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The Top 20 Hangover Cures

Fry-ups, lie-ins and hair of the dog are among the top 20 hangover treatments Brits rely on the most. According to new research Brits will spend two years of their lives feeling hungover, with the average adult suffering one hangover a month – 12 a year. That means the equivalent of two years – or 724 days […]

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2016-12-13 09:16
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Fry-ups, lie-ins and hair of the dog are among the top 20 hangover treatments Brits rely on the most.

According to new research Brits will spend two years of their lives feeling hungover, with the average adult suffering one hangover a month – 12 a year. That means the equivalent of two years – or 724 days – will be spent recovering from the night before over the average adult lifetime.

The study found water is the most popular hangover cure, followed by a lie-in, a shower, fresh air and painkillers. Three in ten people also admitted they crave salty foods when they feel hungover, with a bacon sandwich, a fry-up and pizza among the most popular meals to tuck into.

Top 20 hangover cures

1. Water
2. A lie-in
3. A shower
4. Fresh air
5. Painkillers
6. A fry-up
7. A cup of tea or coffee
8. Watching TV on the sofa
9. A day in bed
10. Fizzy/sugary drinks
11. A bacon sandwich
12. Hair of the dog
13. Vitamin C effervescent supplements
14. Going for a jog/ exercise
15. Chocolate
16. Fruit
17. A roast dinner
18. A Bloody Mary
19. Crisps
20. Bananas

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Other popular hangover cures include lounging on the sofa watching TV or spending the day in bed, a roast dinner or gorging on chocolate and crisps. Fizzy, sugary drinks and tea and coffee are also among the top 10 ways to treat a hangover.

While the average adult suffers one hangover a month, almost one in 20 people claim they battle the effects of too much alcohol six or more times a month – especially during the festive period.

Dr Sarah Brewer, GP on behalf of Healthspan said: “During the month of December alone around 30 glasses of wine, 22 pints of beer with an average consumption of 62 units and 4,000 calories are consumed in the run up to Christmas.

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“Everyone has a go-to hangover cure which helps them feel a bit more alive again.

“It seems simply drinking water is what most people swear by and sales sore of products like fizzy Healthspan’s Ruby Vitamin C Effervescent tablets at this time of year as people are trying boost lagging energy levels due to festive party hangovers.”

Top 10 things you never knew about a hangover

1. Age matters – they do get worse with age
2. Studies reveal women suffer worse hangovers then men due to possessing fewer of the enzymes that metabolise alcohol
3. Avoid strong coffee as it actually dehydrates the body
4. Choose your fizzy hangover cures wisely as some contain well over the recommended allowance of sodium – which in the long term could ramp up your blood pressure
5. The stronger the alcohol the quicker the blood levels raise so you get drunk quicker so think about the types of drinks you are drinking
6. Alcohol has a general anaesthetic effect on the brain. Initially it ‘anaesthetises’ pathways involved in inhibitions which is why you lose your social brakes, then it anaesthetises other areas so you feel whoozy and lose those essential motor skills etc.
7. Shaky hands are caused by alcohol relaxing the arteries and dehydration – reducing your blood pressure
8. Throbbing temples and headaches are down to dehydration of the brain, and to the effects of toxins such as acetaldehyde which the liver is unable to process quickly enough to clear them if you are drinking lots in one go.
9. Alcohol irritates the digestive system and increases acidity – BUT dry biscuits can help mop this up.
10. Eggs contain cysteine – an amino acid thought to mop up the toxins that build up in the liver. So boiled eggs and soldiers are a good option.

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Top five products that work for a hangover

• Water to address dehydration
• Effervescent tablets to replace vitamin C and B vitamins which are quickly depleted when metabolising alcohol
• Globe Artichoke to stimulate liver function and increase bile production to reduce bloating
• Milk Thistle – protects liver cells from the toxic effects of alcohol by raising levels of a liver antioxidant, and is a traditional herbal medicine for intestinal distress
• Silicol gel – to absorb toxins and line the stomach to reduce irritation and indigestion.

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