Saturday, January 19, 2008

Durian + Alcohol = Hangover

Durian contains a sulfuric compound called mercaptan which strongly absorbs water from your body system, hence you'll feel dehydrated. The reason why we can not drink alcohol at the close period after eating durian is because alcohol performs a fast hydrolysis process which also breaks down water from your body, exacerbating your dehydration. The double effect of losing your body fluid will extremely suffer your brain, that's why you'll experience a hangover.

Tips: After you drink alcohol, you have to compensate it by drinking an amount of water at least at the same amount of alcohol you took. And after eating durian, drinking much water will be a wise thing to do. Never ever drink alcohol after eating durian, or the other way round!

durian (pic from indonesiatogo.com)alcohol

Thanx to Lai Weng Hoi and Emmanuel for sharing the knowledge.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Broer, liat tuh orang manado. Mereka pada minum tuak dicampur durian...uenaaak and maknyeesss.... pengen?

Anonymous said...

Hi, i was googling for durian + alcohol then i came across ur blog, cuz my colleague drank Dom and ate durian and it caused her diarrea & sleepless nite. Dom contains alcohol, so luckily she did not drink a large amount of alcohol. But, i heard from old ppl saying that if u eat durian & drinkg alcohol at the same time, it will causes death. Isit true?

Surya said...

Well, I'm not really sure about the death causing effect of having durian and alcohol at the same time. If it is apparently bad for your health, then don't eat them at the same time irregardless of whether it may or may not cause death. It's another evident that your friend had suffered from having durian and alcohol, so better don't do the same mistake.
The old people might just exacarbate it, but the message is just the same: Don't eat durian and drink alcohol at the same time :)

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