Hangover 101 the basics

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 14, 2012

This post is a sim­ple run-down of the best basic meth­ods to get rid of a hang­over for when you’re feel­ing rot­ten the morn­ing after. The list com­prises of com­mon house­hold ingre­di­ents that you’re aleady likely to have in your kitchen.

1. Keep hydrated – This means drink­ing a lot of water to fight the dehy­dra­tion and it also helps flush out any of the crap still in your body from the processed alcohol.

TOP TIP: If you don’t have any alka seltzer try adding a lit­tle salt and sugar to your water which will replen­ish your sodium and glyco­gen levels.

2. Eat dou­ble eggs and bacon on toast for break­fast – The eggs will help elim­i­nate the left over tox­ins in your body plus the com­bi­na­tion of the pro­tein in the bacon and the car­bo­hy­drates in the toast will replace some if the lost amino acids your body and brain need for a speedy recov­ery. It’ll also speed up your metab­o­lism which can also get rid of your hang­over quicker.

TOP TIP: Try eat­ing greasy food (i.e. Burger and fries) or even down­ing a spoon of olive oil before drink­ing as it’ll aide in the absorp­tion of alco­hol when you do start boozing.

3. Drink gatorade/sports drink – Always handy to have in the fridge after a night out on the lash but not always some­thing we’d nec­es­sar­ily have. Make sure you stock up on these bad boys as they’re a great hang­over killer, they replace the lost elec­trolytes in your body which are extremely impor­tant when it comes to cur­ing a hang­over.

TOP TIP: Avoid cof­fee and car­bon­ated drinks – Any caf­feine based drinks will only dehy­drate you fur­ther and can make you feel nauseous.

4. Bananas – Have a banana! Per­fect morn­ing or after­noon snack that’ll give you a hefty dose of elec­trolytes and potas­sium that were peed away as you were putting on those beer goggles.

TOP TIP: If you’re fresh out of bananas give kiwi fruits or nuts a go which work in a sim­i­lar way.

5. Fruit Juice – Get a glass of orange juice with your break­fast! The fruc­tose (nat­ural sugar) in fruit will keep your energy lev­els up and also helps get rid of a hang­over through elim­i­nat­ing the ethenol tox­ins. It’s high in vit­a­mins and nutri­ents which is why it’s a win­ner on every level. High score and bonus points!

TOP TIP: If you’re not a fan of fruit juices then get some vit­a­min B and C sup­ple­ments which’ll also do the job.

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Top 4 celebrity hangover cures

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 10, 2012

What with all the film pre­mieres, prod­uct launches and lav­ish par­ties they get invited to you’d think that celebri­ties would know a thing or two when it comes to hang­overs. But what do they really know how to get rid of a hang­over? We take a look at the top 8 celebrity hang­over cures.

JAMIE OLIVER

Jamie Oliver explains his hangover curesBeing a TV chef, Jamie should know his ‘onions’, so to speak, when it comes to a great hang­over recipe. His per­sonal rec­om­men­da­tion comes in the form of dou­ble eggs and bacon, which in our eyes is always a win­ner. Eggs con­tain cys­teine which helps to break down the tox­ins in your body and the pro­tein in the both the eggs and bacon will pro­vide you with much needed energy the morn­ing after.

5 out of 5 

PARIS HILTON

Paris Hilton – Wasted again!If there’s one per­son who knows about par­ty­ing (well, it’s the only thing she knows about) it’s got to be pro­fes­sional party ani­mal Paris Hilton. Her solu­tion to cur­ing the after effects of a heavy night is a McDonald’s large quar­ter pounder and cheese meal. Although this may seem like a good idea it would’ve been much more ben­e­fi­cial to have it before she started par­ty­ing as it helps slow down the absorp­tion of alco­hol. I’d stick to what you know Paris, which unfor­tu­nately for you would appear to be very lit­tle indeed.

2 out of 5 

PRINCE HARRY

Harry out on the razz!The party lov­ing royal has cer­tainly had his fair share of hang­overs so we’d expect a top quick fix for get­ting rid of a hang­over. So what’s Harry’s mir­a­cle cure all? Oh, it’s a straw­berry milk­shake. Might be good if you’ve got an upset stom­ach as a result of a night out on the lash but it’s more likely to make you barf and add to your headache at the same time. Nice try your royal highness.

