Simple Homemade Hangover Remedies

"I will never drink again!" Who hasn't said that after haven been drinking the night before, and woke up the next morning with a thumping headache and a stomach rolling around like a roller coaster. You may have enjoyed the drinking, but the hangover the next morning is not fun. Here are some natural Homemade Hangover Remedies to help you cure the hangover.

What to do after the fact

1. A perfect homemade hangover remedy is to drink two large glasses of milk (avoid drinking water at this stage as it may cause you to become drunk again) as soon as you get up to get rid of any dehydration.

2. As soon you have overcome the queasiness, make a nice, hot bowl of chicken soup. This soup will help replace salts and potassium, the body loses salt and potassium when you have been drinking.

3. Get Clean, seriously- take a shower, brush your teeth, etc. being and FEELING clean will do wonders

4. Get active. Though you'll want to stay under the covers, take a quick walk around your street. A walk by the sea is thought to be especially helpful, possibly because of the fresh air, or the calming ocean sound or probably cause it'll blow away all the cobwebs. You could even take your dog who has had hardly any sleep all night, because you came back around 3am, talking at the top of your voice.

5. Fruit is good. It helps restore nutrition, especially bananas, which contain potassium.

6. If you have some fruit, which you know you should have, you can make a homemade hangover remedy of a fruit juice drink. It will contains simple sugar fructose, which speeds up the metabolism of alcohol.

What to do before-(prevention is better than cure)

* One trick to try - remember to drink a glass of water for every 1 or 2 drinks.

* Do not take ibuprofen or tylenol before going to bed. These drugs are activated and metabolized by the liver which, while busy processing the alcohol in your blood, can be damaged by the drugs.

* Drinking lots of liquid will help prevent dehydration but Grape juice is not recommended, however. It's rough coming back up.)

* Hangovers are due to the loss of vitamins/nutrients in the body. To reduce this, try to take some multi-vitamins before you go to bed and once again when you wake up. And drink water...lots of water.

* If you find that you can not keep anything down, wait about an hour after you vomit to give your stomach time to settle. Then nibble on saltine crackers and sip Vernors or any other ginger ale. Works every time!

* Try eating a cracker or an english muffin with honey before you retire for the night. The high fructose level in the honey will break down the alcohol in your blood, allowing it to be processed more quickly.

* Not really sure if this is a homemade hangover remedy but it's definitely Irish and that is to eat a breakfast sandwich! They work wonders, if it contains eggs. Eggs contain enzymes that combat the toxic by-products of alcohol being metabolized by the liver.

Oh and one that definitely doesn't come under the term Homemade Hangover Remedies to have a bit of the "hair of the dog"....because the dog will bite again....and again.....and again......

Best of Luck

Richard



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The Hangover Pill Solution

Like many of the mass marketed health products for instant pain relief, there has been a significant and alarming growth in products such as the hangover pill. What was originally a scientific research project for the Russian government has turned into an over-the-counter product known to the public as the hangover pill. From the seemingly bizarre origins of this idea, the various names it goes by, how it is designed to be used, and what its limits are. This article aims to explain exactly what a hangover pill is, and more importantly what it is not.

It seems somewhat silly or even crazy to say this, but the original idea for this type of product comes from the KGB. In the former USSR, the Russian Academy of Sciences for the military had been assigned the task of creating and developing an hangover pill. At first the idea was to develop a pill that would allow a secret agent to drink without experiencing any drunkenness. Over time they found that this hangover pill did not in fact help a person stay sober but did help as a hangover remedy. This hangover cure of sorts ended up taking nearly twenty five years to develop. It was not until recent years that it was developed into a commercial product. Since it has become available we have seen that this is just the beginning of a new trend, the tip of the iceberg.

By now you may or may not be aware of the fact that there is a growing number of products becoming available on the market. Most of them have been created to fill a new demand and are based on a similar list of ingredients. However they all have their differences. As far as a hangover pill goes, the main brand names you will come across are Chaser, RU-21, Buzz, Drink Ease, No Hang, Hangoff and Beer Neutralizer. There is no doubt that by the time you read this article there will also be countless more imitators on the scene. In some areas these pills are becoming available at convince stores, pharmacies, as well as health food, natural health and supplement retailers. But before considering all the different options, lets get back to the beginning and see how they are meant to be used.

Of all the hangover pills that I have personally reviewed and tested, all of the instructions for their use are basically the same. For starters, if you want to get the most out of a hangover pill, you will want to be taking them at least thirty minutes before you start drinking. Assuming this is possible, you would take two pills with some water and go on to drink as you normally would. Some of the above mentioned hangover pill products recommend taking another pill later on in the night depending on how many drinks you have. My experience was that two pills before starting to drink were more then enough. It is also worth mentioning that a large glass of water (or two) at the end of the night doesn't hurt either. It should go without saying that a hangover pill is no substitute for water. But, there is one more thing, in fact this is only half of the story.

Despite the fact that a hangover pill helps to eliminate toxins and reduce the overall experience of a hangover, as a remedy it does have its limits. The best effect overall happens when you are drinking beverages such as wine, spirits and beer. The main limit we have found is when people drink fruity drinks with high amounts of sugar. These types of drinks can cause a person to have a sugar crash that is so uncomfortable that it seems like a hangover. However a sugar hangover and an alcohol hangover are two different things, and it should be noted that a hangover pill does practically nothing for the former. Often times drinking a glass or two of fresh water helps with this issue. So to summarize this point, you can drink like a fish, as long as your not drinking those sweet, high sugar content drinks like Irish cream, daiquiris, coolers, vodka lemon, etc.

So if you want to party like a rock star, and kept it together the next day for work, or just to outdo yours friends, there are options. It is quite possible that one day these hangover pills will be sold in bars along with the booze, but if your reading this right now, then your are on the cutting edge and probably ahead of 99% of the people out there. You know where these pills originated, what the various brands are, how to use them and what not to use them for. It is anticipated that these pills will become mainstream in the not too distant future.



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