Hangovers cost countries billions due to absenteeism. Alcohol dehydrates the body, causing headaches. Toxins in drink additives contribute to symptoms, and mixing drinks increases dehydration. Prevention methods include eating before drinking and drinking water before bed.
If you’ve ever drank more alcohol than you should, you’re no stranger to hangover symptoms. A throbbing head, dry throat, stomach pain, and inability to get out of bed will all be familiar feelings. These conditions cost countries billions of dollars a year in absenteeism.
Alcohol is a diuretic and drinking too much dehydrates the body. It also causes the drinker to urinate more, losing more fluid from the body. It is the dehydration of the brain that causes the intense hangover headaches. The brain shrinks slightly when dehydrated and moves away from the skull.
Like any drug, alcohol introduces toxins or poisons into the body. To deal with these toxins, the body produces enzymes to fight them and remove them from the body. It is the amount of ingested toxins that contribute most to the severity of symptoms.
Pure alcohol or ethanol is supposed to be free of toxins. Experts say toxins in drink additives are bad for you. There are many poisons and chemicals in alcoholic beverages that produce these toxins. Wine has a large amount of additives, while pure vodka has relatively few. Many people attest that drinking plain vodka won’t produce a hangover, while drinking wines causes some of the worst symptoms.
Many people find it difficult to sleep well at night after drinking well at night. The amount of alcohol consumed prevents the brain from performing its normal sleep activities. Indeed, the brain has been drugged with alcohol. The brain may not be able to reach the REM cycle of sleep. This is the main sleep cycle, in which the body experiences the highest quality dreams and rest.
Mixing drinks is also a quick way to get drunk and hangover. If you mix drinks, you are mixing the different poisons within the drinks together. The liver has to work very hard to get rid of these toxins by excreting them, which causes even more dehydration.
There are hundreds of hangover cures, often passed on from person to person. Everyone has their own remedy. Prevention methods include eating large meals before drinking. This lines up the stomach and slows the alcohol from entering the bloodstream. Drinking water before bed, in some cases, prevents dehydration and prevents headaches.
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