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Simple hangover avoidance tips from this site:
Alcohol is a poison and hangover symptoms stem from the body's attempts to process alcohol and rid your system of it.
Dehydration is a major, but not the only, cause. Congeners, toxic chemicals that are created during the alcohol fermentation process, also play a big part. They give flavor, smell and appearance to alcohol and exist in varying amounts in different liquors so stick to drinks with fewer of them.
A full stomach before you drink does slow the absorption of alcohol, but this is because when food is present in your stomach, the stomach's pyloric sphincter closes to allow the food to digest. This closed pyloric sphincter keeps alcohol in the stomach, where enzymes begin preemptively neutralizing it before it gets sent off to your liver to be processed.
DON'T EVER TAKE ASPIRIN, paracetamol or ibuprofen while drinking or before passing out at the end of the night (unless prescribed by a sober physician).
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is metabolized by the liver and the combination of alcohol and acetaminophen can cause your liver to release a toxic metabolite. Alcohol mixed with acetaminophen is very dangerous and can do serious damage to your liver. Tylenol was recently forced to include warnings on its packaging telling its users not to mix it with alcohol. Ibuprofen is metabolized by your liver as well.
The loosening of inhibitions and suspension of better judgment we drink to achieve results in inability to drink quantities of water, sensibly, to combat dehydration. Also means we drink far too much and fail to observe pre-set limits.
My own tuppenceworth would be in support of antacids and a good, comprehensive fry-up for brunch. Works for me, washed down with miraculous Irn Bru or gallons of fruit juice and coffee.
This site identifies reduced-congener refreshments.
To put it simply, the more transparent your drinks, the less problems you will have the next morning. This is correct only for brandies though, as non filtered beer can be very good, especially because they contain a large vitamin b complex, which is important to protect you from brain pickling.
For instance:
* Vodka has less congeners than gin.
* Most scotch whiskey has about four times more congeners than gin does.
* Brandy, rum and single¼malt scotch have about six times more congeners than gin.
* Bourbon drinkers ingest eight times the amount of congeners as do gin drinkers.
* Red wine has more congeners than white wine does.
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