March 28th, 2009How to Cure a Hangover
A serious issue with alleged hangover curatives is that they often promote people to drink more than they should. There are in all probability as many hangover tips around the world as there are drinks for sale. Hangover cures and remedies have a tough job because a hangover has many areas that cause distress, the worst one being dehydration.
Broadly, it is the alcoholic drinks with more impurities in them that provide the worse the hangovers. How quickly you become drunk is also often down the level of these impurities and just how severe the hangover will be. It’s always preferable, if possible to stick with the clear alcoholic drinks like Gin or Vodka as these have been filtered and hold less impurities than the likes of Whiskey and Cognac. Still, the real reason we have hangovers and strive for perfect hangover cures is because we simply drink too much. This is often the case when we drink a great deal in a short space of time or maybe we drink on an empty stomach, but at the end of the day, no one forces us to do this. When you drink at a measured pace, the body is able to absorb and process the alcohol more efficiently and hangover curatives aren’t required.
As a result the world has become full of hangover curatives, some of which are quite ludicrous, and discussing cures for a hangover has become a popular topic in bars around the world. Still acquiring the cure for a hangover is like the search for the Holy Grail, no-one really knows if it exists but we all keep looking! It doesn’t matter how at a measured pace you drink, if you don’t stop, alcohol will step by step dehydrate the body and this dehydration can lead to the hangover headache the next day, hence, it’s essential to re-hydrate your body before you turn in.
A quick and easy hangover remedy is part prevention and part hangover cure and requires a couple of head ache pills with a large glass of mineral water before bed and then another large glass, this time of orange juice, when you get up thefollowing morning. This can work on many occasions but there is no cure for a hangover that works that well as you age. A recent addition to the hangover remedies list is bananas which evidently contain large quantities of fructose and potassium which are two minerals and nutrients lost when drinking.
They also have something to help with sickness, a natural antacid, and the high levels of magnesium help with the beating headache. The hangover remedy toughest to stomach is ‘Bloody Mary’ which comprises Vodka and tomato juice plus other constituents as often, the last thing you feel like using when you are hung-over is more alcohol. But just learning how to say ‘thanks but no thanks’ could save you years of unneeded suffering and frustration looking for a curative for a hangover!
