| How many of us have said "I'll never drink again." | | | | anxious, they get excited, they can't sleep, and |
| It is something many of us have claimed the | | | | they get the shakes. They even may hallucinate. |
| morning after a debauched night while struggling | | | | It's thought that even one bout of heavy drinking |
| to face daylight with a pounding headache, a | | | | may induce a mild state of central nervous |
| parched tongue, and a distinctly queasy feeling in | | | | system excitation, which may be perceived as a |
| the pit of your stomach. | | | | hangover. |
| For many this promise is short-lived and is | | | | The second theory is that the hangover is due |
| particularly hard to maintain especially during the | | | | not to the alcohol per se but other things in the |
| holiday season. There are more parties and people | | | | alcohol, the so-called congeners. A beverage of |
| have more leisure time, thus people tend to | | | | alcohol is usually not 100% pure. |
| increase their alcohol consumption. | | | | For example, whiskey may be distilled, but then |
| So if you overindulged at the office holiday party, | | | | it's stored in charred-oak barrels for years and |
| you might find yourself not only deeply | | | | years, you get all of these compounds that leach |
| embarrassed but also seeking a quick hangover | | | | out of the barrels and then get degraded |
| cure. Hangover remedies abound and include such | | | | overtime. There are hundreds of biological |
| treats as anchovies, tea made from rabbit | | | | compounds in alcohol beverages. Of course, with |
| dropping and of course another stiff drink. But do | | | | wine and beer, you actually add yeast to the |
| they work? | | | | grapes or malted barley or whatever, so there |
| What is a hangover?! | | | | are lots of chemicals in it. |
| A hangover is a 'collection' of symptoms that | | | | The other thing is that yeast also makes other |
| occurs after a bout of alcohol drinking. It is that | | | | kinds of alcohols. When yeast ferments sugar and |
| simple. | | | | alcohol, the vast majority of what it makes is |
| There are some studies that suggest that there | | | | ethyl alcohol, which is the alcohol we drink. But |
| may be some genetic predisposition to a | | | | yeast can also produce other alcohols, such as |
| hangover, although that's not clear. Obviously, | | | | methanol (or wood alcohol), and methanol's pretty |
| larger quantities of alcohol are more likely to | | | | toxic. |
| produce a more severe hangover. And there are | | | | As little as a 1 ounce shot of methanol can cause |
| a lot of other factors that may go into it as well. | | | | blindness, if you drink it pure. |
| There is some evidence that the type of alcohol | | | | When methanol is metabolized in the liver, it's |
| consumed may relate to a hangover, the time of | | | | converted to formaldehyde, which is embalming |
| day that alcohol's consumed, whether one is | | | | fluid. So when you drink alcohol that contains |
| drinking instead of sleeping, whether you eat while | | | | some methanol, your body first gets rid of the |
| you're drinking, and how well hydrated you are. | | | | ethyl alcohol but the methanol stays in your blood. |
| It is hard to get a sense of how many drinks are | | | | It doesn't get degraded, and it actually builds up |
| needed over a certain period of time for an | | | | over time. Then when you've burned up all the |
| average person. It depends on several factors, | | | | ethanol, you start to metabolize the methanol and |
| and it's an individual sort of thing. There are people | | | | produce formaldehyde as a by product of that, |
| who drink very, very heavily - who are alcoholics | | | | and some people feel that produces the |
| - and never get a hangover and there are some | | | | symptoms of a hangover. |
| who drink very heavily and they do get | | | | Certain types of alcoholic beverages have more |
| hangovers. | | | | methanol than others. There appears to be a |
| Trying to determine the worst time of day in | | | | relationship between likelihood of getting a |
| terms of a hangover is very interesting. On the | | | | hangover and how dark the alcohol is. The color |
| one hand, alcohol consumed in the morning tends | | | | means that the alcohol has more junk in it. The |
| to be more intoxicating, believe it or not. But by | | | | darker the color is somehow reflecting the level |
| and large, most people drink in the evening and | | | | of congeners, thus more clear- colored alcohols, |
| late at night, and that means they may be | | | | like vodka and gin, are less likely to give you a |
| drinking instead of sleeping and alcohol influences | | | | hangover than the dark- colored alcohol, like |
| the quality of sleep as well. As a result, one ends | | | | whiskey, scotch, bourbon or brandy. Likewise, |
| up sleep deprived, and that can certainly | | | | among wines, people often find they're more likely |
| exacerbate hangover symptoms. | | | | to get a headache from a red wine rather than a |
