A Doctor's Tips On How To Avoid A 4th Of July Hangover

Celebrated Individual
2011-07-03T16:57:43Z

Here's a tip.

Bloomberg spoke to a doctor about the best way to remedy a New Year's day hangover, which obviously also applies to this 4th of July weekend.

There was the usual, the best way to avoid a hangover is to not get drunk method. But let's face it, most likely, that's just not going to happen.

The lessons we gleaned are:

  • DON'T drink coffee. It will dehydrate you.
  • DO go to the gym - because the body gets rid of alcohol by breathing (who knew?) and sweating (as well as via the liver and kidney.
  • DON'T adhere to the hair of the dog maxim. It will make you feel worse.

    • A few tips from our own book: Eat a big dinner (protein helps). Stick to one type of drink. And drink TONS of water. Put a water bottle full of it next to your nightstand and drink it before you go to bed. 

    We should add, we rarely find the avoid-a-hangover-altogether-by-taking-it-easy suggestion very convincing, but this line from Dr. Don't Drink wasn't a bad scare tactic: “A hangover is brain damage. Some of it is going to heal, and some will be permanent."

    For the full story go to Bloomberg >

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