2 out of 5 

OZZY OSBOURNE

Ozzy in trouble after drinkingThe iron man lived out most of his life with a hang­over but Ozzy’s home hang­over rem­edy is almost as eccen­tric as the Rock leg­end him­self. His bizarre cock­tail con­sists of 4 table­spoons of port, the same amount of brandy, milk, nut­meg and egg yolks. Erm, yeah, it’ll def­i­nitely get you drunk again but not so sure it’ll have any effect other than delay­ing your hang­over for later. Prob­a­bly says more about a man who once bit the head off a bat live on stage than any­thing actu­ally prac­ti­cal that’ll get rid of a hang­over.

0 out of 5

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Does Drinkin’ Mate really cure a hangover?

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 9, 2012

No sur­prises here, yet another mir­a­cle hang­over cure on the mar­ket that claims to be the ulti­mate med­i­cine to take in order to get rid of a hang­over and wake up the next day feel­ing clear headed and ready for action. It’s ‘all nat­ural’ Wild Guava Leaf extract is sup­posed to defend against the nor­mal hang­over symp­toms such as slug­gish­ness, dicky stom­ach, dehy­dra­tion as well as gen­eral aches and pains.

The dif­fer­ence between Drinkin’ Mate and most other hang­over reme­dies is that you take it before you go to bed whilst still feel­ing a bit tipsy. It claims that you’ll wake up the next day feel­ing right as rain; I think I’ve heard that one some­where else before. So does this Berry flavoured pow­der have what it takes to get rid of a hang­over or is it just another cure all scam?

I tested it out after a night out down the local bar with the lads; 4 pints of pre­mium lager and a cou­ple of Jacky Daniels later and I’m wear­ing my beer gog­gles. It’s time to head home and sleep it off. Before hit­ting the hay, I mix up the the Drinkin’ Mate with some water, down it and and then pro­ceed to pass out with my face buried in the pillow.

The next morning

I wake up the next day feel­ing sur­pris­ingly ok, espe­cially con­sid­er­ing the amount I supped yes­ter­day. My head is a lit­tle fuzzy but noth­ing that I can’t han­dle and my stom­ach should be able to get through break­fast with out too many com­plaints. It still feels pretty appar­ent to the rest of my body that I was drunk last night but tak­ing the med­i­cine has def­i­nitely helped. Well it could be that or hav­ing an extra hour in bed.

Over­all, if offered the choice of either tak­ing this sup­ple­ment to help get rid of a hang­over or hav­ing noth­ing, I’d opt for Drinkin’ Mate every time. It’s no more effec­tive than a lot of prod­ucts out there but is still handy to keep in the cup­board just for those times when you know you’ve over done it and have an some­thing impor­tant to do the next day.

3 out of 5 – Helps but not the cure all it claims to be

Drink­ing mate is avail­able here from Ama­zon

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Get rid of a hangover the celebrity way

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 8, 2012

Celebri­ties have an opin­ion on every­thing and due to a mas­sively inflated ego they always seem think they have the most insight­ful answers to everyone’s prob­lems. In real­ity though most are as clue­less as the aver­age punter. Espe­cially it seems when it comes to the best ways to get rid of a hang­over.

Point in case, Hol­ly­wood megas­tar and wife of Cold­play, Gwenyth Pal­trow. She may be very knowl­edge­able when it comes to act­ing in Hol­ly­wood block­busters and daft children’s names (Apple Blythe Ali­son Mar­tin for christ’s sake!) but as her recent blog post would sug­gest, she knows absolutely zero about hang­over cures.

Before and after effects of drinking

Biol­o­gists (as well as a large por­tion of the inter­net) were quick to dis­miss most of the won­der cures on Gwennie’s blog say­ing that they had no sci­en­tific basis what­so­ever. The oth­ers involved exotic ingre­di­ents that I’d never even heard of (Ume­boshi plums any­one?) and seemed had more to do with the celebrity micro­bi­otic diet rather than find­ing the ulti­mate way to get rid of a hangover.

There was one rem­edy that Pal­trow had devised that seems like it could work and was super sim­ple to make. It was an almond but­ter, manuka honey and banana sand­wich on toasted rye bread. A lit­tle fancy but it has all the ingre­di­ents that are per­ti­nent for recov­ery the morn­ing after. Almond but­ter for pro­tein; manuka honey for blood sugar lev­els; banana for lost elec­trolytes; and bread for carbs to help speed up your metab­o­lism. It was sug­gested that you could top it off with Goji berries if you’re feel­ing espe­cially ‘fab­u­lous’. I think I’ll give that one a miss, thanks all the same Mrs. Paltrow.

