Why It Works

We get that most people are naturally suspicious of any product that may save you from feeling ruined after drinking.  In fact, we created RESQWATER because we had not found any other products very effective. 

So, here’s the breakdown of what’s in RESQWATER and why those ingredients help your body get back on track after drinking.

N-ACETAL L-CYSTEINE

While we had to figure out how to pronounce this—you certainly don’t have to, unless you want to impress people at cocktail parties.  Let’s just call this non-essential amino acid, NAC. It helps your liver convert something called acetaldehyde—a substance that is up to 30 times more damaging to your body than alcohol—into acetic acid, which is harmless to your body.

WATER

Libations can act as a diuretic—meaning your body uses more water to process them than you’re taking in. That’s why water is the basis of RESQWATER, and 16 ounces at that.  The goal is to keep you from feeling the unpleasant side effects of dehydration—a very common result from drinking.

SUCROSE

Your liver requires a lot of sugar to process drinks—particularly when you’ve tossed back a few.  Consequently, if you don’t replenish that sugar, you may feel the effects of hypoglycemia, which include things like feeling dizzy, disoriented, or slurring your speech.

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS FRUIT EXTRACT

Research has shown Prickly Pear extract to be helpful in terms of decreasing inflammation and thus—reducing some of the after-effects of drinking—such as, nausea, lack of appetite and dry mouth.

ELECTROLYTES

Let’s add electrolytes to the list of losses post-consumption.  Again, all those trips to the bathroom (we sure hope you make it to the bathroom) deplete your body of its electrolytes, which are needed to keep your muscular and nervous systems running at tip-top and to avoid dehydration.

B VITAMINS

We developed a new appreciation of the B Vitamin group when we discovered that a number of scientific studies have shown that both B1 (Thiamin) and B6 ease the symptoms one experiences after having had a number of drinks.

We don’t make this stuff up.  Here are some great sources of info for those of you who want to understand what happens to your body when you drink alcohol.

Annals of Internal Medicine

http://www.annals.org/content/132/11/897.full

Archives of Internal Medicine

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/164/12/1334

How Stuff Works

http://health.howstuffworks.com/hangover.htm

Johns Hopkins

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/conditions_main/hangover_headache.html

Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hangovers/DS00649/DSECTION=alternative%2Dmedicine

U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital

http://www.springerlink.com/content/w307w62037125v33/fulltext.pdf?page=1

Web M.D.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20061229/hangover-headache-help