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Originally posted by Staralfur:
I normally try to drink at least a pint of water before I get to bed, unfortunately last night I was so tired I went to bed as soon as I got home. Also, I was mixing drinks all night (beer, wine and spirits), my fault, but a lot was included in the ticket.
BTW Dehydration isn't the only part of a hangover; excessive drinking lowers your blood sugar level (as well as many vitamins), so eating/drinking something sweet helps. Also, your the sodium/potassium pumps in your nerves get unbalanced, which doesn't help either. Bananas are ideal for solving both of these, however, actually eating one when you feel that rough is another matter.
If I'm really bad (ala this morning) the cure I normally use goes something along the lines of; water/squash followed by a glass of milk (helps settle my stomach). Then a couple of slices of toast with loads of honey on it, followed by more water and finally a nice cup of tea  . This generally gets me to the 'managing a fry-up stage' (or at least a bacon sandwich) within an hour or so.
Another alternative is a Prairie oyster, which consists of a raw egg (with yoke unbroken), a dash of Worchester sauce with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. I get the feeling that if you can actually drink this, you attention is taken away from the hangover, though I've never tried it (and only know 3 people that have).
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Thanks for the indepth analysis of Hangovers, I didn't know all that. However, I know that my Blood sugars don't drop that much. In fact, they tend to go up (my wife is a Type 1 Diabetic) so we test mine once in a while [img]smile.gif[/img]
You actually scared me when you started talking about prairie oysters... where I live, they are little bulls (caft s/p) balls which are fried once the bull is castrated... euk! [img]smile.gif[/img]