1.   The principal product of alcohol metabolism is acetic acid, which is useful in many ways.

2.   The vast majority of alcohol metabolism occurs in the liver.

3.   Recently, a non-oxidative pathway of alcohol metabolism that leads to the production of fatty acid ethyl esters has been described, catalysed FAEE synthase.

4.   Fructose may also lower levels of acetaldehyde, a breakdown product of alcohol metabolism that is the major culprit in hangovers, he says.