A person who does not suffer from alcoholism does not need any special remedies for a hangover, the body is able to cope with this condition on its own. This opinion was expressed by toxicologist Alexey Vodovozov.
The specialist recalled that a hangover is poisoning with acetaldehyde, which is formed in the body from ethyl alcohol. And, according to him, you need to behave as in any poisoning, that is, not to overload the body.
To relieve hangover symptoms, you should drink more liquid; fruit drinks, compotes and pickles are well suited. At the same time, it is better to refrain from drinking strong tea or coffee, since caffeine increases the need for oxygen, and after excessive drinking, there are already problems with its delivery to the heart muscles. Vodovozov also warned against drinking alcohol.
“The fact is that the folk tradition of having a hangover is a tradition of the hangover of sick people who are addicted to alcohol. When such people have a drop in their blood levels of the drug, which for them is ethanol, they begin ethanol withdrawal. For a person who has a hangover of a healthy person, this tactic, on the contrary, will worsen the condition, ”the doctor said in an interview with Sputnik radio.
In addition, to ease the hangover, psychotherapist-narcologist Aleksey Magalif and nutritionist Lyudmila Denisenko recommended the following foods and drinks:
- mineral water;
- juices half diluted with water;
- cabbage pickle;
- green tea with honey;
- tan, ayran, kefir;
- banana cocktail;
- jelly;
- cold hodgepodge;
- grapes.