Did You Try These 3 Hangover Remedies?

 

It’s the holidays, you may have had a drink or two in excess and now feeling the consequences with splitting headaches, sickness, dizziness, nausea, muscle cramps… Well, while there may be no ‘cure’ to a ‘hangover’, there are 3 things you can do:-

Drink lots of Water

Indeed, you want to keep your body hydrated. Although nausea can make it difficult to have any food or drink intake, taking few sips of water might help your hangover. For a fact, drinking water helps restore necessary fluids and can help the bloodstream and circulatory system carry nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and remove the wastes from a night of excessive consumption [1].

Get some carbohydrates!

Our brain needs energy and energy comes from our food intake. Drinking may lower blood sugar levels, so theoretically some of the fatigue and headaches of a hangover may be from a brain working without enough of its main fuel. A good breakfast (toast, honey, juice, pancakes) is a way to gently nudge levels back to normal [2]. Indeed, having food that is high in carbs and sugars can help elevate blood sugar and provide some immediate energy.

Lots of Vitamins and Minerals…

Bouillon soup (a thin, vegetable-based broth) is a good source of vitamins and minerals, which can top-up depleted resources. It's also easy for a fragile stomach to digest [3]. Vitamins and Minerals help alleviate hangover symptoms and have liver-protective effects, which may help your body recover faster.

Bottom line, the strategies include staying hydrated, eating a good breakfast and taking certain supplements, all of which could reduce your hangover symptoms.

Sources

1. everydayhealth.com

2. Harvard Health Publishing

3. NHS, UK.