Hangover cures are much like alcohol, every country has its favourite, despite how strange and vile tasting they may be.
In this Buzzfeed video, hungover people are taste testing hangover cures from around the globe, in the hope that maybe one of them may work. Let’s see what happens,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CswEubjaGYg
We all know that buzzed feeling you get after a few drinks but why does this happen and why does too much alcohol have the opposite effect on us?
Alcohol increases the amount of dopamine in your brain, creating a feeling of pleasure.As you drink more alcohol, your blood-alcohol concentration rises and different parts of your brain are affected.
Alcohol then affects your cerebral cortex and alters your thinking and senses. It also affects your cerebellum, throwing off your balance. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are affected influencing things like your sex drive and the medulla is also affected, impacting your heart rate, breathing etc. Read more here.
Heading out for a night on the town? Forget the aspirin and reach for pear juice instead.
Australian researchers looking into the health benefits of pears have found that the fruit can lower blood alcohol levels and help ward off a hangover.
According to researchers consuming pear juice before heavy drinking will help you avoid a hangover.
Source: www.abc.net.au