Table of contents:
- 1. Drink water
- 2. Avoid junk food
- 3. Drink lemonade
- 4. Chew ginger
- 5. Sweating
- 6. Sleep
- 7. Avoid coffee
- 8. Medicines
Experts still don't know exactly what causes a hangover. Some argue that alcohol disrupts the body's biological rhythms; others argue that alcohol "withdrawal" is the main cause.
Research shows that alcohol-based waste can make you feel nauseous. The sweeter the taste of your alcoholic drink, the higher the residual content, Liquor malt and red wine, in particular, contain high toxic residues.
Headaches when you wake up in the morning after a night of beer may be caused by dehydration and the way your body adjusts to the drop in blood alcohol levels after you stop drinking.
Many recommend a quick way to get rid of a hangover by drinking lighter alcohol. Hangovers make you feel bad because alcohol is poison. Increasing the alcohol level during a hangover is tantamount to delaying its effects. By increasing your alcohol content, it means that you are not giving your body a chance to heal on its own. Hangovers will still occur, if not worse, the next day.
There's one drug that's proven to work: Time. For hangover symptoms to completely disappear, it will take at least 8-24 hours for you to recover.
In the meantime, try a few simple tips below to relieve headaches, dizziness, nausea, and other complaints from hangovers:
1. Drink water
Alcohol is a diuretic that makes you lose a lot of body fluids, aka dehydration.
To avoid a heavy hangover the next morning, drink one glass of water between your alcoholic drinks. The lighter your hangover, the lighter the hangover will be. Intake of fluids, other than alcohol, will slow down the body's work to absorb alcohol, and reduce the concentration of alcohol in the blood.
Hangover symptoms are mostly due to dehydration, so replacing fluids is a good alternative to relieve your symptoms. Drink lots of water, 2-3 liters throughout the day.
Coconut water is a great alternative for a hangover. Coconut water is rich in electrolytes to restore fluid balance in the body. Green vegetable juice is also good for you because it contains high minerals and electrolytes.
2. Avoid junk food
Greasy and high-fat foods can't help relieve hangover symptoms, despite the many myths circulating that say. Junk food will only force your heart to work even harder, and this is certainly not good for your body.
Choose a high-calorie breakfast, high in protein and fat, but still easy to digest, such as fried eggs, avocado, spinach, toast, or a bowl of cereal. The electrolytes contained in food can help restore fluid balance in the body and meet the calorie intake your body needs.
Or, choose a bowl of salad. Vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens, Brussels sprouts, and carrots contain enzymes that support liver detoxification.
3. Drink lemonade
Add a pinch of salt and a little lemon juice to your water as an alkalizing agent to restore fluids in the body. In addition, a mixture of lemon juice and apple cider vinegar (1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and ½ teaspoon turmeric) is also good for expediting the alcohol detoxification process in the liver.
4. Chew ginger
Ginger has been used for generations as an alternative herbal medicine which is rich in antiseptic and antibacterial properties.
This spice contains a series of active ingredients such as Gingerol, zingerone, 1-dehydrogingerodine, 6-gingesulfonic acid, shogaol, carbohydrates, palmetic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, caprylic acid, caproc acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, stearic acid, linilenic acid, lecithin, gingerglycolipids (A, B, C) which are useful as an antidote to stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
The National Institue oh Health USA revealed early research that consuming a combination of ginger, white fiber citrus fruit (tangerine pith), and brown sugar before drinking alcohol can reduce the risk of nausea and vomiting the next morning.
5. Sweating
Exercise stimulates your lymphatic system to flush out toxins in the body and improve blood circulation. Exercise also releases endorphins, hormones good mood which can help you better cope with hangovers. Do yoga or swimming to relieve your hangover symptoms.
6. Sleep
The discomfort you experience during a hangover is not due to lack of sleep. Lack of sleep will actually make the symptoms worse. To replenish the energy wasted by a hangover, try to make up for it with a nap.
7. Avoid coffee
Many people experience hangovers and choose coffee to keep them awake during their activities throughout the day. Accumulating the remaining alcohol in the body with caffeine intake from coffee will actually aggravate the headaches you feel.
Caffeine constricts blood vessels, but encourages blood flow to be tighter. The combination of these two things will worsen your hangover symptoms. If you are the type of heavy coffee drinker, try to drink a glass of water after your first coffee in the morning.
8. Medicines
Painkillers, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, or heartburn medications may be of little help. One thing you shouldn't take during a hangover: medicines contain acetaminophen and tylenol. These two drugs can cause serious liver problems when mixed with alcohol.
It's a good idea to choose a vitamin B complex supplement to help you relieve hangover symptoms. Vitamin B is responsible for a number of metabolic processes, one of which is the liver detoxification process.
