How Drinking Alcohol May Unclog Your Arteries

Drown your cholesterol sorrows in booze.

We all know that hamburgers, burritos, and all other superlatively delicious foodstuffs clog up your arteries. We didn't know that alcohol—at least alcohol in certain forms—may go a long way toward unclogging them.

Researchers found that a compound called beta-cyclodextrin fights cholesterol buildup in mice more effectively than drugs already on the market (and Cheerios, apparently). Beta-cyclodextrin also happens to be a key component in powdered alcohol, which has the power to be both disgusting and cut down the time it takes you to black out. It's a win-win-win; just add water.

The FDA has already approved beta-cyclodextrin, but it might be hard to track down for another reason: Half of the states in the U.S. banned powdered alcohol before it was even legalized last year. Tough luck. 

[h/t: PopSci

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