Surprising food that could reduce effects of a hangover by 50%, according to research READ MORE: Experts reveal their favorite hangover foods from around the world By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:20 BST, 8 July 2024 | Updated: 18:33 BST, 8 July 2024 e-mail 4 View comments Pickle juice. Fried eggs.
Hair of the dog. If you like to party you've probably tried everything to treat the dreaded hangover. But the antidote could be sitting in your fridge or in a bowl on the kitchen table, according to research: fruit.
Dr Rhonda Patrick, a nutritionist and rising podcaster, cited studies showing that fructose, the sugar that naturally occurs in fruit, can slash the speed at which the body gets rid of alcohol by nearly half. Speaking on a recent podcast, she said that eating fruits such as grapes, watermelon, and bananas before a night out can reduce the amount of alcohol in the blood and therefore lessen the hangover the next day. And theoretically, eating fruit the morning after could speed up the recovery process by replenishing salts and rehydrating the body.
The sugar and water in fruit helps rehydrate the body, replenish stores of vitamins and minerals, restore electrolytes, and boost blood glucose levels, helping to mitigate hangovers But fruit juice may be a poor substitute for whole, fresh produce, Dr Patrick, who hosts the podcast FoundMyFitness, warned. When fruit is juiced, the sugars bound up inside the plant cells are released and.
