Hangover cures
 

I like to party at the weekend, but i hate having hangovers:thumbdown:

Anyone know a perfect cure? I heard Iron Bru was a good substitute, for me it's more like fart gas:lol:

What is your cure?

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Hangover Remedies

Most hangover "remedies" simply attend to one or more of the symptoms and don't really provide a cure as such. The hangover won't stop until the alcohol is out of your system, but here's a few things that will ease the suffering a bit:


Berocca - Puts the vitamin B back in, as well as the big glass of water it's mixed with. It's probably best to do this before you go out.
Coke - Fizz for the nausea, liquid for the dehydration, and a caffeine and sugar hit to make you feel a bit more lively.
Coffee - Same as Coke but without the bubbles to help ease the nausea. Try it with honey instead of sugar since the fructose is absorbed quicker than the sucrose in normal sugar, and it's better for you.
Ginseng - It's been noted that since caffeine is a diuretic like alcohol, it can actually make the dehydration worse, so try the herbal equivalent instead.
Vegemite On Toast - Something in your stomach is good, and salty is even better. Plus you get a Vitamin B top up. The same reasons also make peanut butter a good choice, but the oily nature might make some sensitive stomachs feel a bit yucky. If you do try try this one, skip the butter and just have dry toast.
Cold Pizza - Who knows, but it seems to work.
Asprin - Simply attends to the headache and does nothing for the level of alcohol in your system. Don't take them before you go to bed.
Bananas - Sugar in the form of fructose, and potassium, which is one of the things you lose lots of when you drink. Bananas are also a natural antacid to help with the nausea, and are high in magnesium which can help relax those pounding blood vessels causing that hangover headache. For a variety of reasons try a peanut butter, honey and banana sandwich on white bread.
Vitamin C - Another thing the alcohol takes out that you're advised to put back in as soon as possible. Orange juice, tomato, a 600mg Vitamin C tablet - doesn't matter, just do it.
A Hot Bath - The heat will sweat out the toxins that are causing all the problems. You'll feel a bit woozy at first but go with it and you'll feel better afterwards.

Chocolate Milk - This one was sent in by Michael and sounds like it's worth a try - "Regarding your hangover remedies, I would like to suggest chocolate milk. The store bought kind seems to work best, due to ease of attainment (unless you blew all your money at the bar hoping to get lucky), quietness (no loud banging of the teaspoon trying to mix the homemade stuff), and ease of use (the opening is the perfect fit when you have the jitters and no messy clean up). The suggested minimum dosage is the pint ( 1/2 litre) size, though the new quart (litre) can be used for extreme episodes. Other than the rehydration factor, I find that chocolate milk offers the tummy a soothing coating for the nausea. It also repletes some of the vitamins your body is now woefully lacking. The sugars (lactose & sucrose) and salt seem to be the perfect balance of the carb/salt fix. Many women can attest to the beneficial, relatively inexpensive, and legal effects of chocolate against depression, whether physiological or psychological. Last, the flavor seems to do wonders for that ghastly "did I try to mop the floor with my tongue?" taste in your mouth. So, on your way home, stop by your convenient convenience store, head on over to the cooler, grab one more "cold one" (chocolate milk, that is), and bring it home for the morning. Your mother shall compliment you on at least one healthy drinking habit."
Sauerkraut - Casey reckons "I know only a few people who will try this hangover remedy but those who do it swear by it, sauerkraut. It makes some sense - the acid/nadh balance and the nutritional value - but from first hand experience it works rediculously well. I've seen it work in the most extreme cases." If you can't bring yourself to eat the actually chunky bits, try sauerkraut juice (out of the sauerkraut bottle) mixed with tomato juice, or a good helping of Sauerkraut Hangover Soup (recipe below). Actually while doing a bit of poking around checking out the vailidity of this claim, it appears that eating raw cabbage has been used right through history for preventing as well as curing hangovers, so Casey could well be onto something here.

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The symptoms of a terrible pandemic has been circulating via email recently - maybe this is your problem NuShooz :


The next pandemic

I went to a dinner party last night, where I and other guests enjoyed copious amounts of alcohol.

I awoke this morning not feeling well, with what could be described as flu-like symptoms; headache, nausea, chills, sore eyes, etc.

From the results of some initial testing, I have unfortunately tested positive for what experts are now calling Wine Flu.

This debilitating condition is very serious - and it appears this is not an isolated case.

Reports are flooding in from all around the country of others diagnosed with Wine Flu. To anyone that starts to exhibit the aforementioned tell-tale signs, experts are recommending a cup of tea and a bit of a lie down.

However, should your condition worsen, you should immediately hire a DVD and take some Nurofen (Nurofen seems to be the only drug available that has been proven to help combat this unusual type of flu). Others are reporting a McDonald's Happy Meal can also help in some cases. If not, then further application of the original liquid, in similar quantities to the original dose, has been shown to do the trick..

Wine Flu does not need to be life threatening and, if treated early, can be eradicated within a 24-48 hour period.


NOTE
If you find you are complaining a lot, it may be that it has mutated into Whine Flu. This is particularly common in women and can quickly spread to their partners where the symptoms are detected as a serious case of eye-rolling.

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Chocolate milk sounds good, gonna give that a try after my next party:D

I don't drink wine, tastes like shit. Smells like acid/vinager.:lol:

Plenty of hangover remedies there to keep me going, thanks guys.

Any others?

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Have some K on me.

Should be sorted now;)

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Good fry up does it for me. Bacon and eggs.....always works a treat :)

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A plain can of coca cola.

I never ever drink or eat anything that tastes of coffee though and I have often wondered if it is the sugar / caffeine overload in coke that makes me feel better.

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Eating fried or fatty foods the morning after may only irritate your stomach further, but eating them before drinking can actually be helpful. Eating prior to drinking alcohol helps prevent a hangover, but particularly fatty foods stick to the stomach lining longer, thereby slowing down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream. While it might make it take longer to feel the alcohol’s effects, it also gives your body more time to process the byproducts and increase your chances of feeling good in the morning.

Eating eggs the morning after provides energy, but they also contain large amounts of cysteine, the substance that breaks down the hangover-causing toxin acetaldehyde in the liver’s depleted glutathione

Over the Counter Remedies Sob’r-K Hangover Stopper

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Errr, no thanks. I think the smell would make me choke.

But i agree that eating a good meal before you go out will help. Mcdonalds all round then:D

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Keep drinking baby! :thumbup:

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What's that?

Looks good anyway. My favourite drinks are cocktails. Dare i say it, but i miss my Ozzy cocktails:unsure: pubs that i go to don't do them miserable sods.

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Personally, a nice hot shower and a full English brekkie or a curry for breakfast. Your body is usually craving B vitamins as alcohol depletes them - something that youll get from a nice side of cow. Oh and I usually spend the rest of the day on the couch watching shit movies which seem much more bearable when hungover.

Turn the f**king phone off as well and lock the gates! I always get visitors when Im hungover! :blink::rofl:

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It's a lime mojito ( white rum, soda, lime, mint leaves). I don't really drink at all, but am a sucker for a well mixed mojito now and then. (pronounced moheeto).

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Ah yes i seen the adverts here for Mojito. Wonder if the pubs sell it though.

My drink at the mo is Vodka and J20. I don't suffer too much on that. Must be when i have those 'shots' that make me ill.

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Best method I ever tried was not drinking too much. Not trying to be funny, but I honestly can't understand why people do it!