Lol... I know some of you are having a banging headache right now, after the serious drinking and partying last night, so that's why I'm giving you these tips..thank me later.
Water
H2O is a must. As you likely know from the frequent trips to the bathroom during a night of drinking, alcohol is a diuretic and can cause dehydration. Before falling into bed, drink at least 1 litre of water. And the next time you go out, drink a glass of water with every beer—and alternate between the two to replace lost fluids as you go.
Food
What you eat after drinking doesn't matter—it's what you eat before all those Jagerbombs that can help lessen the pain the next day. Food helps slow the absorption of alcohol, and the longer it takes the alcohol to reach your blood stream, the longer it is until you become intoxicated.
Sex
There is no research that shows that sex will make a hangover go away, but maybe it will make the time go faster," says Joris C. Verster, Ph.D., assistant professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. "If it makes you happy, go for it."
Pain Medication
Ease a pounding head with a pill (or two, depending on the recommended dosage), but
stick to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin, ibuprofen), not acetaminophen (Tylenol): "While it's OK for a headache, when combined with a liver that's working overtime to metabolize alcohol, it can cause liver damage or be deadly," says Dena Davidson, Ph.D., former associate professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Vitamins and Fruits
Fruits are a must the morning after the hangover. They restore energy. If you normally take a multivitamin , go ahead, but no studies have found that any particular vitamins do anything for a hangover. And one night of intoxication isn't enough to throw off the levels of nutrients in your body to the point where you need to worry.
Sprite
Yes, the popular fizzy lemon-lime drink makes it on to the list, thanks to the findings of some Chinese researchers.
They studied 57 different drinks, looking at how they dealt with the body’s natural metabolic break down of alcohol the morning after.
Xue bi, the Chinese version of Sprite came out on top, closely followed by soda water.
However, herbal tea was shown to prolong a hangover rather than cure it.
Exercise
One drink—a 12-ounce beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of hard liquor—is metabolized by your body in about an hour, so the whole "sweat it out" theory is myth. At the same time, the endorphin release could boost your mood. And burning off a few calories may ease your guilt about how much you drank. Just be sure you keep your water bottle handy so you don't become even more dehydrated.
The Best Cure: Prevention
You're a grown man, you know to drink responsibly. But just in case you forgot: Limit your drinks to about one every hour. Your body metabolizes each beer (or wine or shot) in about 60 to 75 minutes, Dr. Hall-Flavin says. Drink faster, and your blood alcohol level rises faster. Eat before you drink and follow Dr. Hall-Flavin's "I'll have a beer and a glass of water" rule when ordering—and drink the water, don't let it just sit on the table.
And how's this for sobering: In research, “moderate drinking” by a man is defined as two drinks a day. More than five in one sitting is considered "heavy drinking." So think before you order that extra round.
Ease a pounding head with a pill (or two, depending on the recommended dosage), but
stick to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as aspirin, ibuprofen), not acetaminophen (Tylenol): "While it's OK for a headache, when combined with a liver that's working overtime to metabolize alcohol, it can cause liver damage or be deadly," says Dena Davidson, Ph.D., former associate professor of psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Vitamins and Fruits
Fruits are a must the morning after the hangover. They restore energy. If you normally take a multivitamin , go ahead, but no studies have found that any particular vitamins do anything for a hangover. And one night of intoxication isn't enough to throw off the levels of nutrients in your body to the point where you need to worry.
Sprite
Yes, the popular fizzy lemon-lime drink makes it on to the list, thanks to the findings of some Chinese researchers.
They studied 57 different drinks, looking at how they dealt with the body’s natural metabolic break down of alcohol the morning after.
Xue bi, the Chinese version of Sprite came out on top, closely followed by soda water.
However, herbal tea was shown to prolong a hangover rather than cure it.
Exercise
One drink—a 12-ounce beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of hard liquor—is metabolized by your body in about an hour, so the whole "sweat it out" theory is myth. At the same time, the endorphin release could boost your mood. And burning off a few calories may ease your guilt about how much you drank. Just be sure you keep your water bottle handy so you don't become even more dehydrated.
The Best Cure: Prevention
You're a grown man, you know to drink responsibly. But just in case you forgot: Limit your drinks to about one every hour. Your body metabolizes each beer (or wine or shot) in about 60 to 75 minutes, Dr. Hall-Flavin says. Drink faster, and your blood alcohol level rises faster. Eat before you drink and follow Dr. Hall-Flavin's "I'll have a beer and a glass of water" rule when ordering—and drink the water, don't let it just sit on the table.
And how's this for sobering: In research, “moderate drinking” by a man is defined as two drinks a day. More than five in one sitting is considered "heavy drinking." So think before you order that extra round.
2 comments:
thank God i don't drink
Moity is always there when they need her most. Great tips. Thank God drinking is not for me.
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