Category : Health

A company in the US claims to have made a miracle happen. It has invented vodka that creates the same buzz as regular alcohol but doesn’t damage your liver as much.
The brains behind the operation is Harsha Chigurupati. Chigurupati’s family ownsGranules India which produces drugs including paracetamol and ibuprofen : both of which can damage the liver. When the business created a drug which they claim causes less harm to the liver than others, Chigurupati decided to try to develop alcohol with the same effects.
" The most important thing is not sacrificing the buzz factor : If you don’t have that, guess what ? No one will drink it !" he says. The result is NTX, or " No Tox ". Last year, he teamed up with an alcohol firm to create Bellion Vodka. Chigurupati says this drink gives the liver less of a kicking than regular booze.
According to Chigurupati, NTX contains mixture of additives — glycyrrhizin which comes from licorice, D-mannitol which is a type of alcohol, and the preservative potassium sorbate — that enables the body to metabolise alcohol better, which in turn lessens the organ’s workload. The vodka and its lofty promises are available in 11 US states, and it hopes to roll out gin, bourbon and other drinks, too. But the firm is awaiting federal nod before it can market. — The Independent.

( Sunday Times Of India, Madurai, April 9, 2017 )
Courtesy : MPS