Who hasn’t had too many drinks the night before, gone to bed with a sunken head, and woken up in a strange place: in front of the toilet bowl, for example? Even when you’ve been irresponsible the night before, the rest of the world expects life to go on. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a hangover cure? While people have been consuming alcohol for centuries, no one has yet to cure a hangover. However, there are many different philosophies that claim that a hangover can be relieved. For those who want the technical details, the body can only process about one drink per hour, depending on several factors, such as gender, body size, and food consumption. The alcohol content also contributes to this, as well as the stress level. So the best way to get rid of a hangover is to prevent it! But for those cases in which we are not prepared before the big night, some of the most common remedies involve some easy solutions.

The most common solution would be hydrating, as alcohol dehydrates the body. I recommend combining this with a pair of Tylenol. Exercise (such as a light jog) is believed to be helpful in getting the blood pumping, reducing the effects of a hangover. Jogging with a hangover? It is not the first on my list.

Some suggest putting a teaspoon of baking soda in some water to combat nausea. Vitamin B6 is also an option … taken in several hundred of the RDA. Other sources say that eating and that eggs are particularly good for you because of the cysteine ​​they contain (some even say eat a raw egg in the morning, for me that IMPROVES the hangover, not help it). There is also the hot shower or coffee method; however, these theories are frequently discredited by the professional community. Another commonly known solution among bartenders is two drops of bitters and a little sparkling water, but who really has those ingredients on hand?

One source jokingly recommends kidney dialysis to speed up the process of helping the kidneys filter the blood. Normally reserved for diabetic patients, this route would not be the most affordable. And seeing tubes sticking to your body when you wake up from a drunk the night before, I can’t imagine, is such a nice way to wake up. Personally, I am left with a hangover.

A new study has shown that when you drink, you are ingesting poisons into your body. Usually in safe amounts, but in abundance, hangovers can occur. Alcohol is also shown to be a diuretic, hence the dehydration factor. The liver is also not able to process free radicals in your body when you drink too fast.

Knowing that you are ingesting toxins into your body and that drinking too much can have long-term health effects, researchers are trying to find an answer to this dilemma. While those in official lab coats and unofficial researchers in kitchens across the country come up with new remedies, maybe we should all slow down the drinking just a little bit … or not! If you have any remedies you would like to share, feel free to post them on the Bananas Cure Hangover blog.