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i need to find and thank the guy that gave me a cure for hangover erm i cant find the post his cure was orange juice and salty crisps if your around thanks buddy it works so well it makes me wanna


any how anyone else got any wonmder cures if so share.

Irn Bru and some painkillers - the sugar, caffeine and vitamin C in the drink make you feel better immediately.

cool keep em comin

For the dehydration, an isotonic drink like Lucozade sport is better than just water.

Or then there's the Oliver Reed hangover cure: take the freshly-squeezed juice of one whiskey bottle...

RF

The other type of cure is pre-emptive. Avoid nasty hangovers by limiting the amount of falling-down juice you imbibe.
Alternating alcoholic and soft drinks means you can still be pleasantly but detox yourself as you go along.

T - whose liver gets distinctly huffy after only two drinks these days

hmmm oliver reed when will you learn

Huffy liver huh?

Have to admit it freaks me out a bit that my kidneys hurt after a night on the now!

I'd have thought the salty crisps would add to the dehydration!

Any combination of:

A walk on the beach
A packet of softmints
A couple of souble aspirins
Lucozade
A pack of salt'n'vinegar crisps (Walkers, for preference)
A virgin Mary (But have been know to try the bloody sort as well! )
Heinz tomato soup with Krackawheat
Sleep
A gallon of water
Sex
A bacon butty dripping with HP sauce

Toast with plenty of butter and marmite, and strong tea!

keep em comin i might make a guide entry on this mua haahahaa

Yes - my liver went into a right old huff several years ago after we had a falling-out about the amount of detoxification I expected her to perform.

*wanders off, thinking nostalgic thoughts about discos in the Student's Union and other random binges

As to the salt bit: it helps your body to retain water even though it makes you feel thirsty.

>> my liver went into a right old huff <<

The liver is *evil* and must be *punished*!

RF

Doesn't it absorb the water, making it harder for the body to assimilate? After all the point of thirst is to tell us we need more fluid, so generally anything that causes thirst would surely cause dehydration?

Dehydration isn't caused by a loss of water alone (usually); it is caused by a loss of electrolytes. This is water and salt and sugar. Rehydration is most effective then if the salt and sugar is put back at the same time. On the whole a teaspoon of sugar, a pinch of salt and a pint of water is about the right ratio. The crisps (or in your suggestion Marmite) supply the salt and sugar while water or fruit juice supplies the water. The advantage of eating something rather than taking the salt and sugar in solution is that it also calms the stomach.

I usually recommend crisps, lemonade and paracetamol.

F

ah, I get it. Makes sense!

but assuming you drink of course what do you do to get rid off the ole heavy head?

Take it like a man! Have patience and it'll pass!

Come to think of it, I rarely get a headache as part of a hangover. General malaise, iffy stomach... Part of the reason I feel so bad, I think, is all the extra cigarettes I smoke when I'm drinking.

Worst headache ever was caused from 10 tins of Guinness and half a bottle of Cava. I shudder looking back...

i never get the headache i jus feel really queasy lol unless i drink non real cider in which case headache county