| Body weight will play a role as well, as it affects | | | | white wine. Sulfites in the red wine may |
| the concentration of alcohol and other substances | | | | contribute to a hangover in people who are |
| that ultimately make it into your blood stream. | | | | sensitive to them. |
| The concentration is actually affected by the | | | | The best way to treat a hangover is Prevention. |
| amount of water in your body, which is partially | | | | Avoid alcohol and you won't get a hangover. |
| dependent upon weight but not entirely. | | | | Drinking in moderation will also help, mixing alcohol |
| When people do calculations of alcohol -how much | | | | with other beverages, drinking slowly. Drinking |
| alcohol will it take to achieve to certain blood | | | | alcohol with food will reduce the concentration of |
| alcohol level- they look at what's called "lean body | | | | alcohol in your stomach. It will dilute it and be less |
| weight" because alcohol doesn't go into fat. So a | | | | irritating to the stomach. Also when people drink |
| fat person isn't necessarily more resistant to the | | | | and eat at the same time, less alcohol is absorbed |
| effects of alcohol because they may have the | | | | into their blood because the alcohol's absorbed |
| same amount of body water as somebody who's | | | | more slowly into the blood stream. |
| very skinny. | | | | Some people argue that a drink in the morning |
| Men have more body water than women do, so | | | | cures the hangover. The "hair of the dog that bit |
| if a man and a woman who weigh the same drink | | | | you"- a drink in the morning - might make you |
| the same quantity, the man will have a lower | | | | feel better because you stop the metabolism of |
| blood alcohol than the woman will because the | | | | methanol and the formation of formaldehyde |
| woman has less body water to dissolve the | | | | because you've got alcohol in your system again. |
| alcohol. | | | | That would help the withdrawal theory, too. If |
| It is however agreed that the intensity of a | | | | you are withdrawing from alcohol, so to speak, |
| hangover is greatest when alcohol intake is higher, | | | | you give yourself a little bit of alcohol to "detox" |
| and it's certain that anyone will more then likely | | | | yourself. |
| have a hangover if they drink enough to produce | | | | If you have overindulged, you really don't have |
| concentration in the blood 1.5g of pure alcohol per | | | | too many options. I think for thousands of years |
| kilo of body weight. This means on average, 5-6 | | | | probably there have been reported remedies for |
| drinks for a man of 80kg (176 lbs.) and 3-5 drinks | | | | hangovers. But there really is very little that has |
| for a woman 60 kg (132 lbs.). | | | | been scientifically proven to improve hangover. |
| One of the most predominant symptoms of a | | | | However I have tested several "hangover" |
| hangover is headache. MediLexicon's medical | | | | products and I found one by the name "HANG |
| dictionary defines a headache as "pain in various | | | | OVER" that works wonders in helping to cope |
| parts of the head not confined to the area of | | | | with the symptoms. |
| distribution of any nerve." Most people experience | | | | HANG OVER is made of natural ingredients. 'Just |
| a headache, and many experience some | | | | as water is essential for life, it is essential to |
| gastrointestinal symptoms, predominantly nausea | | | | consume with HANG OVER to receive maximal |
| and sometimes vomiting. There is a sense of | | | | effect.' This powerful combination aids the body's |
| general malaise, of just not feeling well, feeling like | | | | natural response in processing alcohol, by |
| your fatigued, can't concentrate. As well people's | | | | converting alcohol consumed into by-products that |
| mouths feel very dry because they're | | | | your body processes to reduce alcohol's negative |
| dehydrated. | | | | effects on you! |
| What is happening in the body to cause these | | | | It is also essential to rehydrate yourself. Though |
| symptoms is still not entirely known. There are | | | | people aren't as dehydrated as much as they feel |
| two major theories about the cause of a | | | | dry. But actually electrolyte enhanced fluids, such |
| hangover. | | | | as Gatorade or PowerAde, would be very |
| The first theory is withdrawal theory, which | | | | beneficial especially if taken with HANG OVER. |
| suggests that a hangover is really a type of mild | | | | This is especially important if you experienced any |
| alcohol withdrawal. | | | | vomiting. Also having some carbohydrates in case |
| If you look at a person's brain, even though the | | | | your blood sugars are down, and having |
| person may be feeling fatigued and tired, their | | | | something mild in the stomach if there's some |
| brain is actually stimulated. And that's what alcohol | | | | stomach irritation is a good idea. |
| withdrawal is."It's the hyper stimulatory | | | | Please when you drink, drink responsibly. Never |
| state."Chronic alcoholics, if they stop drinking get | | | | drink and drive. |