Hey Guys,
I too suffer from the asian glow...what's been working for me is "pre-gaming" (which most of you have probably heard of) By "pre-gaming" I mean drinking until you get the full-blown asian glow symptoms, then wait however long it takes for the pounding heart and hot face etc. to subside (usually about a solid 2 hours for me). Once the symptoms have subsided, I can drink however much I want, and the pounding heart etc. doesn't come back. I know it's not very practical, but try it next time if you can.
The thing I want to know is how this works. I know that we are deficient acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which causes a build-up of acetaldehyde (which I am aware is toxic) when we drink, which in turn causes the nasty symptoms of asian glow. Why does "pre-gaming" work? Are our bodies able to release natural anti-histamines to combat the acetaldehyde, thus simply masking the effects of acetaldehyde? Or are we actually adapting to the increased acetaldehyde build-up by increasing acetaldehyde dehydrogenase function, thus increasing acetaldehyde metabolism? (I hope the latter is the case lol).
Furthermore, I find that continuous moderate drinking (1-2) drinks a day improves the symptoms of asian glow to a certain extent. I've heard others say this as well. I am very curious to as how this works. Why are the symptoms improving, and most importantly, is it safe?
I know I have a lot of questions that won't be able to be answered lol. But if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Cheers!