Another cure was actu­ally a pro­mo­tion for a health drink called ‘Mercy’ that Gwenyth had actu­ally invested in! In a shame­less attempt to plug her prod­uct she rec­om­mends the elixir con­tain­ing ‘amino acids, vit­a­mins, min­er­als and herbs’ as a great way to get rid of a hang­over. Unfor­tu­nately it doesn’t seem like it’d be any­more effec­tive than Gatorade in replac­ing the lost salts and elec­trolytes the next day. We’ll be review­ing the effec­tive­ness of ‘Mercy’ in upcom­ing post.

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The top 3 Hangover iPhone Apps

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 3, 2012

There’s an app for absolutely every­thing nowa­days! Unfor­tu­nately none of these include mak­ing you break­fast in bed and nurs­ing you back to full health after a night out on the lash. There are how­ever numer­ous apps that claim to help get rid of a hang­over in a vari­ety of novel ways.

I must say I’m pretty scep­ti­cal of how effec­tive any of these could actu­ally be, after all most of the hang­over cures I’ve ever heard of involve ingest­ing some­thing. And really, what can we do to relieve our hang­overs with just a phone? It’s when I get to load­ing up the first app that i’m reminded that this isn’t just any old phone, it’s only the most tech­no­log­i­cally advanced phone on the planet, the Apple iPhone: Curer of hang­overs and sav­iour of all mankind! Well… some­thing like that.

1. Brain­wave Hang­over Relief

Get rid of a hangover using an iPhone appBased on “the deeply relax­ing low-frequency alpha and theta waves” appar­ently that’ll help do away with your headache, nau­sea and other dis­com­forts from a hang­over. Well, we’ll just see about that won’t we.

Firstly, I must say the inter­face is incred­i­bly sim­ple and there­fore easy to use. You can set your own sounds such
as Ocean, Rain, Thun­der and even some­thing called Pink Noise as well as set the dura­tion up to a ridicu­lous
24hours! I think I’ll just stick to the pre­set pro­gram
for hang­over relief.

So I tried it for 30mins and it def­i­nitely makes you feel more relaxed and my head even feels a lit­tle bet­ter than before I started. I can’t really say that it entirely got rid of my hang­over but still helped with the headache slightly.

3 out of 5 – An unortho­dox hang­over cure helps soothe and clear your head

Brain­wave is avail­able for free from iTunes here so it’s worth a shot.

 

2. Hang­over Cures: 40 Home Remedies

Hangover cure AppMore of a stan­dard recipe app which includes a lot of sim­i­lar infor­ma­tion on how to get rid of a hang­over as most sites on the web.

It’s fairly light hearted and claims to have “40 new, dif­fer­ent and crazy hang­over cures”. I was sur­prised to find out that pickle juice has a sim­i­lar effect as Gatorade in replac­ing lost elec­trolytes but all in all there’s not a great deal of infor­ma­tion on here that I couldn’t find else­where. It also includes some rea­son­ably inef­fec­tive recipes that could end up wast­ing your time. It is how­ever a handy and easy to nav­i­gate hang­over cure dictionary.

2 out of 5 – A quick and easy ref­er­ence but feels like they’ve padded out the 40 cures

Hang­over Cures is avail­able for $1.99 from iTunes here

 

3. Drink’n’Track

Hangover cures appEver wake up the morn­ing after with out a clue of how many drinks you had? Here’s the answer, Drink’n’Track, an app that helps you keep an eye on how much you’re drink­ing. Every time you have a drink just tap the type of drink you had and it’ll add it to your total. Choose from small or big beer, wheat beer, wine, cock­tail, long drink, short drink and shot.

This is a great app for some­one like me who can never remem­ber how many drink I’ve had and won­der why
I have such a rot­ten hang­over. It’s also a great way to
force your­self to behave or, if you’re so inclined, to show
off to your mates about your booz­ing skills.

Either way this is a great deter­rent for hav­ing too many rather than an out and out app to help get rid of a hang­over all at a very rea­son­able price.

4 out of 5 – A great app to keep track of the amount of alco­hol you consume

Drink’n’Track is avail­able for $0.99 from iTunes here

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Is Blowfish the ultimate hangover remedy?

by Tony Brooker Posted on February 1, 2012


Latest miracle cure BlowfishSo the lat­est over the counter mir­a­cle cure called ‘Blow­fish’ has been on the mar­ket in the
US since last year and is due to hit Europe in the next few months. It claims to get rid of a hang­over in an amaz­ing 15 min­utes! That’s just mental.

