter!

Only the way that your liver “filters” toxins is by metabolizing them – just a fancy way of saying breaking them down with liver enzymes.

And imagine that your liver enzymes are tiny little minnows, sucking up little bits of toxins here and there.

This amazing, natural solution turns them into GREAT WHITE SHARKS, allowing them to gobble up and annihilate more of the toxins in your blood from the alcohol that you drank.

But, let’s not get too far ahead of the class. Let’s start by following the alcohol from the beer, wine or whiskey glass in your hand into the liver, where your body goes to work.

In secret #3 we start to talk about how we can enhance the liver to avoid the dreaded hangover. 

According to the NIH, alcohol metabolism in the liver happens in two major steps:

 1. Alcohol + ADH (Alcohol Dehydrogenase) = Acetaldehyde

 2. Acetaldehyde + ALDH (Aldehyde Dehydrogenase) = Acetic Acid

 

You don’t have to be a chemistry major to learn a few things from this information...

1. Alcohol or ethanol is the beer, wine, liquor, or whatever you drank

2. The end result, Acetic Acid is a harmless, vinegar-like and inert byproduct that can be used for energy.

It’s what happens in-between that really matters.

ADH and ALDH are the specific liver enzymes that allow us to take poisonous ethanol or alcohol and turn it into harmless acetic acid.

The more liver enzymes you have and the more active they are, the faster this process can happen.

So, what is Acetaldehyde?

Here’s a quick hint: it goes by the nickname the “Hangover Toxin”.

According to Scientific American:

 

“That dreadful feeling the next day is the condition often called a hangover, which the journal of Alcohol and Alcoholism characterizes as ‘general misery’ with symptoms of drowsiness, concentration problems, dry mouth, dizziness, gastrointestinal complaints, sweating, nausea, hyperexcitability and anxiety. Most of these symptoms have been linked to elevated levels of acetaldehyde.”

 

And, what are the symptoms of acetaldehyde toxicity?

 

Here’s what Smithsonian Magazine has to say…

 

“As the body processes alcohol, acetaldehyde is the very first byproduct, and it’s estimated to be between 10 and 30 times as toxic as alcohol itself. In controlled studies, it’s been found to cause symptoms such as sweating, skin flushing, nausea and vomiting.”

Ding. Ding. Ding. Sound like a hangover to you?

See what your body did there? It’s pretty stupid actually. Your body takes mildly toxic alcohol/ethanol and turns it into SUPER TOXIC acetaldehyde. Then it turns that into harmless vinegar you can use for energy.

It’s just how our bodies work.

Your body’s ability to break down acetaldehyde into harmless vinegar is limited by the number and activity of your ADH and ALDH liver enzymes.

Those genetic freaks who never get hangovers probably have very high levels of these enzymes. (Problem is they may be doing damage to their liver without knowing it)

When this awful “Hangover Toxin” chemical lingers around in your body it damages your DNA and cells and generally just makes you feel terrible. And you will not feel better until your body has enough time to regenerate the enzymes required to filter excess toxins out of your blood.

All of that crap is literally “hanging” over and sticking around like an unwanted guest until your body has the resources to handle it.

Only guests can be checked into a hotel down the street. Acetaldehyde is like an evil Poltergeist spirit haunting your entire body!

That’s why truly nothing but time and rest can “cure” a hangover.

And if for some reason you’re still not convinced that acetaldehyde is the primary root cause of the hangover, here are a few more notable publications that agree…

 

Chemistry World

University of Southern California

HowStuffWorks.com

 

Now that we know the REAL root cause of the problem, we can take a scientific approach to fixing it. You are so close to learning the secret, so hang tight just a few moments more!

Now that we know it’s the “Hangover Toxin” Acetaldehyde that is the root cause of the worst of alcohol’s after effects, all we need to do is find a way to enhance our liver enzymes to speed up the removal of that specific deadly toxin.

Ready for the “Aha!” moment?

One particular natural extract (sourced from berries and tea leaves) increases liver enzymes and activity at both steps of alcohol metabolism. This allows you to breakdown the hangover toxin faster and help avoid the misery.

