The festive season brings plenty of party cheer, but overdo it on the Christmas spirit and you’ll likely face the hangover to end all hangovers. While the world’s greatest scientific minds have tried to crack it, there’s technically no cure for a hangover, but there are ways to mitigate your suffering if you understand what’s actually going on with your body.
“When you drink alcohol, several things happen in your body simultaneously,” explains Rosie Millen, a nutritionist at wellness brand Verve. “Alcohol acts as a diuretic, causing dehydration by increasing urination. It also disrupts your body’s inflammatory response, depletes essential vitamins and minerals, and produces toxic byproducts like acetaldehyde during metabolism. The result? Those classic hangover symptoms we all dread – headaches, fatigue, and nausea.”
