If you ask any doctor about the best way to get rid of a hangover, he will simply say that it is better not to drink at all.
Indeed, once alcohol enters our body, it is difficult to avoid any side effects.
However, this advice simply won't work for most people. So what should these people do?
In fact, the basic advice is simple: drink less (yes, not original, but effective), eat right and drink right. But this is also not always possible. However, the following advice is closer to our life.
Before the party
Relax before the party. This may seem strange, because usually it's the other way around: people drink to relax.
However, if you are well rested before the party, your body will be able to cope more easily with the amount of drinks you decide to try in the evening.
During the party
Eat fruits. It is commonly believed that the main problem with alcohol is dehydration. However, remember that even liters of water drunk in the morning did not save you from a headache. In fact, the main problem is inflammation and oxidative processes that occur in our body the next morning.
And here is where fruits come to the rescue, which help eliminate these problems. Pomegranate is best, but any other fruits will do.
Try to eat them before drinking, not after, so the effect will be greater. Of course, if you forgot to eat fruit beforehand, you shouldn't give them up when you're already sick from a hangover the next morning.
Eat more meat
Our state after a party directly depends on what we ate at the party itself. Try to give preference to food rich in meat.
It is rich in vitamin B and amino acids, which help metabolize unwanted byproducts released when drinking alcohol.
Avoid champagne
The champagne we love to drink on New Year's Eve or at big celebrations is nothing more than white wine that contains gas, and this gas helps speed up the absorption of alcohol, making us get drunk faster.
The problem is that the speed at which you drink and get drunk is directly related to the severity of your hangover the next day.
Also avoid any carbonated drinks such as sparkling water, as the gas they contain will also speed up the absorption of alcohol.
Drink sports drinks
This is another piece of advice that may seem strange: where is sport and where is alcohol? However, there is some logic to it, because the main task of sports drinks is to combat dehydration, and at the same time they are rich in all the necessary minerals.
The same composition helps fight a hangover, so try to drink sports drinks periodically during the party.
As a last resort, drink the drink in the morning.
If you don’t have sports drinks on hand, drink regular water.
Avoid cigarettes
It is almost impossible for smokers to drink and not smoke, but you must understand that smoking during a party will further increase the effects on your body, and you will have an even worse hangover in the morning.
Try to drink simple drinks
This is not an advertisement for alcohol, but if you are going to drink, it is better to drink regular good vodka than various whiskeys, brandies or rums. These drinks are rich in various aromatic substances that lead to an even worse hangover.
The best is regular vodka, the worst are various sweet cocktails. Whiskey, cognac - it's somewhere in the middle.
Mix alcohol with juice, not soda.
Plain juice won't cure your hangover (unless you're replacing your tenth beer with it, in which case it will), but since fruit and vegetable juices contain vitamins, they'll help more than carbonated soda.
Don't try to save on price
At first glance, it may seem that there is no particular difference. However, an expensive drink, especially one like vodka, usually has a higher degree of purification, which, of course, will affect the next morning.
But there is also a purely psychological effect: when you buy expensive alcohol, you will treat it differently, you will not drink it like water, but will try to drink it in small doses and not so often.
Try to keep yourself busy
The worst way to drink alcohol at an event is to just sit in one place and drink one drink after another. Try to move more at the event, communicate more.
If there is dancing, it makes sense to go out on the dance floor. This will make your body move a little, which is already useful, and also while dancing you will not drink alcohol again.
Before bed
Don't drink too much water
While this is helpful during a party, it's a bit late before bed. Drink one, maximum two glasses of water before bed, and keep a third one nearby. Drinking too much water will just further disrupt your night's sleep and may cause you to wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
Have an anti-inflammatory on hand.
Anti-inflammatory drugs (anything that contains ibuprofen) help fight the inflammation that alcohol causes.
Be very careful with this advice, though: too much medication is always bad, and besides, the medication should not contain acetaminophen, otherwise you can cause serious damage to your liver and kidneys.
A good alternative is to use natural anti-inflammatory agents such as ginger.
The next morning
Don't try to delay a hangover
You probably know that having a hangover cure is a bad idea. Sure, it might reduce some of the symptoms, you just won't feel like you have a headache.
However, your body needs to get rid of all the harmful substances the next morning, not take them in. It is the habit of having a hangover that often leads to binges, when a person drinks alcohol for weeks on end and cannot stop.
Eat eggs
Eggs are an excellent source of cysteine, which helps break down the headache-causing toxin produced when the body digests alcohol.
But eggs won't help if you mix them with bacon, ham, or anything else you can think of. Try a simple scrambled egg or a dry omelet.
Drink sparkling water
The harm of champagne and carbonated drinks was mentioned above. But by the morning all the alcohol will already be in your blood.
But regular mineral water will help to quickly release all the minerals contained in it into the blood, which will speed up your recovery.
Avoid tea or coffee
On the one hand, these drinks help to perk up a little. But, on the other hand, both of these drinks have a pronounced diuretic effect.
And getting rid of the liquid the morning after the party is not a good idea.
Therefore, even if you are a big fan of tea or coffee, try not to drink them when you are suffering from a hangover.
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