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There are certain
misleading myths about hangovers that have become beliefs or truths a lot of
people adhere to and advise others to adhere to. Jumia Travel, the leading
online travel agency, helps to dispel some of these misleading myths about
hangovers. The following are the 6 misleading myths about hangovers.
hangovers
are no big deal
They are a big deal. Heavy
drinking significantly affects the central nervous system, it ‘tinkers’ with
the brain chemicals (hence the headaches, dizziness, and nausea) and sends you
to the bathroom often, leaving you dehydrated. The morning-after price to pay
is a pounding headache, fatigue, cotton mouth, a queasy stomach, and a weakened
immune system.
Hangovers
affect women and men in the same way
Hangovers are not gender
blind, they affect men and women differently, and unfortunately the more
significant effect is on the women. If a man and woman drink the same amount of
alcohol, the woman is more likely to feel the effects. This is because men have
a higher percentage of water in their bodies that helps to dilute the alcohol
they drink. With women, more alcohol just builds up in their bloodstream.
Only
binge drinkers get hangovers
This isn’t the case all
the time. You don’t have to ‘get wasted’ to get a hangover the next morning.
Only a couple of drinks can trigger headaches and other hangover symptoms in
some people. It is advisable to have water or a non-alcoholic drink between
each beer or hard drink you take, to help you remain hydrated and cut down the
overall amount of alcohol you drink.
Eat
after drinking
The fact is that eating
after you’re already drunk is useless. For it to matter or for it to be of any
effect, food has to be eaten before you drink. This way the food can help to
slow down how fast your body absorbs alcohol when alcohol is consumed. Probably
the only thing that might work is drinking as much water as you can, after
drinking or when drunk, this can help you stay hydrated.
Alcohol
helps you sleep well
It does the exact
opposite. Alcohol might help you doze off more quickly but it eventually
undermines the quality of your sleep. The alcohol consumed tends to mess with
your REM (Rapid Eye Movement) cycles and you tend to wake up too soon. The
hangover from heavy drinking can also strike in the last part of the night,
leaving you too uncomfortable to go back to sleep.
Coffee
is the cure
The worst thing you can
take to help cure a hangover is coffee. This is because too much coffee tends
to lead to more dehydration because the caffeine in coffee is a diuretic that
triggers the body to get rid of water, which can make the hangover much worse.
Drinking more alcohol to cure a hangover is also another bad idea that only
helps to postpone your hangover with possibly worse symptoms. After a night of
drunkenness, the best thing you can drink is water to counter dehydration and
replace lost electrolytes.
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