Some drinks 'do cause worse hangovers than others'. Some alcoholic drinks do provoke worse hangovers than others, scientists have discovered.
Wine, whisky and beer cause more problems for drinkers the next day than beverages like vodka, a new study suggests.
Researchers say that the problem lies in organic byproducts created by the fermenting process.
Drinks which contain more of these compounds appear to produce worse hangovers, scientists found.
They tested the theory by comparing the hangovers of a group of almost 100 people who had drank either vodka, bourbon, an American whisky made mainly from corn, or a placebo.
Although there has been a lot of anecdotal evidence that some drinks trigger worse hangovers, the researchers said there had been little scientific study into the area.
Much that had been done had failed to exclude the effects of the alcohol itself, they added.
For their research the team took blood tests from volunteers to ensure that all alcohol had left their body before interviewing them about how they were feeling.
Damaris J. Rohsenow, from Brown University, in Rhode Island, who led the study, said: "While alcohol in the beverage did increase how hungover people reported feeling the next morning compared to drinking a placebo, bourbon made people feel even worse than vodka did."
Typical symptoms included a headache, nausea, thirst, tiredness and generally feeling unwell.
Despite having less of a hangover, those who had drunk vodka performed no better on tests requiring them to concentrate than the bourbon drinkers, researchers also found.
Previous studies have shown that these byproducts in alcohol, called "congeners," can have slight toxic effects.
They are more plentiful in darker coloured drinks, including whisky and red wine.
Bourbon is thought to contain around 37 times more congeners than vodka.
“While the alcohol alone is enough to make many people feel sick the next day, these toxic natural substances can add to the ill effects as our body reacts to them," Mr Rohsenow said.
The findings are published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. ( telegraph.co.uk )
Wine, whisky and beer cause more problems for drinkers the next day than beverages like vodka, a new study suggests.
Researchers say that the problem lies in organic byproducts created by the fermenting process.
Drinks which contain more of these compounds appear to produce worse hangovers, scientists found.
They tested the theory by comparing the hangovers of a group of almost 100 people who had drank either vodka, bourbon, an American whisky made mainly from corn, or a placebo.
Although there has been a lot of anecdotal evidence that some drinks trigger worse hangovers, the researchers said there had been little scientific study into the area.
Much that had been done had failed to exclude the effects of the alcohol itself, they added.
For their research the team took blood tests from volunteers to ensure that all alcohol had left their body before interviewing them about how they were feeling.
Damaris J. Rohsenow, from Brown University, in Rhode Island, who led the study, said: "While alcohol in the beverage did increase how hungover people reported feeling the next morning compared to drinking a placebo, bourbon made people feel even worse than vodka did."
Typical symptoms included a headache, nausea, thirst, tiredness and generally feeling unwell.
Despite having less of a hangover, those who had drunk vodka performed no better on tests requiring them to concentrate than the bourbon drinkers, researchers also found.
Previous studies have shown that these byproducts in alcohol, called "congeners," can have slight toxic effects.
They are more plentiful in darker coloured drinks, including whisky and red wine.
Bourbon is thought to contain around 37 times more congeners than vodka.
“While the alcohol alone is enough to make many people feel sick the next day, these toxic natural substances can add to the ill effects as our body reacts to them," Mr Rohsenow said.
The findings are published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. ( telegraph.co.uk )
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