It con­tains an antacid to set­tle the stom­ach as well as 60 mg of caf­feine and 1000 mg of aspirin com­bi­na­tion for your head, the max­i­mum approved amount in one dose! It may sound very sim­i­lar to Alka Seltzer XS but it claims it’s effects are more potent due to the higher dosage of aspirin.

To top it all off it wasn’t even cre­ated by a sci­en­tist! It was cre­ated by Brenna Haysom, a for­mer fanancier and Har­vard grad­u­ate. She came across the for­mula by try­ing out 100s of dif­fer­ent ways to get rid of her hang­overs. Once she found the com­bi­na­tion that worked her friends couldn’t get enough so Miss Haysom took it to the New York-based man­u­fac­tur­ers Rally Labs LLC who tested it and agreed to col­lab­o­rate with her.

It all just sounded a bit too good to be true so the Get Rid Of A Hang­over HQ ordered some from Ama­zon to give it a test run.


The con­clu­sion

After skulling the rea­son­able amount of 5 pints of strong lager the night before I woke up with a fuzzy head and a bad gut. I’d say I had a mod­er­ate hang­over. This was def­i­nitely a good oppor­tu­nity to put Blow­fish to the test and see if it actu­ally could get rid of a hang­over effectively.

As directed by the instruc­tions, to use Blow­fish I just dis­solve the effer­ves­cent tablets in water then knock it back and wait for it to take effect. After wait­ing for 10 min­utes to pass it didn’t feel like much had hap­pened but around the 15 minute mark I was start­ing to feel an improvement.

Plink plink fizz - Blowfish tablets

I wouldn’t say that this was the mir­a­cle cure it was cracked up to be but for mild to mod­er­ate hang­over symp­toms it actu­ally did a pretty good job. I cer­tainly felt a lot more like nor­mal after­wards; my head had cleared, I felt more alert and my stom­ach had settled.

All in all I’d give Blow­fish a score of 3 out of 5. It’s def­i­nitely worth keep­ing some in your cup­boards if you find your­self with a mild to mod­er­ate hang­over but it may not do the trick for any­thing stronger.

Blow­fish is avail­able from Ama­zon here for $49.99 for 50 tablets.

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SCIENTIFIC FACT: Bacon sandwich
can cure a hangover!

by Tony Brooker Posted on January 30, 2012

Bacon sandwich

Who’d have thunk it, some­thing as sim­ple as two pieces of toast with a cou­ple of fried up greasy hog rash­ers slapped in the mid­dle may be one of the most effec­tive meals to get you back on the road to recov­ery. Researchers from New­cas­tle University’s Cen­tre for Life have found that the win­ning com­bi­na­tion of pro­tein in the bacon and car­bo­hy­drates in the bread speeds up your metab­o­lism which helps your body get rid of a hang­over more effectively.

The car­bo­hy­drates and pro­tein breaks down into amino acids which your body is des­per­ate for, these help replen­ish the lost neu­ro­trans­mit­ters as a result of binge drink­ing which get your head out back into think­ing mode and out of the land of the walk­ing dead.

I’ve always been par­tial to a bacon sarnie after a night on the ale and now I know why. There’s a great sense of sat­is­fac­tion in find­ing out that one of your all time favourite hang­over cures has some sci­en­tific rea­son­ing for mak­ing you feel better.

Here’s my tips for mak­ing the ulti­mate Bacon sandwich.

Prepa­ra­tion time:
5 minutes

Cook­ing time:
10 min­utes to 15 minutes

 

Ingre­di­ents

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 8 rash­ers Unsmoked Drycure Back Bacon

• But­ter

• 2 slices of crusty sliced white bread

• Spicy Brown Sauce, to taste

 

Method

1. Wack the oil in a fry­ing pan – get it up to a medium heat then toss in the bacon for 4-5mins until it starts get­ting nice and crispy.

2. While the bacon’s cook­ing get but­ter­ing a cou­ple of slices of your bread; make sure you spread on some of the spicy brown sauce too.

3. Although I like mine as greasy as they come, it’s not very healthy so it’s best to dab the bacon with some kitchen towel once it’s out the pan to get rid of any excess oil.

4. Place the bacon evenly across the bread, put on some extra sauce if you like it really saucy then sand­wich it together and shove it in your gob. Mmm­m­mmm mmmmm… Lovely!

