I’d like to start off by wishing
everyone a belated Merry Christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful time, and
thoroughly enjoyed yourself.
I loved spending time with my family,
playing silly games and yes, indulging far too much! Mind, I have been extra
good since, but my Nana had been furiously making a trifle the night before,
and well it would be rude not too have some! I mean, she is 76!
However, if you are anything like me,
Christmas also comes with the alcohol... wine, snowballs, baileys, more wine...
and well, let’s just say I may be paying for it a little! Fear not though, if you too are a little
hungover, as in the spirit of Christmas, I share with you my hangover cure
wisdom.
The essentials
Drink and eat theses throughout the day to maximise the benefits and reduce the seveeity of the hangover.
Water
The first thing to do when you wake up
is drink lots of water. Yes, it’s nothing new, but that’s because it really is
that important. Dehydration is the
culprit a hangover as alcohol is a diuretic, which means that it speed up fluid
loss. Dehydration leads to the pounding headache symptoms, therefore you need
to replace all that fluid you have lost.
Fruit Juice
Besides it being more fluids which will
help replace those lost, it is the vitamins; especially C that you need to
replace. Drinking sugary alcoholic drinks especially wine, alcohol pops and
cocktails, your blood sugar levels will have plummeted, so you need to rebalance
them with NATURAL sugars (yes, i know those sweeties are tempting).
PowerAde
This may sound odd, but through
dehydration you will have lost a lot of electrolytes. These are ions that
regulate your body fluids (e.g. blood, plasma etc) movement across cells. Sodium and potassium are examples. Low electrolytes leads to
dehydration (headaches) and also muscle seizures, which is why some hangovers
come with tired ache muscles. Sport drinks like PowerAde will replace some of the
electrolytes lost, helping to rebalance your body.
Salted
nuts
Sodium
= salt. Also besides the loss of sodium, you will need to rebalance your blood
sugar levels, so eating something salty will do you good.
The recovery meals.
Now
there are certain foods that need to be eaten. As much as it pains you, try to
force yourself to eat. Trust me; your body needs these to recover quicker. I’ve
created 3 meals to make it easier to intake the best hangover ingredients in
one go, to maximise recovery.
Breakfast
Honeyed Banana’s on toast.
Banana
Potassium
is found in high concentrations in bananas, so eating one will replenish that
lost electrolyte type. It is the lack of
potassium which is the cause behind symptoms such as cramps and nausea, so if you’re
feeling sick, this is a winner.
Honey
The Royal Society of Chemistry discovered that the fruit sugars in honey is essential to
help break down the alcohol. Those
sugars will also help replace the ones you have lost. Honey also has potassium, so with a
banana is a tag team effort.
Toast
(wholegrain)
To
break down all that alcohol, it is your liver that will be doing the overtime.
Fatty acids are essential for it to function. Wholegrain breads are a great
source of fatty acids, so get some hot toast grilling!
Lunch
Spinach
and Mushroom Omelette
Eggs
Alcohol
causes your body produces a toxic substance called acetaldehyde, which
leads to nausea and headaches. Egg yolks contain cysteine, which breaks
down acetaldehyde. Think of it as a natural aspirin.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms
are also essential for your liver function as they are high in B vitamins,
which like fatty acids, help it keep ticking.
Spinach
Spinach
is high in vitamin C, which will help balance out your blood sugar levels, and is
high in sulphur, another electrolyte ion, helping to defeat your headache.
Dinner
Cheese
and beans jacket potato
Beans
Beans
are a great source of fibre. Fibre is important for mineral absorption, so the
beans will help your body in absorbing all that extra vitamin C you have been
having. It also aids insulin response, which is necessary to regulate blood
sugar levels.
Cheese
Cheese supplies a great amount of calcium and protein, which will give you an energy boost, and help
repair muscle spasms.
Potato
Contains complex carbohydrates which not only
gives you a boost to your flagging energy levels, but also like the toast, contains fatty acids are essential for your liver to function.
If
you eat this, keep drinking, and take regular fresh air- even if it’s just
sticking your head out of the window, you should feel on the mend again.
We
say we will never drink again, but with the big NYE approaching, I’m predicting
a surge on egg and beans sales!

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