Autumn is a day for reunion, not only for missing, but also for meeting.
There are often friends who have a severe headache the next day after drinking, and especially want to know if there is any "hangover cure" that can relieve various symptoms of hangover.
Everyone knows that alcohol should be in moderation, but when you have to socialize and drink, you really need a diet that can help relieve nausea, restore vitality, and reduce the harm of alcohol to your body.
How does drinking alcohol affect the body's organs?
Before recommending the diet for hangover, let’s learn about alcohol.
What are the different organs of the human body doing when drinking alcohol?
1. Liver: 80% to 90% of alcohol is broken down by enzymes in the liver, which can break down about 14g of alcohol per hour.
2. Brain: If alcohol is absorbed quickly, it will enter the brain within 5 to 10 minutes after drinking, which may lead to mood changes, difficulty in thinking and coordination, and some people will also break.
3. Kidneys: 10% of alcohol is excreted in urine.
Alcohol can be a diuretic, and some people always go to the toilet after drinking, which means that the body removes waste from alcohol by producing more urine.
So it is very important to hydrate after drinking.
4. Stomach: In the case of drinking on an empty stomach, the alcohol will be quickly absorbed by the stomach wall. At this time, the concentration of gastric acid secreted by gastric juice will also increase. The gastric acid and alcohol stimulate the gastric mucosa together. The higher the alcohol content, the greater the damage to the stomach.
What to eat to hangover after drinking?
see what symptoms you have
Hangovers manifest in different ways for different people, and there are different diets that are suitable for different symptoms.
A few are listed below.
1. Headache
Headaches after a hangover are actually a sign of dehydration, so hydration is a top priority.
Recommended method 1: drink plenty of water.
Drink plain water, mineral water, fruit juice or milkshakes to rehydrate.
Recommended method 2: eat bananas, avocados, strawberries, blueberries.
These fruits are high in potassium.
When you're dehydrated, you're not only dehydrated, you're also losing electrolytes.
Potassium deficiency can cause fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and heart palpitations.
Recommended method three: drink coconut water.
While hydrating, you can add a variety of electrolytes to relieve headaches.
2. Stomach nausea and discomfort
Recommended method 1: eat ginger.
A natural anti-nausea agent that also prevents some of the inflammation and damage caused by alcohol consumption.
Recommended method 2: eat soda biscuits, steamed bread slices, and bread slices.
This method neutralizes some of the stomach acid and reduces irritation to the gastric mucosa, thereby reducing stomach discomfort.
3. Dizziness and fatigue
If you feel tired or continue to feel dizzy, it may be related to low blood sugar.
Recommended method: porridge, bread, steamed bread.
Eating a nutritious breakfast the next morning can help maintain your blood sugar levels, and a variety of carbohydrate-rich staple foods are recommended.
Does eating hangover and liver protection tablets work?
The hangover effect of hangover and liver protection tablets varies from person to person.
About 60% of people can reduce severe hangover symptoms, but some people eat it for nothing.
While they won't completely prevent hangovers or hangovers, some botanical extracts may ease the symptoms of bodily discomfort after drinking alcohol.
But liver protection tablets can't reduce the harm that alcohol has already caused to the body, so don't have such an idea: you can drink alcohol casually, and then eat liver protection tablets and you are done.
That's too much damage to the body!
(1) Milk Thistle and Turmeric
The ingredients of this kind of liver protection tablets are some plant extracts.
Studies have found that these plant extracts have anti-inflammatory, liver-protecting, and detoxifying abilities of liver cells.
(2) Red ginseng
Contains ginseng soap, amino acids, B vitamins and other ingredients, which can protect the liver and promote liver regeneration and recovery.
(3) Probiotics and hangover enzymes
Contains a variety of probiotics and enzymes to help accelerate the metabolism of alcohol in the body.
If you want to protect your liver after drinking, it is recommended to eat these foods
Alcohol is the most harmful to the liver, because alcohol is mainly decomposed in the liver. Drinking a lot of alcohol will cause liver cell metabolism disorders and liver cell damage, which will lead to liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer in the long run.
Recommended food 1: oats, peanuts, walnuts.
These foods are rich in vitamin B6.
B vitamins can promote the synthesis of new liver cells to restore liver function.
Recommended food two: tomatoes, strawberries.
Vitamin C can also protect the liver and is most abundant in fruits and vegetables.
Recommended food three: eggs.
Hangovers eat eggs the next morning because the amino acids in eggs, such as methionine and cysteine, help the liver break down acetaldehyde in alcohol.
In addition, there is another method that is easier to implement, which is to exercise more and sweat more.
By drinking a lot of water, yogurt or oatmeal the day after drinking, and then starting to exercise, a lot of sweating will help the residual alcohol drain out, and you will feel particularly relaxed afterwards.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that you must not drink alcohol while taking medicine, including aspirin, cephalosporin antibiotics, antihypertensive and hypoglycemic drugs, sedative and hypnotic drugs, etc., which may cause very dangerous or even fatal situations such as gastric bleeding.
Rather than hangover, drink in moderation.
The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2022)" recommends that, for both men and women, the daily intake of alcohol should not exceed 15g of pure alcohol, that is, not more than 150ml of red wine, 30ml of white wine or 300ml of beer per day.
Text/Wang Xiaochun (registered dietitian)
(Beijing Youth Daily)