The only thing that all these hangover remedies actually do is invite people to drink to excess. Although many cures for a hangover are readily available, the best one is to refuse the drink. The curative is trying to cure a number of issues caused by too much alcohol in the system, most of which are caused by dehydration.
Due to the process of impurities within the alcohol, some alcoholic beverages give worse hangovers than others. It’s the concentration of these impurities that also help to determine how quickly you will become drunk and how bad your hangover will be. For instance the white (vodka, gin etc) spirits have less impurities than the colored ones (whisky and cognac) as they have been filtered. Nevertheless, the real reason we have hangovers and strive for perfect hangover curatives is because we simply drink too much. One of the issues that needs to be master is the desire too drink as much as possible in the shortest amount of time or unwisely drinking when we have nothing in our tummies to help soak it up. To stop this from happening all that needs to be done is to drink slowly and this is one of the best hangover cures because you probably won’t need one!
Regrettably, we seem to be cursed to search for cures for a hangover and this is always a good conversation at any bar in the world. Still finding the cure for a hangover is like the search for the Holy Grail, no-one really knows if it exists but we all keep looking! Re-hydrating your body before you sleep is an easy and no cost remedy for a hangover but how many individuals do this before they retire and prevent the hangover next morning?
In order to re-hydrate your body, try downing a large glass of cold mineral water before bed and also a couple of paracetemol or equivalent, to help with the head ache you will have, then a glass of orange juice the following morning to help replace the lost vitamin C. Even though this method does work quite well, as with many things in life, the older you get the lower your tolerance to alcohol becomes and you find all those hangover curatives that once worked when you were more youthful, are becoming less effective. Eating bananas which contain high volumes of fructose, and potassium, can help as a curative for a hangover because these are two things the body loses when you drink.
Bananas also have two other constituents that help with hangovers as there is an antacid to help with the sickness and magnesium to help with the bad headache. The hangover remedy hardest to stomach is ‘Bloody Mary’ which comprises Vodka and tomato juice plus other constituents as often, the last thing you feel like taking when you are hung-over is more alcohol. In all likelihood being strong and sober enough to say ‘No’ is the best of the hangover curatives currently available!
