anti hangover thread

[guypjfreak]

there was a thread like this but couldnt find it but i found this and thought ah ..Ah, the dream. Beer is tasty, but hangovers… not so much.

Joch Koch is pretty much the beer messiah. He founded and chairs the Boston Beer Company and contributed to the design of the perfect pint glass. Which, apparently, is this:

He loves beer more than any one should, but how does he drink it every day without getting drunk? He recently revealed his secret weapon to Esquire magazine, which is simply a teaspoon of active yeast for every pint he plans to drink, mixing it with yoghurt so it’s not gross.

But what does that do?

Dry active yeast has an enzyme in it called alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH). This enzyme has the ability to break down alcohol their constituent parts of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which is basically what happens when it gets to your liver. By having the yeast already in your stomach, it starts breaking down before it gets to the blood stream.

Woo.

Koch warns however, that you won’t be getting away scot free, saying that the trick “will mitigate, not eliminate, but mitigate the effects of alcohol”.

so wot do you make of that then lol

[The 38 year old virgin]

I had a Sam Adams the other day and it wasn't a pint, but 400ml or something, served in a schooner type glass

[frostypaw]

I thought this was going to be more like this

Quite like the getting drunk though :S

[Mollyanne&Mike]

I'd suggest they'd be a huge amount of gas production, so you'd bloat big time and you'd completely knacker your natural gut micro flora ... but you might minimise your hangover!

[Yesiamaduck]

But the article I read said the hangover would be the same because the nasty biproducts remain after it's broken down.

[frostypaw]

it's not about hangovers - it's so you won't get drunk - that's what he's suggesting is removing the alcohol before it gets into your system to get you drunk

[math125]

Wouldn't the low pH of the acid in your stomach just denature the enzymes in the yeast?

[Yesiamaduck]

it's not about hangovers - it's so you won't get drunk - that's what he's suggesting is removing the alcohol before it gets into your system to get you drunk

[Field Commander Jefferson]

I thought this was going to be more like this

Quite like the getting drunk though :S

[ProperTea]

Every morning at Glastonbury I have a small bottle of lucozade, a berrocca and a dioralyte and a bacon butty and it completely cures my hangover! A doctor that lives in my apartment block told me about dioralyte. Amazing stuff.

[LondonTom]

I find waking up and having a swift vodka helps with the hang over

[morph100]

Every morning at Glastonbury I have a small bottle of lucozade, a berrocca and a dioralyte and a bacon butty and it completely cures my hangover! A doctor that lives in my apartment block told me about dioralyte. Amazing stuff.

[FloorFiller]

Every morning at Glastonbury I have a small bottle of lucozade, a berrocca and a dioralyte and a bacon butty and it completely cures my hangover! A doctor that lives in my apartment block told me about dioralyte. Amazing stuff.

[sjp61]

On my way back from an early morning mooch to get a free bag (unfortunately I had to buy a copy of the Guardian to get this free bag!) I came across a small beverage outlet ( it was near the Glade woods!) selling a 'Hangover cure'! Being hungover I decided to give it a go! It consisted of hot apple juice, ginger and slices of lemon. It did make feel better actually!

[Badlands]

After using milk thistle at the fest last year, I've started using it all the time now. Doesn't leave you completely free of the symptoms but its definitely benefits me. Make sure you start taking it at least a week before the festival for it to start working.

Lansoprazole is a godsend, not so much for the hangover but for keeping that acid reflux away from the warm beers.

[Sawdusty surfer]

Ashamed to say that I do have some experience of this.

This works for me.

At least a pint of water before going to bed. Two pints is better but can result in an emergency leggit out or bed mid kip. (No accidents so far, but it has been close)

On waking , a couple of Nurofen Plus washed down with several pints of sweet tea . On particularly bad days a large vodka and orange juice added to the mix helps enormously .

[fur_q]

it's not about hangovers - it's so you won't get drunk - that's what he's suggesting is removing the alcohol before it gets into your system to get you drunk

[frostypaw]

It was my uncle who did the study proving the hair of the dog works

I'll leave it up to you to reach your own conclusions about my family

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

It was my uncle who did the study proving the hair of the dog works

I'll leave it up to you to reach your own conclusions about my family

[pentura]

Nothing like delaying the process of a hangover with a warm can of beer!

On another note, I find that sleep is what makes a hangover what it is....think of it this way, we all felt great at 3 in the morning!

[bsolxiv]

The morning after you need water, salt and carbohydrates. You can get this from dioralyte but a bacon butty plus a couple of cans of coke is much better - plus the caffeine helps with the loss of sleep.

All secondary to a large bloody mary of course

[gmb1992]

I got quite a few sachets of Rehydration sachets (Dioralyte) and would put them in my bottle of water and down it through the day to make sure I kept hydrated.

Also had a cup of it before bed, along with Milk thistle in the morning and evening, tablets for heart burn and they kept me well actually.

Not a glimpse of a hangover all last Glasto

[JoBalls]

Nothing like delaying the process of a hangover with a warm can of beer!

On another note, I find that sleep is what makes a hangover what it is....think of it this way, we all felt great at 3 in the morning!

[pentura]

It's not the sleep, it's stopping drinking! The trick is to never sober up!!

[JoBalls]

Is there a way to turn your tent into a sauna with a constant source of alcohol so you can get pissed in your sleep?

Either that or intravenously!