Hangover Season
If you can’t avoid overindulgence this holiday season, you can at least avoid or lessen the suffering associated with hangover headaches. Here are some helpful suggestions for pain-free drinking.
Take Drinks In Moderate Quantities. Sip your drink little by little. Mixed drinks containing fruit or vegetable juices will have less effect than straight alcohol. Avoid red wine, as it contains congeners (naturally occurring chemicals) that impart the specific characteristic tastes to red wine and play a major role in causing headaches. It is also advisable to reduce the actual number of alcoholic beverages you consume. You can instead spend time catching up with an old friend at the snack table with a soda or glass of water.
Have some honey. Honey supplies fructose and is rich in vitamin B6. It helps the body metabolize alcohol and can reduce hangover symptoms. Tomato juice is another good source of fructose. In addition, it also allows the body to burn alcohol faster.
Drink Liquids Rich in Minerals and Salts. To get relief from dehydration caused alcohol consumption drink fluids containing minerals and salts. A cup of soup, for example, will replace fluid and will not cause nausea. Replacement of fluids with beverages, such as sports drinks or water, is also helpful.
Drink a cup of coffee. Caffeine may provide some relief in easing the headache symptoms and decrease the duration of pain. Caffeine acts as a vasoconstrictor and eases the dilated blood vessels. Drinking a cup of coffee as soon as you wake up the next morning can be helpful.
Take non-alcoholic beverages between alcoholic ones. Drinking a non-alcoholic beverage between every alcoholic beverage reduces overall alcohol consumption and helps replenish fluids. A simple way to achieve this is requesting for a glass of water besides your alcoholic beverage of choice when ordering a drink at the bar.
Eat oily food before having alcohol. Whereas it is wise to be fitness conscious and avoid too much of these foods in general, this is a situation where eating fatty foods may be helpful. When eaten before drinking alcohol, these foods help line the intestines, thereby causing alcohol absorption to take longer. In lay man’s language, having a burger before your beer or Bloody Mary might be beneficial.
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