A
nasty hangover is Mother Nature's way of telling you, "Dude, I thought I
told you
not
to drink so much. Now you gonna pay”.
Excessive drinking and Hangovers not
only thrashes your liver and kidneys, but it
also leads to other health hazards
that you will discover, as you read on….
Understand What Alcohol Does to Your Body
They don't call it intoxication for nothing. Happy juice is poisonous. What concernsus here, however, is not so much alcohol itself, but the by-products of alcohol, andespecially one particularly nasty chemical critter by the name of Acetaldehyde, whichmay be responsible for the worst of your Hangover.
Symptoms
The
Acetaldehyde messes with your Brain, which leads to: Dehydration(dry mouth,
extreme thirst, dry eyes); Loss of appetite;
Weakness & Fatigue; Diarrhea;
Headaches;
Nausea; Insomnia;
Anxiety; poor Focus & Concentration; increased Heart Rate and
Blood Pressure; a
Depressed Mood and
last but not the least, a guilty Conscience!
It
usually takes five to seven cocktails over the course of four to six hours to
cause
a
hangover for a light-to-moderate drinker (a man who drinks up to three
alcoholic
beverages
a day or a woman who drinks up to one). It may take more alcohol for
heavier
drinkers because of increased tolerance. Other than the
number of drinks
consumed,
hangovers can be made worse by:
·
drinking on an empty
stomach
·
lack of sleep
·
dehydration before drinking
·
poor health
‘DONTS’ to cure a HANGOVER
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cure-all based on the
hypothesis that it usually wakes you up in the morning.
helps fight
fatigue. But when the caffeine wears off, a drinker
may be even
more tired than
before. Unfortunately, caffeine is also a diuretic
like alcohol
and can make a drinker
even more dehydrated than
before, thereby increasing
the severity of the
hangover. Overall, coffee is NOT a good hangover cure.
Fried or Fatty Foods
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Although eating fried
or fatty foods the morning after will probably only irritate
a drinker's stomach.
Eating Non Fatty Foods and Fruit Juices will provide Energy
and alleviate some symptoms by replenishing the Electrolytes the body lost from
dehydration.
‘Dos’ to cure a HANGOVER:
Eggs
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primary benefit. But
eggs do also contain large amounts of cysteine,
the substance
that breaks down the
hangover-causing toxin acetaldehyde in the liver's easily depleted
glutathione.
Therefore, eggs can potentially help mop up the left-over toxins.
Bananas
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like any food would,
but it also specifically replenishes the Potassium
lost to alcohol's
diuretic effect.
Other potassium-rich foods such as kiwi fruit or sports drink work just as
well.
Water
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Replenishing the
body's water supply after a night of drinking combats dehydration,
and it also helps
dilute the leftover byproducts in the stomach. Adding salt and
sugar to
water helps replace
the sodium and glycogen lost the night before. As
a prevention method,
drinking a glass of
water for every alcoholic beverage slows down
drinking, providing more
time for the body to
deal with the alcohol (the body can only process about three-quarters of
an ounce of alcohol
in an hour). Drinking a few glasses of water before going to bed helps
fight dehydration
after the body finishes breaking down the alcohol.
Fruit Juice
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The Fructose
-- fruit sugar -- in fruit juice helps to naturally increase the body's energy.
Studies
have proven that it
also increases the rate at which the body gets rid of toxins such as those
left over from
alcohol metabolism. Fruit juice is also a good idea the morning after because
it
is high in Vitamins
and Nutrients that were depleted the night before
because of alcohol's
So think TWICE before you over-indulge while Drinking!
Cheers!
Reema Sarin
Actor, Model, Bollywood Dancer & Founder 'BOLLYFIT'
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