Herbal traditional medicine has known this for centuries – probably more like millennia, but the hard science is now confirming what Far Eastern tradition already knew. And they have identified the active ingredients and proven that they really work.

Again, it’s science, not magic.

According to the NIH…

 

“A standardized extract of Hovenia dulcis alleviated alcohol-induced hangover in healthy subjects with heterozygous ALDH2: A randomized, controlled, crossover trial”

 

Sifting through the “science speak”, the results suggest that a favorable effect of the Hovenia dulcis extract on alcohol hangovers seems to come from many factors, one of which is an increase in the breakdown of both alcohol and Acetaldehyde.

Meaning that both of the two steps of alcohol metabolism are being sped up by enhancing the number and activity of the liver enzymes required for the process.

Basically, the subjects were given a bunch of Soju (plum wine) and blood alcohol, acetaldehyde and total hangover scores were highest at one hour post-treatment – meaning the drinks plus the extract or placebo – but declines in hangover symptom scores were significant in the Hovenia dulcis group compared to the placebo group.

The active ingredient in that extract is known as DHM, which stands for Dihydromyricetin.

And not only was DHM proven safe in multiple studies…

According to ScienceDirect.com…

DHM has been shown to be anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, hepato-protective, anti-hypertensive, favorable for plasma lipids and blood glucose, a potent antioxidant and neuro-protective.

More benefits from the NIH’s publication “Dihydromyricetin As a Novel Anti-Alcohol Intoxication Medication” says…

 

“DHM may help counteract the effects of alcohol, including withdrawal symptoms and impacts the negative effects on GABA receptors.”

 

GABA receptors are involved in getting restful sleep. That’s why when you drink alcohol, you can sleep forever and still wake up tired. And DHM reverses this, helping to get deeper and more restful sleep for better recovery.

This is further reenforced by another NIH article titled “The Versatile Effects of Dihydromyricetin in Health”

Not to mention a study supported by the National Natural Science Fund was titled “Dihydrodmyricetin induces apoptosis and inhibits proliferation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells”

So… the study reveals that DHM helps kill cancerous liver cells while protecting and preserving the healthy ones.

In one of the most impressive DHM studies to date, The University of California conducted a study, which was analyzed in the article “Noted Hangover Remedy Has Added Benefit of Protecting the Liver”:

 

“According to a new USC Study, dihydromyricetin – an over-the-counter herbal hangover cure – may also help people cope with alcoholism and liver damage.”

 

Now, this is where we get to the really impressive part. Not only can you avoid the immediate negative aftereffects of alcohol but, you can also enhance overall health and protect your body and liver in the process!

A few notable highlights of what DHM can do:

• Cause profound changes that protect the liver and prevent alcohol-related harm

• Trigger the liver to increase ethanol-gobbling enzymes, including alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)

• Boost efficiency of ADH and ALDH liver enzymes so they can eliminate the toxins from alcohol faster

• Reduce fat accumulation in the liver – also known as fatty liver disease, which can lead to cirrhosis

• Decrease inflammatory cytokines, chemicals that contribute to cell damage in the liver and other organs.

Jing Liang, a research professor of clinical pharmacy and an author of the study goes on to say…

 

“We know DHM helps the body to metabolize alcohol faster, but how does it work? We found it activates a cascade of mechanisms that erase alcohol from the body very quickly.”

 

And don’t worry, even though it helps you eliminate toxins as you drink, you absolutely will still get “tipsy”. We want to eliminate the negative effects of alcohol and keep the “good” ones. And that’s exactly what this does.

With all of this impressive clinical research and the admitted safety of DHM, why would THEY not want you to know about it?

Even the FDA considers Hovenia dulcis (a primary source of DHM) to be “GRAS” or “Generally Recognized as Safe”

However, it’s more than safe. As you have seen above, it’s actually beneficial to your liver and your body whether or not you ever take a sip of alcohol.

And having seen what you have seen, you’d almost be crazy not to take this amazing extract, if you do choose to enjoy some alcohol from time to time.

And… Clinically dosed DHM is only one part of our 3-Stage D-R-P hangover solution.

Now that you know you have an alternative, why would you take the Over-The-Counter drugs on the market, which might even do more harm than good.

