This recipe book that'll teach your friend how to cure (your) hangovers. (2024)

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What food cures a hangover? ›

Reach for carb-heavy foods like crackers, breads, bagels and pasta to help calm a sour stomach. These energy-producing goodies will also help stabilize blood sugars, making you feel more human and energized again. High-protein foods, rich in amino acids may also help settle a pounding head and unsettled stomach.

In the over 90-second video, she combines four items for her miracle cure: sparkling water, coconut water, lime, and black salt. She first pours the carbonated water into a large glass, then tops it off with boxed coconut water, a beverage heralded for its hydrating properties.

Good-for-you ingredients like citrus juice to clean out your liver and enzymes to put your stomach at ease fill this simple drink. The combination of coconut water, apple, pineapple, and mint is tasty, too, so this can become a regular cure.

Do hydrate. Alcohol acts as a diuretic, meaning that it causes the body to lose water. Although replacing the lost water won't cure your hangover, it will make it less painful. Try Gatorade or another sports drink to replenish lost electrolytes and get a bit of sugar at the same time.

When you first wake up from a hangover, you may feel irritable and weak, and you might experience a pounding headache. These are caused by the usual hangover effects of low blood sugar and dehydration. Sports drinks such as Gatorade bring your body back to normal by ridding you of these nasty side-effects.

"It is a fluid so will solve your thirst to a certain extent, but it does not contain much in the way of electrolytes; minerals that aid rehydration. And some people claim that the fizzy bit settles your stomach - but apart from possibly relieving gas build up, there's no evidence for that."

The caffeine in co*ke, which constricts the brain's blood vessels, can also help curb a pounding headache, says Kevin Strang, PhD, a distinguished faculty associate at University of Wisconsin Madison who has been teaching a course on how alcohol affects the body for 18 years.

Pickle juice contains these electrolytes, which are essential for various bodily functions, including maintaining pH balance, regulating muscle contractions, and balancing water levels. Replenishing electrolytes may help alleviate some hangover symptoms, as they play a role in hydration and overall bodily function.

It is human nature, and how that emotion is invoked however is dependent from person to person. Whether you watch sad movies or read sad books to cry or as a coping mechanism, it is not something you should be embarrassed about and is a really healthy coping mechanism!

Why do I cry when I finish a book? ›

“We get very sad when a book ends,” says Solomon. “It is as though we are losing our world and the characters in it.” Making the loss even more painful is the fact that the fictional world and its made-up characters are often better than our ho-hum reality.

Drink lots of fluids, including water, electrolyte beverages (Gatorade® or Pedialyte®), broth and other non-alcoholic beverages to reduce dehydration. To be sure you're getting enough hydration, drink fluids until your urine is clear. Get sleep to counteract fatigue. Take antacids to help settle your stomach.

Compounds like congeners found in alcohol might further contribute to your hangover's severity. Choosing types of alcohol with fewer congeners—like beer, vodka and wine—might reduce your hangover symptoms compared to alcohols with higher congeners—like brandy, whiskey and rum.

Water is best for preventing dehydration, but drinking fluids with electrolytes can help your body lose less fluid and can help with any potential headaches. Good sources of electrolytes include sports drinks like Gatorade or Powerade, Pedialyte, or warm broth. Stop drinking alcohol at least a few hours before bedtime.

It's worth swerving refined carbs and sugary foods pre-drinking such as white bread, white pasta, sweets and fizzy soft drinks. This is because they digest very quickly, meaning that the alcohol you consume will be absorbed into your blood rapidly.

Eating greasy food before drinking may help slow alcohol absorption in the blood. However, eating greasy foods the morning after might upset your already sensitive digestive system, worsening hangover symptoms. It's best to avoid fatty, greasy foods when you're in the throes of a hangover.