The morning after the night before could soon be a thing of the past , thanks to a unexampled gist calledalcosynth . Developed by Professor David Nutt from Imperial College London , the chemical compound reportedly has all the benefit of alcohol but with none of the damaging health effects , and could replace even booze by the middle of this century .
As everyone knows , intoxicant is a popular societal lubricant but can also be dangerous when people drink in too much . One of the reasons for this is that its main metabolite , acetaldehyde , is highly toxic , and can cause a range of long - term health problems such as liver impairment , not to mention a filthy hangover .
run up of seeing too many peopledie of alcohol - relate illnesses , Nutt has spent the last 10 or so searching for an choice to alcohol that admit drinker to enjoy themselves while at the same time bypassing the peril of booze . He presently has a short list of around 90 dissimilar compound that he believe could provide the solution , two of which are now being tested for efficacy and safety , before hopefully being released onto the mass market as alcosynth .
Watch David Nutt talk about alcosynth ( starting at 1:15:22 )
In an audience with theIndependent , Nutt said he hop to see alcosynth completely replace alcohol by 2050 , explain that “ it will be there alongside the scotch and the gin rummy , they ’ll dispense the alcosynth into your cocktail and then you ’ll have the joy without damaging your liver and your heart . ”
“ They go very nicely into mojitos . They even go into something as clear as a Tom Collins . One is pretty tasteless , the other has a acrimonious taste , ” he tote up .
Though Nutt is currently keeping his holdover - free alcoholic beverage formula a secret , he has previously spoken of a chemical compound called MEAI ( 3 - methoxy - aminoindan ) , which he says is as relaxing and disinhibiting as alcohol , but does n’t make drinker fall behind their coordination . It also has no calories , which is great news for people who want to have their bar and consume it .
He also claims that the effect of alcosynth can be limited using some “ ingenious materia medica ” so that after about four or five drunkenness you reach a maximum drunkness , after which you do n’t get any drunker no matter how much you drink . As a result , “ you ca n’t ever get as ill or stamp out yourself , unlike with drinking a pot of vodka . ”
