Anyone who knows me personally will likely be a bit perplexed regarding the topic of today’s post; I don’t drink alcohol, therefore I am not one to experience hangovers. That is not to say I haven’t had some killer ones in the past, but since being diagnosed with Lyme disease, me and alcohol are no bueno, and I might have two drinks a year at best.
Although I don’t drink alcohol anymore, there are plenty of folks who do, and seeing as Blaine and I attended a wedding this past weekend and he dabbled a little heavily in the sauce, he was not exactly Sally Sunshine the next morning and was feeling rather hung cheddar. He has a few tricks he relies on to get him feeling a bit better when he is hungover, and his predicament encouraged me to do a Google search for some of the most effective hangover remedies to share with all of you. This information comes from health.harvard.edu.
“1. Drinking fluids. Alcohol promotes urination because it inhibits the release of vasopressin, a hormone that decreases the volume of urine made by the kidneys. If your hangover includes diarrhea, sweating, or vomiting, you may be even more dehydrated. Although nausea can make it difficult to get anything down, even just a few sips of water might help your hangover.
“2. Getting some carbohydrates into your system. Drinking may lower blood sugar levels, so theoretically some of the fatigue and headaches of a hangover may be from a brain working without enough of its main fuel. Moreover, many people forget to eat when they drink, further lowering their blood sugar. Toast and juice is a way to gently nudge levels back to normal.
“3. Avoiding darker-colored alcoholic beverages. Experiments have shown that clear liquors, such as vodka and gin, tend to cause hangovers less frequently than dark ones, such as whiskey, red wine, and tequila. The main form of alcohol in alcoholic beverages is ethanol, but the darker liquors contain chemically related compounds (congeners), including methanol. The same enzymes process ethanol and methanol, but methanol metabolites are especially toxic, so they may cause a worse hangover,” the web page explains.
Check back tomorrow for some more helpful tips to combat a hangover.
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