CHEESE - is there anything it can't do?
In great news for cheese and booze lovers, an actual medical doctor says that cheese can prevent hangovers.
"If you are going for a night out on the town, and you are going to drink alcohol, eating cheese before drinking alcohol can decrease your risk of having a hangover," Dr Neena Chandrasekaran, a pulmonary critical care physician from Florida, said on TikTok (uh oh).
"Cheese has a lot of protein, fat and complex carbs that can coat the stomach, which decreases the absorption of alcohol," she explained.
Who knew cheese was rich in complex carbs?
She says cheese can also help the body better metabolise beer and cocktails, potentially reducing liver damage.
Meanwhile, cheese replaces nutrients lost to alcohol, such as B vitamins and calcium, with blue cheese, camembert and parmesan being great choices.
The learned medical journal reporting this cutting edge science, the New York Post, backed these claims with reference to a 2023 Korean study that found probiotic cheese enriched with Lactococcus lactis and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum bacteria can reduce hangover symptoms by enhancing the liver's ability to process alcohol via the activation of specific signalling pathways.
So, bring on the cheese platter and say cheers.
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