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Introduction & Preventative Medicine
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The Next Morning
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 Hangover Medicine
By Belly Buddy David Lauterbach
THE NEXT MORNING
Good morning sunshine. It hurts, don't it? Don't let it get to you. Without a doubt the best known cure is to sleep as late as you can... like we needed to tell you to sleep.
What you're feeing right now is dehydration at it's worst. This is how you would feel in the middle of the frickin' desert (and you'd have sunstroke or heat exhaustion to boot).
When you're body is dehydrated, the muscles ache and tremble. When your brain is dehydrated it's outer covering can shrink (no, not your skull... it's called dura matter) and cause the pain that makes Sunday morning so damn pleasant.
You would think that with all the liquid you were getting into your body the night before that dehydration wouldn't be a problem. But as we learned, alcohol is a diuretic (see previous page) and it will make you leak like a sieve... you'll end up peeing so much that you'll dehydrate yourself. Most of the aches in your body will go away after getting some water in you.
We hate to say it at Brian's Belly, but it looks like our arch-enemies the fruits and vegetables have the edge when it comes to curing our headaches. The key word here is antioxidant. An antioxidant prevents, delays or counteracts the deterioration in your body's tissue. Where can you get these mysterious antioxidants? Drink something. Eat something.
Here's the best part of curing your hangover... eat pizza. The secret is in the sauce. Tomatoes are high in vitamins B and C, the body's primary antioxidant nutrient. This is why tomatoes are a common ingredient in many hangover remedies such as Bloody Mary's. Tomatoes also contain potassium, a mineral that is lost while you're whizzing. Low levels of potassium can contribute to the DT's you're feeling.
In addition to tomatoes, try a banana for potassium or get yourself a can of V8. We've also heard a lot of buzz around strawberries. Eat about 10 fresh strawberries- in addition to minerals and vitamin C, strawberries contain significant amounts of the antioxidant lycopene.
 Some of the SoBe drinks from South Beverage Company contain certain antioxidants... Sobe Power has taurine, for example, and the rest of their power line and tea line have nutrients such as ginseng for long lasting endurance, ginkgo for sharpening the mind and guarana (a nut found in Brazil that's a natural form of caffeine) for delivering an immediate energy boost... three things you really could use the morning after a binge. Caffeine can also irritate your stomach further, good to keep in mind if you're not a coffee drinker.
And, when all else fails, there is the "Hair of the Dog." When you want to get rid of that headache caused by the de-tox that began in your body when you fell asleep- just wake and keep on drinking whatever it is that put you there. Just remember, the effects are only temporary and eventually the dog will bite.
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