A professor at Imperial College London has created a substance called Alcosynth that provides the same pleasurable effects of drinking a drink but without the harmful effects on the body or discomfort after drinking it. The revolutionary product promises to prevent the unwanted effects of alcoholic beverages such as hangovers.
Headaches, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and general malaise are some of the symptoms that anyone suffers from alcohol consumption. However, David Nutt, a professor specializing in neuropsychiatry from Imperial College London, has developed a new drink that does not cause a hangover.
Alcosynth will be the new alcohol substitute: it provides the same sensation as drinking alcohol, but without its "harmful" consequences. This "safe" product will be "one of the most important discoveries of the millennium," according to Dutt, a psychiatrist who has been working on the synthetic substitute since 2009.
Its taste is bitter and its smell is almost imperceptible, just like whiskey, vodka or rum, it can be mixed with other drinks to make a delicious cocktail. The substance can imitate the pleasurable effects by stimulating neurotransmitters without toxically contaminating the heart, brain and liver, the three organs most affected by its consumption.
In addition, another of the main benefits is that it has a lower rate of addiction.
Nutt suggested that the new substitute could be mixed just like a gin and tonic, Tom Collins or Daiquiri.
The new compound would act on the brain without affecting other organs. So, in addition to preventing hangovers, it would also prevent other diseases caused by alcohol abuse. "By not affecting the problematic areas, we wouldn't have the problems," he added.
“We know that the good effects of alcohol occur in the brain and we can recreate them,” he told The Independent.
Alcosynth provides the same pleasurable benefits of a cocktail without the after-effects, with a low addictive index and no effects on the liver.
The specialist explained that his revolutionary invention could save hospitals a lot of money by reducing cases of poisoning or chronic diseases resulting from alcoholism.
Its creator is still conducting tests and believes that if it can be legalized, by 2050 it will have completely replaced the alcohol currently on the market.
“This alcohol works very well in a mojito, and even with white drinks like a Tom Collins,” Nutt suggested.
Source: infobae
