Hangover Food. Which Remedies really work?

How many times have you heard the following?

- "Eat before you go out drinking won't you?"

- "Don't drink on an empty stomach"

- "I ate a greasy meal after drinking and woke up feeling fine"

Why do these age old sayings survive?

Because certain good hangover food has sugars and complex starch in it which brings you back to the land of the living by raising your blood sugar level and/or by diluting the level of alcohol in your blood.

Hangover food doesn't 'soak up' the alcohol as such. It does speed up your metabolism which in turn, metabolises the alcohol faster and hence expels it from your body faster, helping you recover from the symptoms.

This can be a remedy for certain types of hangover. It can be all you need.

You however, need to know which hangover food is the best for curing your hangover and what to avoid if you've just woken up with a bad head.

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Or, you could take some Pretoxx with a big glass of water before sleeping to wake up with a clear head. This can help you feel much better by the time you wake up and also helps to protect your liver.

But we all know anyone can forget to do it, so here is my food chart for hangovers:

1. Eggs on toast

An interesting choice for the number one hangover food spot you may say.

Eggs contain the vital element known as cysteine in abundance.

Cysteine cleans the toxins in your liver and the rest of your body.

More specifically cysteine cleans up a certain toxin called acetaldahyde which is in part responsible for your hungover feeling.

The toast or bread with which you eat your eggs is helpful as it will raise your blood sugar level, diluting the alcohol in your blood and making you feel less tired and depleted of energy.

In short, you'll come back to life at least to a certain degree after some eggs on toast.

2 eggs, poached or fried without oil (if possible) on toast without butter.

Grilled bacon on the side. Add salt and pepper.

2. Bacon Sandwich

Bacon is high in protein, which breaks down to amino acids, which are important for recovery from the night before and even improve your brain's performance.

Plus it's pretty tasty when you're starving.

The starch in the bread will raise your blood sugar level, giving you so much needed energy.

Yum.

How does a bacon sandwich cure a hangover?

3. Bananas

Why would I eat a banana to prevent or cure my hangover?

Simply because bananas contain reasonable amounts of potassium, magnesium, fructose and natural sugar.

You can eat them after drinking and when you wake up.

Magnesium and potassium are lost when you consume alcohol, and bananas replace both. Fructose helps your body to process the alcohol faster.

4. Toast with honey or marmite

For those that don't feel like eggs'n'bacon with their toast, you can have toast with honey instead.

Honey raises your blood sugar level fast, increases the rate at which you metabolise alcohol and tastes great.

If you don't have any, have toast with marmite or vegemite that may help you recover fast from last night as the spreads contain high levels of Vitamin B6, which you need to replace what you lost the night before.

5. Hangover Soup

As you need to replace the liquids, vitamins and minerals in your body, that have been lost, resulting in your hungover condition, a good hot broth, full of vegetables and herbs, can work wonders for you.

Of couse, it's better to combine these foods with a vitamin drink or one of the hangover drinks suggested by me.

This way, you'll rehydrate your body too and you'll be well on your way to a curing your hangover.

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What foods to avoid when you're hungover

Not everything is hangover food as many of us have had the misfortune to find out.

I'd suggest avoiding consuming the following in your food when you're feeling a bit ropey:

- Cream

- Milk: especially full fat milk

- Rich, spicey sauces

- Kebabs that have been out for ages gathering bacteria

- Last night's pizza (we've all done it BUT sometimes it weirdly works)

- Liver or kidney (because it makes you vomit when you're sober anyway)

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