 

For one, we know that you should never take Tylenol or acetaminophen while drinking, which can seriously damage your liver.

However, recent studies show that chronic usage of many OTC pain killers can have damaging effects on your liver, kidney and other organs.

According to the Mayo Clinic…

 

“Nonprescription pain relievers such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, IB, others) and naproxen (Aleve, others) can damage your liver, especially if taken frequently or combined with alcohol.”

 

Even some natural remedies could possibly make your hangover worse. Notice how DHM enhances both liver enzymes needed for alcohol metabolism? That’s important because imagine what happens if you enhance only the first step, turning alcohol into acetaldehyde…?

And not the second step as well, where the far more toxic acetaldehyde turns into harmless and inert acetic acid…?

The end result would be a net increase in the “hangover toxin” acetaldehyde.

Meaning an even worse hangover.

Not. What. You. Want. Obviously.

That's plenty for today. We know what actually causes the worst side effects of the hangover. And we're starting to get an idea of what we can do about it.

In secret #4, we will smash through all the barriers preventing you from enjoying alcohol without hangovers. 

Every darn time.

So far, we learned what really causes the worst effects of the hangover. We kind of know what we can do about it. DHM enhances liver enzymes to help avoid the misery. It also protects our bodies in the process. And may even help avoid almost every disease known to man. 

Another highly effective strategy for avoiding the hangover and protecting your body is to increase your L-Glutathione levels.

 

According to Healthline.com…

 

“Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that’s made in the body’s cells. It’s levels decrease as a result of aging, stress, and toxin exposure. Boosting glutathione may provide many health benefits, including reduction of oxidative stress.”

 

Guess what causes oxidative stress?

Alcohol does.

If there’s a party in your liver, then L-Glutathione is the BOUNCER in charge of kicking out the toxins causing trouble and neutralizing the damage they cause.

 

According to the NIH…

 

“Glutathione is a tripeptide (cysteine, glycine and glutamic acid) found in surprisingly high levels…Glutathione is involved in the detoxification of both xenobiotic and endogenous compounds.”

 

In very simple terms, L-Glutathione is an amino acid produced by the body and it plays a key role in the liver, especially when it comes to alcohol metabolism and detoxification.

Patented L-Glutathione manufacturer Setria refers to it as the body’s “Master Antioxidant” because it not only directly neutralizes toxins by itself, it also “recharges” other important antioxidants in the body.

It also acts as a direct co-factor in the process of metabolizing alcohol in the liver. It basically attached itself to the “hangover toxin” Acetaldehyde and drags it kicking and screaming to the liver to be turned into harmless acetic acid.

Not only that, but… It helps protect your liver and body’s cells in the process.

If you are poisoned and your liver is failing, the treatment you will receive in the ER at the hospital is an IV of L-Glutathione and it’s precursors, which will prevent death.

 

A study by BMC Gastroenterology states… “…direct intravenous injection of glutathione has been used to treat patients with chronic liver diseases and poisoning.”

 

But you don’t need an IV to get results because…

The patented, all-natural, non-GMO, gluten-free and vegan Setria L-Glutathione has been proven to increase Glutathione levels by up to 30%

So, basically… combining DHM with Glutathione creates a one-two punch to metabolize alcohol faster, get rid of the “hangover toxin” Acetaldehyde and protect your liver and body in the process.

If we follow up that one-two HANGOVER KNOCKOUT PUNCH with some impressive support ingredients from a German study, we can get even better results. 

And that's the key to our 3-Stage D-R-P Hangover Solution, which we will dive deep into in Secret #5

In Secret #4 we learned about the "BOUNCER" for your liver, the detoxifying, anti-aging L-Glutathione amino acid. 

Now… They say that “the dose makes the poison”, which is very true with alcohol.

But the dose also makes the “cure”. Again, you won’t hear us EVER claim to cure anything, just using the words from the USC study:)

There is no “cure” because a hangover is not a disease. It’s a combination of side effects from poisoning yourself. You can alleviate the worst of these side effects with the right approach.

Point is you need to take the right ingredients, in the right amounts and at the right time to avoid the hangover.

Not all solutions are created equally. This is not like any other hangover solution on the market.

