WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT PRAYERS TO THE PORCELAIN GOD

BY DEVONNE EDORA

PRIDE STAFF WRITER

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While I don’t endorse consuming large amounts of alcohol, it is possibly an experience that many college students may or have come across. As the semester is slowly coming to a close, end of year festivities start popping up in abundance. So to keep feeling in tip top shape the next day, it doesn’t hurt to keep handy a few hangover cures to help ease the rough morning after.

Naturally, the best way to not having a hangover is not to consume alcoholic beverages. Regardless of your alcohol tolerance level, not taking a drink ensures no aches and pains, period. According to besthangovercure.com, alcohol is a diuretic that leads to dehydration in the body. This is the main culprit in causing all the symptoms: headaches, tiredness, sensitivity or nausea. They suggest a few remedies that will hopefully alleviate some of the symptoms.

Eat a balanced meal: You should eat a meal before drinking to help with alcohol absorption. In the morning, eat eggs as they contain cysteine, and it breaks down the acetaldehyde that alcohol consumption leaves in the body. Fruit is great at speeding up your intake of vitamins that will increase your body’s activity in flushing out the toxins. Taking a multivitamin can help support your body’s stability. You want your body to metabolize the alcohol faster. If you find that eating solids feels too much at the time, soup is an alternative and is better than not eating at all.

Fluids: Drinking lots of fluids will greatly decrease the effects of over-drinking. Lifescript.com recommends consuming large doses of water. Sports drinks are helpful, especially if you vomited the night before. Try drinking Gatorade, as it can replenish the electrolytes you’ve lost and rehydrate the body. Coffee is the common drink of choice the morning after drinking. However, while it may help relieve headaches, it is only temporary in removing symptoms. The “hair of the dog” trick, where you have another alcoholic drink is never helpful and only prolongs the inevitable.

Rest: Get plenty of rest. Your body has undergone plenty of activity so the best way is to sleep and gain back your energy.

Again, the best way to not have any hangover is to not drink at all or know your limits with alcohol. If the situation calls for drinking, at least now you know some ways to help your body and give your a liver a break.