It comes down to sleep and recovery
What alcohol does to your night, what the research shows, and exactly what's in the capsule. Including the parts that aren't proven yet.

Alcohol is only the beginning
The drinks are gone by 7 a.m. What they set off on the way out is not.
Your liver turns alcohol into acetaldehyde
Alcohol is broken down in two steps. The first turns it into acetaldehyde, which is harder on your body than the alcohol was. That cleanup runs all night.
Acetaldehyde can reduce active B6
Research shows acetaldehyde interferes with the active form of B6 and speeds its breakdown. B6 is what your body builds melatonin from.
Alcohol disrupts restorative sleep
It gets you to sleep fast, then fragments the second half of the night. As the alcohol clears your brain overshoots the other way, which is the 4 a.m. wake-up.
You lose water, and the minerals with it
Sodium, potassium and magnesium go out with the water. This is the part most products treat, and the smallest of the four.
Eight hours in bed becomes five that counted. The fog and the flat energy the next day are mostly that sleep debt.
Two stages. Before the first drink, then while you sleep
Everything in the capsule does its job in one of those two windows.

Pre-load
Support goes in before the stress accumulates, not after the damage is done.

Overnight support
Supports your antioxidant, liver and recovery pathways through the night, when the cleanup actually happens.
Best taken 30 minutes before your first drink. If you forget, take it as soon as you remember.
Three things a big night takes. What answers each one
Acetaldehyde and antioxidant demand
Your liver turns every drink into acetaldehyde before it can clear it, and that cleanup runs on your antioxidant reserves all night.
Milk thistle plus six plant extracts support normal liver function while it works.
Sleep disruption and overnight recovery
Alcohol wrecks deep sleep, and acetaldehyde depletes the B6 your body builds melatonin from. That is the 4 a.m. wake-up.
150mg of L-theanine, the largest active in the capsule. Plus active B6, put back before the drain starts.
Hydration and electrolyte loss
Sodium, potassium and magnesium, because you lose all three. A top-up alongside your water, not a substitute for it.
Three ingredients are 58% of every capsule

L-Theanine
The largest active in the capsule. Calm, and getting to sleep instead of lying there.

Milk Thistle Extract
Silymarin. Supports your liver as it processes alcohol.

Vitamin B6
Active form. Helps your body make melatonin for sleep, replaced before alcohol depletes it.
Vegetarian capsule (HPMC) · Non-GMO · Gluten-free · 0g sugar · Nut, dairy, shellfish and fish free.
The research behind each ingredient
Published, cited, and named. Check any of it.
Alcohol and sleep
A meta-analysis found alcohol shortens time to fall asleep, then disrupts the second half of the night and reduces REM. This is the best-established part of the chain.
Ebrahim et al., Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2013.
Acetaldehyde and vitamin B6
Research dating back decades shows acetaldehyde displaces the active form of B6 in human cells. B6 is required for building melatonin.
Lumeng and Li, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1974.
L-Theanine, 150mg
In randomized trials, L-theanine raised alpha-wave activity and improved reported sleep quality. Each SYN capsule has 150mg.
Nobre et al., Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008. Hidese et al., Nutrients, 2019.
Milk thistle, 120mg
Silymarin, the active complex in milk thistle, is one of the most studied plant compounds in liver support, with decades of published work behind it.
Abenavoli et al., Phytotherapy Research, 2018 (review).
How SYN Is Made
The science is the reason to try it. Your morning is the proof
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References
- Ebrahim IO, Shapiro CM, Williams AJ, Fenwick PB. Alcohol and Sleep I: Effects on Normal Sleep. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 2013.
- Lumeng L, Li TK. Vitamin B6 metabolism in chronic alcohol abuse: pyridoxal phosphate levels in plasma and the effects of acetaldehyde on pyridoxal phosphate synthesis and degradation in human erythrocytes. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1974.
- Nobre AC, Rao A, Owen GN. L-theanine, a natural constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008.
- Hidese S, et al. Effects of L-Theanine Administration on Stress-Related Symptoms and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients, 2019.
- Abenavoli L, et al. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum): A concise overview on its chemistry, pharmacological, and nutraceutical uses. Phytotherapy Research, 2018.
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol metabolism.
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