Food Cures for Taking Care of Your Next Hangover
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007The weekend is over and this post may be a little too late for some of you. How many of you went out sometime this last weekend and had too good of a time? Did you wake up the next morning with that awful hangover? Here are a few ideas to prevent and relieve the pain of your next hangover with some food cures.
Drink plenty of water and have some honey- Drink as much water as you can before going to bed. Alcohol dehydrates the body. Your liver and kidneys work much better in getting rid of bad toxins if they have plenty of water to work with. The fructose in honey also helps your liver process the alcohol.
Drink Gatorade and have a multi-vitamin – The next day after hard partying, be sure to drink Gatorade. When drinking alcohol it dehydrates your body by expelling the salt and many valuable vitamins from your body when going to the bathroom. The Gatorade and vitamins help replace the salt and minerals in your body as well as rebalance your electrolytes.
Eat eggs – After a long night of drinking go to your favorite diner and eat some eggs. They are a good source of protein and the good cholesterol. Your liver runs on cholesterol and it burns fat to metabolize alcohol. So feed your liver before going to bed.
Use eye drops – Your eyes are the first thing to dehydrate. Much of the pain of a hangover can come from your eyes not having enough moisture. When your eyes feel pain they have the ability to make you feel tired. This is their way of making sure they get enough moisture. This may be why you feel so tired the day after.
Have a cup of coffee and some aspirin or ibuprofen – Caffeine can help the headache by opening up the blood vessels in your head. These blood vessels tend to constrict when drinking. Aspirin and Ibuprofen work as an anti-inflammatory.
So there you go. Food cures for having too much fun the nigh before.
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