Topic: hangover cures

Vegan Hangover Food (Or, What To Eat After St. Patrick’s Day Is Over)

There’s this idea that vegans are always super healthy in everything they do. But vegans like to get crunk as much as anyone else—they go out, they drink, and they have hangovers they need to cure with something other than the standard bacon n’ eggs breakfast. We’re here to help plant-eaters deal with this weekend’s inevitable St. Paddy’s Day hangovers with a list of meat-and-dairy-free hangover eating ideas. You know, just in case you’ve killed too many brain cells to actually decide what to eat for brunch. More »

Magic Hangover Pill On The Horizon? Researchers Find Enzyme That Could Help Liver Process Alcohol

Researchers have developed a combination of enzymes that can help the liver process alcohol. It’s about damn time, science! Please let this magic pill be widely available before I’m out of my 20s. More »

11 All-Natural Holiday Hangover Cures For That Morning After

I get completely debilitating hangovers. Like, totally prostrate on the couch, can’t move, feel like I was hit with a Mack truck, can barely open my eyes to watch a Say Yes To The Dress marathon type of hangovers. I haven’t always been this way, but as I hit my mid-twenties the morning-after misery has really ramped up. Since this is the season for holiday parties (and holiday hangovers) I thought I’d share some of my all-natural hangover remedies. More »

Hangover Yoga: Lessons In Yoga and Spirits From Brooklyn’s Cobra Club

At any given Saturday or Sunday yoga class, half the students are likely engaged in a hangover-induced inner dialogue of regrets and self-chastisement. (And many of us simply opt to stick to the couch because we’re not sure we can make it through class.) Enter Brooklyn’s Cobra Club: A yoga studio fronted by a bar…and thanks to their Saturday and Sunday 1:00 pm Hangover Yoga class (which comes with a post-class Bloody Mary or Mimosa), a safe haven for those of us yogis who didn’t call it a night when they should have. More »

Video: Scientific Hangover Cures Are Here! (And Have Been, All Along)

Mythical hangover remedies abound, but scientific cures for post-alcohol headaches, nausea, and general malaise are here…and outlined simply in a new video on AsapSCIENCE, a YouTube channel filled with fun, cool videos explaining the scientific reason that old sayings like “beer before liquor, never been sicker” ring true. More »

The Hormone Diet: Natural Remedies for Hangover Relief

While you may enjoy a refreshing cocktail or a glass of wine once in a while, there are a number of things you can do to plan ahead in order to avoid the morning-after headaches, lethargy, and flu-like symptoms that are unfortunately typical of a hangover. This information may be especially helpful as we head into the holiday season, with its busy schedule of office parties and get-togethers with friends and family. Here are my top four tips for avoiding a hangover, and for relieving one when it’s too late for prevention. More »

Doctor Slams Gwyneth Paltrow’s Faulty Hangover Cure

Plenty of celebrities have dispensed bad health advice (see: Gisele Bunchen‘s claims that SPF is toxic), but Gwyneth Paltrow works hard to establish herself as one of the most outspoken, least qualified Hollywood health experts. She regularly cites alternative therapies, diets and even exercise regimens in her GOOP newsletter, but her latest hangover prevention tips have at least one doctor up in arms. Dr. Michael Lucchesi says that the “Mercy elixir” she promoted in her latest newsletter is no better than water or gatorade; her other tips are equally ridiculous. More »

The Hungoevr Cookbook: Food For The Soberly-Challenged

No, that’s not a typo in the headline, or in the photo. That’s author Milton Crawford‘s cheeky way of testing reader’s sobriety. And if you failed, chances are, you need the recipes therein. Crawford explains the The Hungoevr Cookbook contains the “subtle art of dealing with a hangover that goes far beyond the traditional British solution of chucking a full English [breakfast] at it”. More »

Infographic: Drinking Beer Is Good For You

If you’re kicking yourself for getting overly festive on St. Patrick’s Day, this beer infographic from Belancio design firm should make you feel better. (As for the actual hangover symptoms; you’re on your own.) Their stats show that your beer-drinking habit isn’t all bad (as long as you’re sipping a pint or two; not ten). Some studies show that moderate drinking could help you live longer than your abstinent peers, and other benefits include lowering stress and risk of diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and senile dementia: More »

What We're Reading:

International Hangover Cures — Unfortunately, one thing that doesn’t get lost in translation is a hangover, but thankfully, there are several global dishes to cure your post-party ailments. (Oregon Live via The Kitchn)

Hangover Cures — The hair of the dog might not work out on your first day back at work, but at least some of the top 10 hangover cures are office-appropriate. (TIME)