New data suggests that hangovers get more brutal from the age of 34 onwards - and start lasting two days from 35
We know hangovers tend to get worse with age, but it seems there could be a very specific age at which they kick it up a couple notches.
According to survey of 2,000 people aged from 18 to 65, commissioned by greeting-card company Thortful, people feel like 34 is the age when hangovers really start to sting.Meanwhile, we might have to wait until 37 to finally start knowing our limits, 38 is when people start feeling too ‘old’ to go out, and at 39, people reported that they started feeling more drunk after two drinks.
‘However, hangovers are due to the breakdown of alcohol and the persisting presence of its toxic metabolite – acetaldehyde – in the body. ‘Hangovers are likely to worsen with age because the activity of the key enzymes involved in alcohol breakdown becomes less efficient with age.‘Also, older people have less muscle and more fat, plus the distribution of water within the body alters as we age.Ollie Hunter, 38, of St Albans, Herts, remembers his 34th birthday as ‘a messy one.
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