Happy New Years fellow readers! And if you’re up this morning and able to tune in and read this post, it’s obvious you’re either really well disciplined when it comes to celebration drinks or you’re just good at holding them down. But chances are you know someone who’s having a really terrible case of hangover today and is desperate for some relief. So I do believe that this is an appropriate post to start the New Year of 2012 with – How to get rid of your New Year hangover.
Prevention is better than cure
No drinks equals no hangovers, but that’s a bit of wasted advice since you or someone you care about is already wasted. And so maybe this will be wise to keep in mind before the next drinking session – eat before you drink, but don’t just eat anything – make sure it’s fatty and greasy. Yes, I am aware it doesn’t at all sound healthy but then again neither is drinking so you’re good. The greasy fat will do what it does best – clog your innards which affects the rate at which alcohol is absorbed – i.e. slow…
As prevention did not work, the morning after you wake up feeling like a ton of bricks was showered over your head and your stomach is doing a tumble dry cycle. You feel lethargic and everything is a little too much – too bright, too loud, too everything for comfort. Welcome to the morning of a hangover. So what can you do?
1. Down water like there’s no tomorrow
The idea here is to dilute and flush the alcohol out of your system.
2. Don’t reach for the medicine cabinet
The aching pains will have you tempted to reach for pain killers but don’t because they will do more harm than good when you already have too much alcohol in your system. Aspirin as a blood thinner will intensify the effect of alcohol as they both do the same, acetaminophen damages your liver and ibuprofen can cause stomach bleeding.
3. Breakfast is eggs
I know it’s an unbearable thought to have breakfast during a hangover and the idea of eggs might make it worse but eggs contain cystein which has the talent of breaking down the toxin, acetaldehyde in the liver’s easily depleted glutathione. Acetaldehyde is the culprit of hangovers.
4. Fruit Juice cleanse
In between your takes of water, drink fresh fruit juice, especially pure orange juice. Replenishing the vitamins in your body will help your body pick up its metabolic rate made sluggish by alcohol and that in turn will help wash over the effects faster.
5. Sleep in
Time is all you need…hangovers need to run its course and it’s best you’re fast asleep most of the duration its “running”.
So again Happy New Years dear readers and kudos to you for surviving a hangover the natural way!
