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Hangover cures

Just know I will need one in the morning....any ideas?

Sara Nathan ● 5657d20 Comments

Orange juice/ Berocca Good luck :~)www.talkacton.com

Harika Sheppard ● 5657d

I used to find taking a large glass of water plus a multivitamin tablet, before retiring, to be reasonably effective for all but the most excessive nights out.

Andrew Caldwell ● 5657d

Sara - It may be too late (as you've probably already hit the sheets) but I find that one half a litre of water BEFORE going to bed usually makes a difference. Also, leave a bedroom window open.

Robin Taylor ● 5656d

Did as Robin suggested - it's what I do anyhow...drank another half litre during the night and am up bright eyed, bushy tailed and looking forward to an unblemished day.The wages of sin did not luckily on this occasion get paid!

Sara Nathan ● 5656d

Old fashioned remedies An egg cupful of Kummel or Underberg followed by a brandy very quickly because the former taste utterly disgusting.Or a small port and brandy.

George Knox ● 5656d

Some people recommend a prairie oyster which I think involves raw egg and worcestershire sauce and sounds like it would jolt the constitution into response - but I have never been that desperate!

Sara Nathan ● 5656d

Is it true that more expensive wines are less likely to result in hangovers than cheaper ones?I can usually only afford a £3.99 bottle of plonk, but would pay more if the result was a clearer head the next day.

Robin Taylor ● 5656d

Do you then drink one bottle of plonk in one go? It must be all those right wingers who get you shaken and stirred.Generally it is said that there often is a lot of rubbish in cheap wine which contributes to a headache. Not been able to fathom that yet. But there must be some experts who can comment.

George Knox ● 5656d

It's supposed to be true of red wines at least - smething to do with them having less tannin.I was on VERY superior champagne which came in magnums at Brooks's in St James's - and obviously did no damage at all!

Sara Nathan ● 5656d

Oh, Sara. I'm so disappointed. I shall tell your Mum.

Susan Kelly ● 5656d

Sarah - Lucky you!! I've always been led to believe that champagne, and also vodka (minus any embellishments) are the least likely to cause hangovers.  My Danish boss, many years ago, who enjoyed a drink or four, used to swear by an ice cold Danish lager in the morning, but i think it was just an excuse to down another!

Nina Battleday ● 5656d

she will be unsurprised and mildly jealous!

Sara Nathan ● 5656d

"It's supposed to be true of red wines at least - something to do with them having less tannin."Less sulphites, I think.  Cheap wine is often over-sulphured to preserve it, whereas a higher price should mean that the producer took more care in making the wine and didn't need to use so much sulphite.By the way, Sara, I was delighted to find Ariston Fils champagne at the wine fair in Paris this week and bought some from Remi Ariston himself.

Richard Jennings ● 5655d

Oh good!Always glad to find a convert to such delicious (and reasonable) champagne.It doesn't give me a hangover either.Hope you bought lots!

Sara Nathan ● 5655d

Suck the runny yolk out of a half cooked fried egg... there - a good spewing session like the one i caused never fails to cure a hangover.

David Wright ● 5653d

I've always been slightly disappointed that P.G Wodehouse was unable (or unwilling) to give the exact recipe of the morning pick-me-up that Jeeves was occasionally obliged to serve Bertie. He only ever mentioned raw egg and pepper but there must have been more to it than that

Roy Gillett ● 5653d

Yes I rather hoped for help from there - but the secret went with him to the grave.It obviously worked though. Am NEVER going to try the previous suggestion of the half fried yolk. Would rather suffer.

Sara Nathan ● 5653d

Coco Pops before bed, Haribo Tangfastics in the morning followed by masses of water and then a lunchtime trip to the pub to have a nice pint of cider. =)The sour sweets are a super effective way of getting rid of the "dead badger on the tongue effect" that comes from too much red wine and cigarettes in the morning, it gets your saliva going again and really helps you to feel a bit better.

Beth Hippisley ● 5651d

Now there's a girl who sounds as if she knows what she's talking about. But I loathe haribo...The other option (taken yesterday) is to drink only a moderate amount even when offered loads of champagne at a gentlemans' club.

Sara Nathan ● 5651d

Hmmm, that was my original plan the day I was taken to a free wine tasting day with one of my jobs. We started at the champagne stands and worked our way round from there. 10 hours later we left and did a pub crawl back to the tube and when I got back I decided it would be a fantastic idea to go to my local pub too. That little recipe there helped immensely the next day when I had to get up at 5 am to do a 19 hour shift! Also, sucking on ice cubes helps, even though the intake of water is small, the cold really makes me feel better as I tend to get boiling when I am hungover.Jeez, I sound like a real drunk but I am totally blaming it on years of working in pubs and the half Welsh/half West Country blood!P.S. If not Haribo, any fizzy sour sweet will do!

Beth Hippisley ● 5651d