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Asparagus may help with a hangover

By Korea Herald

Published : Dec. 28, 2012 - 17:36

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Prosciutto-wrapped grilled spring asparagus. (AP) Prosciutto-wrapped grilled spring asparagus. (AP)

U.S. food experts remind New Year‘s revelers that researchers found eating asparagus may help guard against a hangover.

The Institute of Food Technologists said it published a study in 2009 by researchers at the Institute of Medical Science and Jeju National University in South Korea found the amino acids and minerals found in asparagus extract may alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells against toxins.

Lead researcher B.Y. Kim said chronic alcohol use caused oxidative stress on the liver as well as unpleasant physical effects associated with a hangover.

“Cellular toxicities were significantly alleviated in response to treatment with the extracts of asparagus leaves and shoots,” Kim said in a statement. “These results provide evidence of how the biological functions of asparagus can help alleviate alcohol hangover and protect liver cells.”

Asparagus is a common vegetable widely consumed worldwide and has long been used as an herbal medicine due to its anti-cancer effects, but it also has anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory and diuretic properties, officials at the Institute of Food Technologists said.

The findings were published in the Journal of Food Science. (UPI)



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이것, 숙취에 확실한 효과 있다!


미국 식품 전문가들이 숙취에 아스파라거스가 좋다고 발표했다.

음식과학연구소(Institute of Food Technologists)는 의학연구소(Institute of Medical Science)와 한국의 제주대학교에서 진행한 2009년 연구결과를 출판했다. 아스파라거스가 함유하고 있는 아미노산과 미네랄이 숙취를 완화하며 간세포를 보호한다는 것이다.

연구 대표 김씨는 만성적인 알콜 섭취는 산화를 진행시키고 신체적 스트레스를 불러일으킨다고 전했다.

"아스파라거스 이파리와 새싹이 독을 제거하는 역할을 한다."

아스파라거스는 전세계적으로 많이 소비되는 채소 중 하나이며, 항암효과가 있어 약재로도 이용된다. 그러나 이뿐만 아니라 항진균성, 항염증과 이뇨 특성까지 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

연구결과는 음식과학저널(Journal of Food Science)에 실렸다. (코리아헤럴드)