You’re only as old as you feel? Tell that to tequila.
You, the day after drinking in your early twenties:
You, the day after drinking in your late twenties:
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To get to the bottom of this miserable and unfair phenomenon, BuzzFeed Life talked to neurobiologist George Koob, Ph.D., director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). He says there are a few possible reasons for this adult-onset hangover hell.
For starters, sorry to say, but your ~enzymes~ just aren't what they used to be.
"As you get older, the enzymes you use to metabolize alcohol don't work as well," Koob says. This means that a toxic metabolite from alcohol, called acetaldehyde, sticks around in your system longer without being broken down. "That can contribute to the lousy feeling," he says.
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