Every year people over-indulge at Christmas Time and New Years. So, we thought that we would put together a list of the best ways of avoiding a hangover after this years festivities. Please feel free to add your own tips in the comments below!
Top Tip Number 1: Vegetable Soup – Apparently having a bowl of Vegetable soup will give your body all of the antioxidants that it will need to protect your cells and line your stomach.
Top Tip Number 2: Prepare Your Body – We would also recommend taking a multivitamin supplement to prepare your body for the loss of nutrients through frequent urination. We would not advise taking the multivitimin in the soup as this may not taste very nice.
Top Tip Number 3: Don’t Use Fizzy Mixers – Australian Researchers have found that fizzy mixers, and in particular diet drinks, increase the amount of alcohol that is absorbed into your bloodstream. We would advise using water or fruit juice as a mixer to avoid this! Apparently you should also avoid having Ice in your drink too as the low temperature opens a small valve in the roof of your stomach which encourages you to gulp down your drink rather that sip it slowly and space out your alcohol intake!
Top Tip Number 4: Avoid Cheap Drinks – According to Australia’s National Drug Research Institute, cheaper drinks (for example whisky and champagne) will intensify the resulting hangover. This is because it contains more congeners, which are the agents in alcohol that give you a hangover.
Top Tip Number 5: Stay Hydrated – Drinking a glass of water between your drinks could help to avoid your hangover by keeping your body hydrated. Dehydration is one of the main factors of any hangover.
Top Tip Number 6: Don’t Mix your Drinks – Experienced drinkers swear to this. Stick to one type of drink through out the night.
Top Tip Number 7: Knowing when to stop – When you get to the point where you are not sure if it is a good idea to have another drink or not then it is probably the right point to say no. Remember some alcoholic drinks take a bit of time to effect you and so pacing yourself is the best way to go.
Top Tip Number 8: Do Not Drink and Drive – If you wake up in Jail then your hangover is going to seem a lot worse!
Top Tip Number 9: A Glass of Milk – Researchers at King’s College London say that milk will help hydrate the body without making you pee throughout the night. Milk also contains tryptophan, which crosses into the brain and turns into serotonin, helping you get a good night’s sleep.
Top Tip Number 10: Treat the After Effects – Resolve Extra is a great way to deal with the symptoms of a hangover. It helps you to deal with Headaches and also upset stomachs associated with ‘overindulgence’! Vitamin B6 is also thought to help treat a hangover. Foods that contain good levels of Vitamin B6 include bananas, peas, chicken, fish and liver. Antioxidants, like Redoxon or Immunace, help to break down the free-radicals that are caused by your body breaking down the alcohol.
Finally, we would like to point out that the absolute best way to avoid a hangover is to not drink any alcohol in the first place!
Please let us know your tips for avoiding hangovers in the comments below.