Why does wine give you a hangover?
It is simple to prevent a wine hangover.
On the days where wine drinking lasts longer than expected, it is important to do a few things to make sure you wake up feeling great. If you understand the impact that alcohol has on your body, then fixing it is actually quite simple.
In order for your body to process and eliminate wine, it uses the water stored in your body. This is why you become dehydrated when drinking alcohol. It also causes temporary tissue injury through a mild hypoxic process and your body responds by producing inflammation. The inflammation results in a headache, mental slowness and overall feeling of tiredness.
The nutrients your body stores get depleted as your body eliminates alcohol. These vital nutrients are used up to help rid the body of alcohol. When these nutrients are depleted, you do not feel good.
The good news is that the hangover effects of wine can be minimized if you offset it by doing just a few things. It is possible to have a great morning the night after indulging in wine.
Hydration
Hydration
In order for your body to eliminate alcohol, it uses the water it stores to dilute the toxins so they do not harm you on the way out. The water will either come from the water you drink or from your tissue. It is highly recommended to pound water prior to drinking. It is also a very good idea to keep drinking water while drinking wine.
While water helps, you need more than water to ensure a good morning. The true key is electrolytes. You must replenish these BEFORE you go to bed if it is a heavy wine drinking night. Combine water and electrolytes ideally while drinking. However, regardless if you completely forget to hydrate, the most important time to get the electrolytes on board is when you are DONE drinking and before you go to bed. This will give your body the ammunition it needs to effectively eliminate the alcohol without totally dehydrating you.
Another option is coconut water before bed with a pinch of salt. The potassium and sodium will help you rehydrate.
Click here for link to the study showing the importance of electrolyte when consuming alcohol.
Anti-Inflammatory
Stop or reduce the inflammatory process
Studies have shown that hangover symptoms are caused in large part by inflammation. It is well known that inflammation helps your body repair the temporary tissue injury caused by alcohol consumption.
In order to minimize a hangover, the inflammation process must be kept under control. Anti-inflammatory drugs are very effective in reducing inflammation. Motrin liquid gel capsules are one of the most effective ways to reduce the inflammation and make you feel better the morning after drinking.
Marijuana and CBD oils are a natural anti-inflammatory that can be very effective. However, combining these while drinking wine may prove disastrous. Ideally, this method should be done directly preceding bed time.
Essential Nutrients
PRICKLY PEAR
Many plant-based foods and medicinal herbs will also reduce inflammation. The most well known supplement that can have an impact on a hangover includes prickly pear. In fact, one study found that prickly pear extract reduced a severe hangover by 62% when taken five hours before drinking.
VITAMIN B
Take your vitamin B before you start drinking A good B-complex with 3-4 grams of B1 is a must if you’re having more than a couple drinks. A group of people who took a vitamin B supplement plus prickly pear on an empty stomach hours before drinking reported that they did not have a hangover.
VITAMIN C
Vitamin C will help block the conversion of alcohol into aldehyde, the most hangover-causing metabolite that also causes very fast aging, wrinkles, etc.
GLUTATHIONE
Glutathione is involved in many processes in the body, including tissue building and repair. It is your body’s master antioxidant and helps support liver detox and immunity. Drinking wine decreases the body’s storage of glutathione. Without it, your body has a difficult time breaking down the toxic byproducts of wine.
ALPHA LIPOIC ACID
This is a potent antioxidant that helps your body produce glutathione. It is recommended that you take about 400 mg before you start drinking.
MILK THISTLE
The silymarin extracted from milk thistle is known to have antioxidant, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. It is used frequently for its liver-protecting effects. It is thought to reduce liver inflammation and protect the liver from damage. On a side note, as it has neuroprotective properties, it may prevent the decline in brain function that occurs with aging. More importantly, taking milk thistle before you start drinking wine will help to protect your liver.
SLEEP
A good night sleep allows your body time to recover.
Get Enough Sleep
A good friend once told me that nothing good happens after midnight. So before you lose your slipper Cinderella, head to bed.
Getting a good night sleep after drinking wine allows your body the time it needs to recover. More importantly, the failure to sleep will not cause you to be hungover, but may contribute to the fatigue and irritability often associated with hangovers..
Tea and Honey HELPS YOUR BODY GET RID OF WINE
HONEY
Decaf Green Tea
Decaf Green Tea
Honey is high in high fructose. It is between 34.8% and 39.8% fructose. This fructose will help rid your body of alcohol more quickly, A study performed on 50 people found that honey increased the rate of alcohol elimination by up to 32.4%. Another study found that honey indeed possessed anti-intoxication activity and had the ability to increase the speed at which your body gets rid of alcohol.
Decaf Green Tea
Decaf Green Tea
Decaf Green Tea
Green Tea may have the ability to significantly decrease blood alcohol content in your body. One study found that green tea decreases the blood alcohol concentration in rats and mice. The effectiveness of green tea is thought to parallel the effects in humans.