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Why have I got a
hangover?
The ethanol in the drink
dehydrates you - the bladder fills up with all the water
from the drink. Water drains from the brain giving you a
headache. Your liver should destroy the ethanol but by doing
that generates free radicals. Going to the toilet more often
means water and important sugars and salts such as potassium
leave the body. Methanol is destroyed by the liver but
breaks down to formic acid.
Tips for not getting
that hangover in the first place
Don't mix your drinks -
never mix grape and grain and remember the old adage:
"beer
before wine - fine,
wine before beer -
queer"
Cures - what are the
options?
- Berocca - an
Australian vitamin supplement which replaces lost
chemicals.
- Eggs - contain
cysteine, and help to destroy free radicals.
- Hot Showers - relieves
the headache to deconstrict blood vessels and tension in
the neck.
- Isotonic Sports
Drinks/V8 - replaces sugars and salts.
- N-acetyl-cysteine
(NAC) - supplement which soaks up free radicals, rich in
cysteine
- Oxygen - go out and
take a walk and get some fresh air!!
- Pinching your Hand -
pinch the skin between your thumb and forefinger on your
left hand, this will ease your headache
- Alka Seltzer - take
before going to bed contains painkiller and anti-acid
chemicals to fight all those nasty by-products of
methanol.
- Salt Solution - drink
water with a spoonful of salt and sugar to replace lost
salts and sugars.
- Water - rehydrate and
kill that headache, best to drink some water before you
go to bed, at least a pint!
- The Bloody Mary - One
shot of vodka, fill rest of glass with tomato juice, 4tsp
of worcestershire sauce, 3 drops of tabasco sauce.
- MacDonalds - there is
something to be said for eating a greasy burger with
fries after a night on the tiles.
If you have an
particularly effective hangover cure that you would like to
share with us please let us
know!
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