Scientist busts one very common hangover cure myth!
If your Google search history is a bunch of wild misspellings of "hangover cures", this one is for you...
It is well known that the older you get the harder it is to get over a hangover.
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Not only does it feel like the alcoholic drinks hit faster than before, but they also seem to hit harder!
This is pretty unfair seeing as you are now a grown adult and you should be able to enjoy adult things. Like a beer or two, a glass of wine after work or ten too many tequilas on a Saturday after the Springboks win.
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Either way, you have earned the right to enjoy the more grown up things in life yet you only seem to be punished?
And before we bust the actual myth, we should also clarify that you can end up with a hangover after one drink or eight drinks. It does not discriminate and it differs from one person to the next. So a hangover is not always the result of excessive alcohol consumption.
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If you have ever suffered through a hangover then you know you would do anything to make it disappear. Everyone has their go-to hangover busters, from extra greasy breakfasts to those who just choose to throw medication at the problem.
Every year a new proven "hangover cure" breaks the internet before it is subsequently busted.
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And at this rate, there will never be a full-proof hangover buster and the human race is destined to be forever plagued by this pain.
One very common hangover cure, that many a drinker swears by, is drinking excessive amounts of water because the alcohol dehydrates you.
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Whether you drink a glass in between the alcoholic beverages or just down a few litres before bed, it is said to be quite the cure.
Unfortunately, Patrick Schmitt, a molecular biologist is here to burst your bubble.
In an interview with Business Insider, he says:
It's a misconception that drinking water helps you avoid a hangover.
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The thought that alcohol dehydrates you originates from a 1950 study that showed that the body excretes more water while you are drinking alcohol and Schmitt says drinking more water before bed won't help.
The wrong conclusions were drawn from these results. It was thought that, as the body was excreting more water, it would therefore become dehydrated - and this was simply accepted as a conclusive explanation for why we get hangovers.
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Schmitt did what any scientist would do and conducted his own experiment and he monitored the hydration levels of his test subjects. What did he find? That increased alcohol consumption does not lead to higher levels of dehydration and the body does not lose significant amounts of water.
Myth = busted.
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This entire recommendation was based on a misconception and Schmitt also says everything we drink has water in it, so you're never really 'dehydrated'.
Well, there goes our plans for the weekend...
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