New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by manmal on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:25PM (#40359778)

Great suggestion. There is also Kislip, which seems to be based on probiotics and, like DHM, also helps metabolize acetaldehyde. Acetium (a Finnish product) also claims to lower acetaldehyde, but that might be a localized effect (mouth/nasopharynx + GI tract).

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Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by mrtesthah on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @02:35AM (#40363767)

Zbiotics gives you genetically modified probiotic bacteria that secrete ALDH into your gut.

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Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by cogman10 on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @04:53AM (#40364606)

I'm not sure how that's helpful. It looks like ALDH is responsible for breaking down acetaldehyde. However, the pathway for ethanol to become acetaldehyde happens primarily in the liver with ADH. So while this may flood your stomach with ALDH, that's mainly only useful in the blood stream after alcohol is metabolized right?

Is the theory here that because the digestive tracks is a large organs filled with blood the resulting ALDH would interact?

My next question is do these, and how many, probiotic bacteria survive the acid wash of the stomach?

Are there studies around this?

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Re:New gel breaks down alcohol in the body by manmal on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @08:40AM (#40366132)

I think most of the ALDH from the stomach/LI would end up in the liver though.

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