Top hangover cures?

[sumner7]

Be quiet CU_AMiGA! You took home 10 bottles of Stella, so you can talk!

And BTW, I do NOT have a very big problem. I have not drunk anything since Saturday.

[Karlos]

KennyR wrote:

Cymric wrote:
Since you are a chemist, consider the following: ethanol is readily transformed into ethanal, which is the nasty chemical your body doesn't respond well to---and also causes hangover symptoms. (I was taught however that dehydration is the main cause of heangovers.) Ethanal is catalytically broken down by means of a copper-containing peptide. Imagine what would happen if you fed a heavy drinker a small dose of a very strongly copper-complexing compound, say EDTA or a derivative.

I know EDTA is already used in medicine to complex with metals, in coronary patients at least, so it could work in theory. Supposing it actually did work and it inhibited the action of the enzyme responsible for oxidising ethanol. The overall effect on the body from ethanol then would be much the same as for other members of the primary alcohol family, which we have no enzymes to protect against: that is, blindness, CNS damage, liver scarring, and probable death. Dying is one way to cure a hangover I suppose...

I once saw tetrasodium EDTA as an additive in white bread...

Conspiracy? :lol:

[Wilse]

@Star69:

1. Burnt toast - doesn't taste very nice, but does the job if you can get it down.

I actually like burnt toast with plenty of butter and a cup of tea.
Not when I'm hungover though.

2. IRN BRU - a good Scottish (non-alcoholic) drink.

Absolutely. I'm drinking it now. If I've had a drunken night and gone to sleep without remembering
to drink water, nothing in the world cures the drooth like the Bru. :-D

3. A greasy fry-up.

Yup - with a nice cup of tea. After the Irn Bru starter.
And make sure you have a tottie scone on the plate - mmmm.

4. If it's really bad, more beer - sleep the rest of the day

I used to have a favourite Sunday pastime of getting the papers and going to my local for two pints of 80%.
After two pints I'd digested a fair bit of news and felt much better.

Don't do that very often these days.

Happy New Year! :pint:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Wilse wrote:
Happy New Year! :pint:

Ah yes, to you too :pint:


I've been to Scotland, and enjoyed it very much (especially the both awesome castles and the scenery).

but saying the pubs are a dissappointment is really an understatement.... I mean, it was hard to find a pub wich wasn't lit by TL tubes, and being decorated with a big telly tuned on some lousy music channel :-(

[Wilse]

but saying the pubs are a dissappointment is really an understatement.... I mean, it was hard to find a pub wich wasn't lit by TL tubes, and being decorated with a big telly tuned on some lousy music channel

You should have told me you were coming.

What type of pubs do you like?

[KennyR]

speelgoedmannetje wrote:
but saying the pubs are a dissappointment is really an understatement.... I mean, it was hard to find a pub wich wasn't lit by TL tubes, and being decorated with a big telly tuned on some lousy music channel

Student pubs are like that. Were you in Glasgow, or Edinburgh? Sounds like Cowcaddens.

(Find a nice pub with a big picture of King Billy crossing the Boyne behind the bar, I'm sure you'll be welcomed. ;-) )

[Wilse]

@Kenny:

:lol:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Wilse wrote:
You should have told me you were coming.

I know, I was going for a few days, going to my sis (who lives there now)

What type of pubs do you like?

cozy, easy, where you can talk nice with a couple of friends, and can drink all kinda special beers (I like to try :-)).
Btw, I just love ale, especially McEwans.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

KennyR wrote:
Student pubs are like that. Were you in Glasgow, or Edinburgh? Sounds like Cowcaddens.

I was in Aberdeen, and for one day in Edinburgh. But almost all pubs were that way.

(Find a nice pub with a big picture of King Billy crossing the Boyne behind the bar, I'm sure you'll be welcomed. ;-) )

ehm, you might explain that :nervous:

[Wilse]

@Eyso:

cozy, easy, where you can talk nice with a couple of friends, and can drink all kinda special beers (I like to try ).
Btw, I just love ale, especially McEwans.

Hey - a man after my own heart; McEwan's 80% shilling is my favourite beer in the world.

Let me know next time you're coming over - I know just the place. :pint:

[Abou27]

I find a couple of pints of "Belhaven Best" in 'Droothy Neebours"(sp)/Edinburgh hard to beat.  McEwans 80 is surprisingly good.  If one has experienced McEwans lager, then its enjoyability (the 80 shilling) is miraculous!:-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Wilse wrote:

Let me know next time you're coming over - I know just the place. :pint:

next time I'm going on my own and I'll let you know :-) :pint:

ahem, well, let me know if you come over here in nl, you're welcome :pint:

[Wilse]

Abou27 wrote:
I find a couple of pints of "Belhaven Best" in 'Droothy Neebours"(sp)/Edinburgh hard to beat.

Ah, the Best! Another one of my favourite beers.

McEwans 80 is surprisingly good.  If one has experienced McEwans lager,

.....probably the worst lager in the world...

[Wilse]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

next time I'm going on my own and I'll let you know :-) :pint:

ahem, well, let me know if you come over here in nl, you're welcome :pint:

Will do. I've been over about once a yearfor the lastfive or so. I was in Amsterdam and Alkmaar for five days in December. Hopefully be back later in the year. :pint: