The Hangover

For my readers who are old enough to party, you are familiar with the term. And those of you who aren't, you've seen the movie. After speaking to my older and wiser friends (and searching on the internet) I found some interesting results:

A common prevention tactic is to eat foods that contain carbs a few hours before alcohol consumption. Stay away from greasy foods. You're more likely to vomit. Another is to drink a cup of water for each beverage consumed. Both of these things will slow the affects, but it's better then vomiting. There's no need to get to that point.

An interesting theory is that Prickly Pear juice extract can lessen the effects of hangover symptoms.

But what if it's too late?

(From the movie, The Hangover... AWESOME MOVIE)

Carbs, sleep, water and advil seems to be the universal acceptance. However someone on Yahoo Answers suggests a banana milkshake. They claim it will calm your stomach, rehydrate, and supply sugar into your system. What a smart cookie!

Some other quick tips:

Prepare for whatever remedy you use so it's in an easy to find and unforgettable place. Though you probably shouldn't PLAN to be hung over. Either way a banana milkshake is always good.

Learn your limit, it's terrible for your bod to repeatedly vomit alcohol and whatever food you decided was a good idea to eat at the time.

Well, I learned a lot!