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Four Loko Caffeinated Drink Health Effects: Good, Bad, Dangerous?

Helen Zachary — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:59:35 +0000

Four Loko, a caffeinated beverage popular among today’s college kids, may be legal and all but you should be extra careful when you are drinking it? Why, you ask? Well, did you know that a 23.5-ounce can of Four Loko has an alcohol content of 12 percent and is equivalent to drinking five to six …

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Is Your Alcohol Tolerance Level Genetic?

Helen Zachary — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:06:39 +0000

When you get drunk easily, you may possess a gene called CYP2E1 which was recently discovered by scientists and which could provide codes of instruction for making an enzyme that can break down alcohol. The good thing about having this gene is that, because of your low alcohol tolerance level, you are more likely to …

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