http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13798275
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| Quote: James May shows what goes on inside the body to cause hangover symptoms after drinking too much alcohol. | |
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I thought this was probably rather relevant to most of us.
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| Author: | AlunD [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:25 pm ] | |||||||||
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13798275
I thought this was probably rather relevant to most of us.
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| Author: | John_Vella [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James May explains science behind hangovers |
Nope. Not relevant to me. I've never had a hangover. Ever. Mwah ha ha.  By the way, yes I have been very drunk, many times. |
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| Author: | adidan [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:55 pm ] | |||||||||
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That'll be why then JV, if you're permanently drunk then you never will have a hangover.
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| Author: | Spreadie [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:08 pm ] | |||||||||
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Yep, same here. At worst, I feel a bit lethargic for a couple of hours. Hangovers are for lightweights. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:25 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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I am a light drinker and would probably be considered a lightweight but I do not get hangovers. I probably drink enough to get drunk but not to get the hangover. |
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| Author: | Spreadie [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James May explains science behind hangovers |
I meant lightweights in general.  I'm not a beer monster - 8 pints will wipe me out - I just don't suffer the next day. |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James May explains science behind hangovers |
Age wearies us... http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/17/6284505-why-do-hangovers-seem-so-much-worse-as-we-get-older |
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| Author: | bubbles [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: James May explains science behind hangovers |
so the best thing to stop hangovers really is to drink 4 pints of water before bed or in me and my friends drunken state, see who can drink the most pints of water before needing to go to the toilet... |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:00 pm ] | |||||||||
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I find just one pint of water is hard enough, though I still manage to remember to try. |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:44 pm ] | |||||||||
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It's a good plan, as long as you're not really drunk. if you are, the er... muscle control isn't good enough, plus you're too far under asleep to wake up when you need to go to the loo. The results the next morning would be... unpleasant. I used to run a pub/hotel back in the dim & distant and sometimes after someone had had far too much and their mates would put them to bed in one of the rooms, things wouldn't go well and they'd end up getting a fairly steep cleaning bill through the post... One pint of water before you go to bed, have another on the bedside and drink it the moment you wake up. Just as good an effect and less.. likely to be messy. Jon |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:09 pm ] | |||||||||
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+1 for water by the bedside - just put it where you're not going to clout it in the middle of the night
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| Author: | brataccas [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:49 pm ] |
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glasweigans are drunk the day they are born |
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| Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:52 pm ] | |||||||||
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*sigh* |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:59 pm ] | |||||||||
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Actually it's best to alternate between booze and water so you don't dehydrate yourself, drinking that much water will just make the body get rid of most of it so you won't see the benefit over sipping a pint and letting your body absorb it |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:57 pm ] | |||||||||
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Actually I'm curious. I drink whisky which is 10x stronger than beer. Isn't drinking beer equivalent to drinking 10 glasses of water between every whisky? Can your body somehow tell the difference between water and alcohol mixed outside the tummy to that mixed inside? I really can't see how that's scientifically possible. |
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