This one’s saved my ‘bacon’ a few times (oh dear!), I had one this morn­ing after 6 cans of Carls­berg lager yes­ter­day and I must say I’m def­i­nitely feel­ing much more level headed. I’m just about ready to get my ass out of bed and face the day now. And, more impor­tantly, I reckon I’m feel­ing much more equipped to have a glass of Vino with my lunch, just the one mind. Bloody brilliant.

Why not give this hang­over recipe a go and let me know if it helps get rid of your hang­over.

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8 Hangover food and drink myths
Part 2 – The ones that do work!

by Tony Brooker Posted on January 16, 2012

Finally, some hang­over cures that will actu­ally help get rid of a hang­over!

Greasy and fatty foods

In the morn­ing – Eggs
Every­one knows that eggs rule, not only will they give you the much needed energy first thing in the morn­ing but they also con­tain cys­teine which helps break down the tox­ins that cause the hang­over in the first place.

Verdict:TRUE

Before drink­ing
This is prob­a­bly the most effec­tive time to line your stom­ach by eat­ing a king sized dou­ble chees­burger with a por­tion of fries that Elvis would be proud of. It will help slow down the absorp­tion of alco­hol when you do start drink­ing. This makes your body bet­ter equipped to process the harm­ful chem­i­cals cre­ated by the alco­hol. Another slightly health­ier option is to do it the Mediter­ranean way and down a spoon­ful of olive oil before hit­ting the hard stuff.

Ver­dict: TRUE

Water

Num­ber 1 on the list of ulti­mate hang­over cures has to be water. With­out this you’re com­pletely bug­gered. It’s a sav­iour at any­time; a glass in between drinks, before going to bed and espe­cially a few on the morn­ing after. It fights the dehy­dra­tion and aides in deal­ing with any left over nas­ties in the stom­ach. A lit­tle trick if you’re all out of Alka­seltzer (more about this in Hang­over med­i­cine myths) is to add salt and sugar to your glass of water once the hangover’s kicked in, this replen­ishes the sodium and glyco­gen lost due to the effects of the alcohol.

Ver­dict: TRUE

Bananas

Go on… go bananas. Not only will they help replen­ish some of the lost elec­trolytes (very impor­tant), they have the added bonus of being rich in potas­sium which helps replace the potas­sium you lost due to the diuretic nature of alco­hol. Alter­na­tively, Kiwi fruits, nuts and sports drinks work in the same way.

Ver­dict: TRUE

Orange juice and other fruit juices

The heavy hit­ter in this one is the Fruc­tose, which is the sugar found in fruits. It gives you nat­ural energy and speeds up the process of puri­fy­ing any left over tox­ins. It’s also high in vit­a­mins and nutri­ents which help replace any that you’re lack­ing due to the diuretic effects of alco­hol. Vit­a­min B and C sup­ple­ments can also be taken if you’re not that into juices.

Ver­dict: TRUE

Sports drinks – Lucozade, Gatorade

Triple whammy! They replace lost elec­trolytes, help with rehy­dra­tion and zap the crap left­over in your stom­ach. What’s not to like? I used to make the mis­take of grab­bing a can of fizzy pop but try to avoid any car­bon­ated soft drinks like cola as they con­tain caf­feine which will fur­ther dehy­drate you and they can upset your stomach.

Ver­dict: TRUE

Take me to 8 Hang­over food and drink myths – Part 1 The ones that don’t work

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8 Hangover food and drink myths
Part 1 – The ones that don’t work

by Tony Brooker Posted on January 16, 2012

Every­one has their own tried and tested hang­over reme­dies, some passed down from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion but do any of them actu­ally work? We take a look at the most pop­u­lar hang­over myths online to find out if they really do help get rid of a hang­over.

Hair of the dog

This may come as a shock to most and it per­son­ally it’s one of my favourites, but drink­ing more alco­hol to cure your hang­over doesn’t actu­ally work! It just tends to delay the effects of the hang­over and in my expe­ri­ence leads to get­ting drunk again, mean­ing you enter a whole new level of pain thanks to the ‘dou­ble’ hang­over the next day.

The term ‘Hair of the dog that bit you’ dates back to Shake­spearean Eng­land when rabid dog bites were treated by rub­bing hair from the crazed mon­grel into the wound it inflicted. Call me crazy but that doesn’t sound like it’d be par­tic­u­larly effec­tive either.

Ver­dict: MYTH

Dry burnt toast

One my mother swears by, and yes, it is as dis­gust­ing as it sounds. Thank­fully it’s a load of rub­bish. Although acti­vated char­coal is used by doc­tors to treat other types of poi­sons, the car­bon on the burnt toast isn’t the same as acti­vated char­coal and is there­fore use­less when it comes to get­ting rid of a hang­over. In your face Mom!

