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The entire thing has been made up.
The juice of Korean pear Pyrus pyrifolia might just be the greatest discovery in all human history, as boffins think the fruit can reduce the severity of hangovers. Korean pears are often sold as “nashi pears” from Japan. The fruit is lighter than a European pear, boast slightly tart flesh, and a density somewhere between that …
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@ Dr. G. Freeman; I can only go by what you've written, but if your father was that permanently drunk, then- with respect- it sounds like he had what medics would consider a large enough problem that the well-known physiological dangers of alcohol withdrawl could have been serious.
However, I'm assuming these dangers would only be an issue to someone who was seriously dependent on alcohol and not "mere" heavy or binge drinkers?
They are a reminder that what we are doing is not necassarily a wonderfull idea...at least not in major quantities. Major being pints,shots, glasses more than one can really handle
Most drugs also have similair side effects, ie too much and you will be made to pay for your vice..
Hangovers, cold turkey etc help to keep us alive...a little bit longer. If this pear juice really works then a lot of people will probably end up dying quicker.....but maybe that's not such a bad thing....
Not really. If I am dehydrated and I drink one beer I may end up with a hangover, not because "it is a reminder" but because I started out dehydrated.
Next time you are preparing for a marathon drinking session (college football Saturday tailgating being a timely example in the US) eat a handful of salt pills a couple hours before you start and drink 2 quarts/litres of water or Gatorade. Eat frequently and to excess (about twice your normal caloric intake) and chug a pint of water every hour or two.
On those Saturdays I'm typically drinking ~20 beers (American "light" beers - 4-5% abv) and ~10 shots in a 15 hour period. So long as I do these things - and don't let myself forget (I set reminders in my phone to eat and drink water every two hours) I am completely fine the next day. Not ready to run a marathon or anything but no symptoms at all the next day other than feeling a bit bloated which may have something to do with the fact I probably gained 2 lbs thanks to all the calories from the deliberate overeating and the alcohol.
The only real side effect is having to pee a lot after (though you pee a lot less while drinking, which is a good thing if there are lines) The salt tablets over-concentrate your blood with salt, which causes the body to retain fluid to try to decrease that salt level and thus prevents the dehydration alcohol typically causes that leads to the pounding headache. As that levels off sometime after you go to bed and into the next day and you begin to shed that fluid you are peeing like an old man with a bad prostrate.
As for all the eating, not sure why but eating normally just doesn't cut it for feeling your best the next day. Maybe some of the alcohol is carried off un-absorbed by the food, or maybe the food helps carry off the toxins from processed alcohol your liver secretes. Either way, double your normal food intake seems to do the trick.
I'm not sure why, but when I was younger we used to drink "Asian peachy juice" that seemed to help get over a hangover. We find it in Asian grocery stores and it was essentially crushed up peaches (or pears) in a surprisingly heavy can. Maybe it was coincidence but drinking a can or two seemed to get rid of the headache and give your angry stomach something to do.
After a recent trip to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, I have found that for every beer/cocktail etc you need one glass of water too. We were at 3,350m or about 11,000 feet up and dehydration was a real issue. So, 1:1 seemed to help both dehydration and keeping the dreaded pounding head and queasy stomach at bay the next day. I will try this the next time me and the guys are out for a few pints.
Erm....or water...
When I was inclined to drink heavily (a habit which fell by the wayside well over a decade ago, when thinking straight became more interesting than losing my inhibitions) I usually matched my alcohol drink for drink with glasses of water. The only time I ever got a hangover was the one time that I didn't do so (New Years 2001....I don't remember a whole lot other than the floor attempting repeatedly to beat me up).
I usually substitute the water in step 2 for tanning as much milk as I can manage before passing out; the extra fat seems to help and if you are still a bit wonky in the morning you can lie there a bit longer before you have to crawl off in search of food.
My first cousin had serious kidney & liver failure from taking Ibuprofen (also acetaminophen) and drinking.
She died because she could not get a transplant in time. Dialysis was PAINFUL and expensive and eventually could no longer compensate for the organ failure.
" serious kidney & liver failure from taking Ibuprofen (also acetaminophen) and drinking"
Obviously I don't know her circumstances, but the symptoms you describe are more consistent with a simple overdose of Acetaminophen (= Paracetamol in the UK)
I just don't get hangovers.
I do sometimes drink non-alcoholic drinks during the evening, but only half the time, and that seems to make little difference. In order not to wake up thirsty, and with a horrible taste in my mouth, I drink as much as I can before going to bed. Which does substitute the waking up needing the loo problem, but I think that's preferable - and stops you over-sleeping.
To make myself totally tip-top, I then have some fruit juice, bacon sarnie (or bacon and eggs) and a shower. I've never got hangovers, so the only problem for me is when I drink so much, or get so little time to sleep, that I'm still steaming drunk when I get up. Which isn't that nice.
Sorry if that annoys the afflicted.
I just don't get hangovers.
Nor I.
I drink as much as I can before going to bed.
I drink fluids all day, every day. I try to get about 6 pints of non-alcoholic drink down me every day. I started doing this when I was diving a lot - dehydration is a significant DCS risk factor - and it made me feel better. It also made my hangovers go away.
I also drink a pint of full-fat milk before going out on a session, and I only drink decent drinks from clean glassware[1].
the only problem for me is when I drink so much, or get so little time to sleep, that I'm still steaming drunk when I get up
This is a serious problem for many people - driving the following day. It's really worth considering not going near the car for at least the morning of the following day...
Vic.
[1] Back in the '80s/'90s, it was popular to fit a UV tube over the bar to make everyone's shirts gleam. I often noticed that spilled beer would also glow green under such light - this, I am reliably informed, is down to the fluorescents in the dishwasher tablets, and means that the dishwasher isn't rinsing properly. That stuff gives you a headache, even if you haven't had all that much to drink...
25+ years ago I was told by a senior manager at Hoffman-LaRoche that their (unpublished) research clearly showed that large amounts of Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) cured hangovers and eliminated alcohol from the bloodstream
The effect was said to be significant enough to be able to "beat" drink-drive tests. At the time the research was unpublished as they felt doing so would be unethical. I've no idea if it was ever subsequently released. Roche have (or had) a large business in vitamin supplements but refused to take advantage of what they knew