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A hangover results from several mechanisms: accumulation of acetaldehyde (toxic metabolite of alcohol), dehydration, inflammation, reactive hypoglycemia. Ginger acts on several of these causes simultaneously.

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Alcohol is metabolized by the liver in two stages:

1. Ethanol → Acetaldehyde (toxic, responsible for nausea and headache)
2. Acetaldehyde → Acetate (harmless)

In vitro and animal studies show that gingerol stimulates the activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) — the enzyme that converts acetaldehyde to acetate. Result: less acetaldehyde accumulation = fewer hangover symptoms.

Antiemetic effect — hangover nausea

Post-alcohol nausea involves the same 5-HT3 receptors as nausea chemo or ginger and ginger and pregnancy. Ginger is a documented 5-HT3 antagonist — which is why it's effective for all types of nausea, including hangovers.

Liver protection

Alcohol generates a ginger stress massive oxidative in the liver. Gingerol:

• Increases hepatic antioxidant enzymes (SOD, catalase, GPx)
• Reduces ethanol-induced hepatic lipoperoxidation
• Inhibits NF-κB → reduces acute alcoholic hepatitis

When to take ginger?

• Before drinking : preventive intake 1 hour before — prepares liver enzymes
• During : ginger in drinks (non-alcoholic ginger cocktails) — slows absorption
• The next morning : NRTI shot on an empty stomach — antiemetic + anti-inflammatory ginger + liver support

INTI vs. GIMBER for alcohol recovery

The day after an evening, the liver is already overloaded. Adding sugar (GIMBER = 34g/100ml) adds an additional glycemic load to the liver. INTI (1.19g sugar, 0 added sugar) is objectively better suited to post-alcohol liver recovery.

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