Ver­dict: MYTH

Strong black coffee

A few cups of java after a night out on the razz may seem oblig­a­tory to get us func­tion­ing again but it’s pos­i­tive short term effects are not worth it in the long run. Although it helps ini­tially to get over the fatigue and headache (both will return once the caf­feine has worn off), like alco­hol, it is a diuretic which means it makes us want to go piss. We’re already dehy­drated from the booze so essen­tially cof­fee is just adding to the problem.

Ver­dict: MYTH

Greasy and fatty foods

This one has vary­ing degrees of suc­cess depend­ing on what stage of the night out you eat.

Before bed
A drunken visit to Abra-kebabra or Texas Fried Rooster may seem like a good idea when it comes to kick­ing out time at the local bar but it’s more likely to make you blow chunks than help cure your hang­over in the morn­ing. This is because most of the alco­hol in your body has already taken effect and is already being processed.

Ver­dict: MYTH

In the morn­ing – The greasy fry up break­fast
The full eng­lish break­fast with bacon, sausages, two fried eggs, baked beans, mush­rooms and even a black pud­ding might be the sta­ple of any hang­over but it’s really only the eggs that’ll help you out. The rest will make you feel like it would pretty much any other time you’d eat it, bloated and queasy.

Ver­dict: MYTH

Take me to 8 Hang­over food and drink myths – Part 2 The ones that do work!

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Less common hangover symptoms

by Tony Brooker Posted on January 10, 2012

Besides the more com­mon hang­over symp­tomslike a headache, nau­sea, diar­rhea and fatigue, there are a whole host of other annoy­ing con­se­quences to get­ting stewed. It’s impor­tant that we first under­stand the cause before we can start to get rid of a hangover.

The Blues / Drinker’s remorse – “Dude… WTF hap­pened last night?!” That’s right, you’re feel­ing like you made a com­plete tit out of your­self and prob­a­bly pissed every­one off. Not to worry though… it’s just a good old dose of drinker’s remorse play­ing tricks with your mind. Alco­hol is a depres­sant which can unfor­tu­nately affect your men­tal state, try to think pos­i­tively and get some exer­cise. Your friends will prob­a­bly have for­given you by the end of the week anyway.

Blurred vision – Hav­ing eye­sight worse than Mr Magoo isn’t uncom­mon when it comes to the morn­ing after. Other related prob­lems can be trou­ble focus­ing, shaky vision and see­ing spots.

Increased heart rate – One of the scarier hang­over symp­toms. Again, this one’s very com­mon and there’s no sure fire way to get rid of it. Try to relax and drink cold water to cleanse your sys­tem. The pal­pi­ta­tions should grad­u­ally become less reg­u­lar as the day goes on. If they don’t it’s prob­a­bly best to have a few days off the booze and go on the dreaded detox.

No appetite – Get­ting tanked up plays havoc with your stom­ach which can also lead to not want­ing to eat. Food is an impor­tant part of cur­ing a hang­over so if you don’t eat your recov­ery time will most likely take longer.

Aching body – Wak­ing up feel­ing bruised and bat­tered sport­ing a UDI (Uniden­ti­fied Drink­ing Injury) and not know­ing why is com­mon place for the sea­soned drinker. The only vaguely fun part of this is try­ing to remem­ber how many drinks you’d had before you fell over.

Anx­i­ety – It’s time to ven­ture out and face the world but you’re still in no fit state to see the light of day. We’re cer­tainly not at our best after a heavy bout of drink­ing and it can really take it out of us men­tally. There’s no easy way out of this one other than an extended stretch of sobriety.

Insom­nia – Sim­i­lar to the rea­sons for fatigue within hang­over symp­toms, this one’s caused by the effect of booze on your sleep pat­terns. We’re more likely to wake up after drink­ing alco­hol thanks to a headache, need­ing to go for a leak, dehy­dra­tion and exces­sive booze sweats.

Hyper­sen­si­tiv­ity to light and noises – The real rea­son why Slash is always wear­ing sun­glasses, even when he’s indoors. Nope, he’s not try­ing to act super cool, he’s just got a mas­sive Jack Daniel’s hang­over. Yet another ethanol induced hang­over symp­tom that can also make us more irri­ta­ble than usual but will sadly not make us into an instant rock god, even if we’re forced to wear our shades inside.

Check out our arti­cle on the most com­mon symp­toms and how to get rid of a hang­over here

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