Doctors Say New Supplement Helps Women Reduce Health Risks Of Social Alcohol Use
Hangover, premature skin aging, osteoporosis, and elevated breast cancer risk from as little as a single glass of wine per day
Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) Doctors say a new natural supplement that helps the body metabolize alcohol toxicity more efficiently can help women reduce their risk of hangover and more serious long term damage including spidery, wrinkly skin, osteoporosis and breast cancer.
The supplement, Cheerz IntelliShot and iTabs, helps the body to more effectively process toxins created as the liver metabolizes alcohol--including acetaldehyde, a carcinogenic muscle poison believed to be 30 times more toxic than alcohol itself, according to a study published in the medical journal Molecular Psychiatry.
Doctors say as a natural bio-stimulant the supplement has shown strong anecdotal evidence in stimulating neural system and recovery processes, activating the second half-cycle of tricarboxylic acids to help accelerate the decomposition of acetaldehyde and the energization of the oxidation processes in the mitochondria.
Dirk P. Slaker, M.D., a retired hepatologist and former resident at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO, says, "Based on my experience as a liver transplant specialist, as a supplement the Cheerz product is remarkably effective in reducing the symptomatic effects of alcohol toxicity with responsible social use," he says.
"By helping to remove acetaldehyde from the body, Cheerz is remarkably different from other products, many of which are simply activated charcoal or repackaged vitamins," according to John Shen, M.D., a resident physician at UCSD Department of Internal Medicine in San Diego, Calif.
A standard drink contains about one-half ounce of pure ethanol (alcohol). The liver can process less than a quarter of an ounce of alcohol an hour. It takes about 6 hours to eliminate all the alcohol in 3 glasses of wine. That's 6 hours of continuous exposure to acetaldehyde, possibly longer. Unmetabolized acetaldehyde overloads the liver and floods the body via the blood stream, causing hangover symptoms like headache, nausea, muscle pain, and worse.
As little as two drinks a day can dehydrate the skin enough to make your skin eventually wrinkle like a baked apple and your veins turn spidery, according to Dr. Janet Maccaro, Ph.D. "Acetaldehyde attacks the collagen and elastin that holds skin together, reducing elasticity and firmness, robs the body of vitamin C, a crucial nutrient for healthy skin, and dilates blood vessels, leading to broken veins," she says.
Drinking before bedtime is even worse. The horizontal position of the body during sleep makes it easier for intoxicated capillaries to leak into soft tissue, resulting in skin stretching, facial puffiness, and faster wrinkle formation.
Acetaldehyde increases the risk of osteoporosis, because it interferes with the body's ability to absorb calcium. This gets worse with age, especially for women, who tend to store more fat after 40, when the body takes longer to process alcohol.
Acetaldehyde also contributes to weight gain, says Payal Banka, a Nutritionist at Life Mojo Health Solutions. "When you drink, acetaldehyde signals your body to stop burning fat," he says.
An Oxford University study recently linked low-to-moderate alcohol consumption to breast cancer in women who drink as little as a single alcoholic beverage a day. "There were no minimum levels of alcohol consumption that could be considered to be without risk," according to cancer epidemiologist and lead researcher Naomi Allen.
"It is not necessary to drink huge amounts of alcohol--even low amounts taken regularly in a sensitive person increases their risk," according to Helmut Seitz, professor of alcohol research at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. "The cells don't forget. This will initiate tumors 20 to 25 years later," he says.
Cheerz IntelliShot is a 1.7 oz., lemon lime flavored shot that can be taken straight or as a functional cocktail mixer. The product is also available in tablet form for wine drinkers.
The European formula includes a proprietary blend of immune system boosters and super-antioxidants based on pinus succinifera, or succinic acid, a key dicarboxylic acid in the Krebs cycle. Originally extracted from the fossilized resin of 40 million year old Baltic pine trees, succinic acid has been a popular natural protectant against ionizing radiation, infections, alcohol, and other toxins in Europe for centuries.
The Cheerz formula also includes N-acetyl cysteine, to increase the oxidation cycle of alcohol, and Milk Thistle Extract (silymarin), shown to protect against toxins and substances harmful to the liver and other cells in the body and brain.
SOURCE: PRWeb
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