Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve is one of the most delicious holidays – it is common to get into a hangover along with the new year. You’ll usually feel worse—headaches, muscle aches, nausea, and anxiety—the morning after heavy drinking when your blood alcohol concentration is close to zero.
Alcohol is a diuretic, which means your body produces more urine than normal, making it easy to become dehydrated. Loss of fluids and essential minerals such as sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium can significantly worsen hangover symptoms.
“Start drinking water early — a glass of water between drinks,” Stephanie Schiff, a registered dietitian at Northwell Huntington Hospital, told The Post. “Later, replenish lost fluids with coconut water (contains potassium) or an electrolyte drink containing sodium, potassium and magnesium.”
What you eat is also important. While no one food will magically cure your hangover, Schiff suggests four that might be worth a shot and four to avoid like the plague.
bananas
Bananas can help restore depleted potassium, which is key for your body to function properly.
The yellow fruit also boasts dietary fiber that aids digestion, natural sugars for quick energy, and B vitamins for healthy brain and nerve cell function.
“A healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and lean protein will help preserve and/or replenish any water-soluble vitamins, such as B vitamins and minerals, that you may have urinated out due to the diuretic effect of alcohol,” Dr. . Brenna Farmer, chief of emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, told The Post.
avocado
Like bananas, avocados are easy to digest and contain a large amount of potassium, Schiff said.
A whole avocado contains nearly 15% of the daily value of potassium.
Avocados can stabilize blood sugar levels to reduce headaches and help you feel full, which can ease nausea.
Ginger
Ginger eases nausea by helping food move faster through the stomach.
Schiff said ginger can be consumed fresh, grated, dried or in tea.
White toast
Eating bland foods can help with nausea – and the simple carbs in toast can boost low blood sugar.
White toast is especially easy to digest, Schiff said.
Four to ignore if you’re hungry
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