Sunday, March 29, 2009

Your Guide to Hangover Home Remedies

By Lucille Green

Even if a hangover remedy is almost always effective, that is no reason to frequently drink too much alcohol. During the years, untold numbers of cures for a hangover have been contrived but the best one of all is to refuse a drink. Hangover cures and remedies have a tough job because a hangover has many areas that cause distress, the worst one being dehydration.

Due to the process of impurities within the drink itself, some alcoholic beverages give worse hangovers than others. How rapidly you become drunk is also often down the level of these impurities and just how bad the hangover will be. For instance the white (vodka, gin etc) spirits have less impurities than the colored ones (whisky and cognac) as they have been filtered.

The simplest thing is to not have to search for hangover cures in the first place by curbing our drinking characteristics. This occurs all too often when individuals drink a large quantity of alcohol in a very short space of time or because they haven't eaten anything, but they only have themselves to blame. When you drink slowly, the body is able to absorb and process the alcohol more efficiently and hangover curatives aren't required.

Unfortunately, we seem to be cursed to search for remedies for a hangover and this is always a good talking point at any bar in the world. While this is the case, individuals and organizations will continue to search for hangover remedies that actually live up to their name. It doesn't matter how slowly you drink, if you don't stop, alcohol will bit by bit dehydrate the body and this dehydration can lead to the hangover head ache the next day, therefore, it's important to re-hydrate your body before you go to sleep.

In order to re-hydrate your body, try downing a large glass of cold mineral water before bed and also a couple of paracetemol or equivalent, to help with the head ache you will have, then a glass of orange juice the following morning to help replace the lost vitamin C. Despite this information hangover cures are less efficient as you get older and as a bonus, the hangovers also get worse. A recent addition to the hangover curatives list is bananas which evidently contain large volumes of fructose and potassium which are 2 minerals lost when drinking.

Bananas also have 2 other constituents that help with hangovers as there is an antacid to help with the nausea and magnesium to help with the bad head ache. As hangover curatives go, some people swear by having a 'hair of the dog' which is normally a 'Bloody Mary' with a few extra constituents, however, the very thought of alcohol when they have a hangover is usually enough to put individuals off. Ultimately, your best defense is knowing when to stop and, when to resist that 'one for the road' proposition! - 14130

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