Only our system uses the 3-Stage D-R-P Hangover Solution, which I am about to breakdown for you below.

That means we don’t “buy” phony patents on our proprietary blend. How can you really patent something Mother Nature created anyway?

It might sound impressive to stamp “patented” on a crappy product, but it’s totally BS, designed to coverup the fact that the product is underdosed with cheap ingredients that usually don’t even match up with the dosages used in the research studies they quote.

 

We only use clinically-dosed and clinically-proven ingredients.

 

That means we buy the most expensive patented ingredients we can find and always formulate our products with the clinical dosage for real results. Aside from the fact that it delivers the best quality, it also gives you the peace of mind that you are getting the best ingredients available, with real research behind them.

Yes, DHM and Glutathione are pretty magical together, but we didn’t stop there. Support ingredients further enhance these benefits through amazing synergy.

A German study quoted in NutraIngredients-USA.com titled “Plant extract combination may relieve hangover symptoms” said…

 

“A plant extract combination of fruits, leaves, and roots may help to relieve hangover symptoms, according to a large randomized double-blind placebo-controlled intervention study by researchers from Johannes Gutenber-University, in Germany.”

 

The subjects were given either a sugar placebo, the plant extracts alone or the plant extracts with a vitamin/mineral blend 45 minutes before and immediately after drinking. (The time of delivery is super important!)

Virtually the same amount of alcohol was drunk in all three groups – 0.62ml/minute, yet analysis showed that hangover symptom intensity varied widely among participants.

Most importantly, the groups who got the plant extract had the following results…

 

* Average headache intensity was 34% less

 

* Nausea 42% less

 

* Feelings of indifference fell by 27%

 

* Restlessness fell by 41%

 

A couple of interesting things to note here:

1. Those who got the vitamins/minerals and the plant extracts DID NOT have any significant difference in any symptom from those who took only the plant extracts

That’s why taking just any old vitamins and electrolytes does almost nothing for you.

Only certain minerals and vitamins directly impact your results. That’s why our solution is not just a bunch of B vitamins. (Not that there’s anything wrong with B vitamins, they are essential nutrients. But only one of them makes a HUGE difference – more on that coming soon)

And…

 

1. “Their analysis also showed levels of water content in the body weren’t significantly associated with the amount of alcohol drunk. ‘Our results suggest that alcohol-induced increased fluid excretion does not necessarily lead to a significant dehydration process.’

 

Yet another proof to bury the old “hangovers are just dehydration” argument.

When we saw this study, we knew we had to add this exact blend to our hangover solution to deliver the best results humanly possible.

And, don’t worry, while it does speed up the alcohol detox process, it will NOT send you running to the bathroom more frequently. This solution works at the liver level to speed up the elimination of toxins. Allowing your body to do what it’s supposed to do…

Only much faster and more efficiently. It’s not a colon cleanse.

 Sorry it took so long to get here, but we had to go around the long way to teach you this secret and allow the clinical research to say all of the things that the FDA won’t let us say.

So, without further ado, here is a summary of our…

3-Stage D-R-P Hangover Solution:

 

The D is for DETOX:

 

A combination of DHM (from Hovenia dulcis berries and Vine tea extract), Setria L-Glutathione, Green Tea and Vitamin B1 supports alcohol detox. Any one of these ingredients alone will help you drastically feel better the morning after some drinks.

 

The R is for RECOVER:

 

A blend of all-natural adaptogens Gingko biloba, Korean Red Panax Ginseng and Schizandra, as well as powerful anti-inflammatories Turmeric, Ginger, Boswellia serrata and White Willow Bark helps the body balance and recover & promotes energy and alertness the next day.

 

The P is for PROTECT:

 

Additional liver-protective ingredients include Grape Seed Extract, Barley Grass, Resveratrol, Vitamin C, Zinc, Selenium and Milk Thistle, so that you can provide support and defense against toxins.

All are clinically-proven and clinically-dosed based on scientific research to help the body Detox, Recover and Protect from the misery and damaging effects of alcohol.

So, now we know all of the secrets to avoid the hangover. Next, I will show you exactly how we combined that into the best, safest and strongest natural hangover remedy on the market.