The morning after: Best hangover foods
There’s no magic cure for a hangover. Still, we’re not about to stop trying to alleviate or remedy the post-imbibing blues.
Milton Crawford, author of the hilariously titled “The Hungoevr Coobkook,” shared his top-five ingredients for hangover cooking with TODAY Food.
Eggs
Already a weekend breakfast staple, eggs are a great attack strategy against your morning headache. Some experts suggest cysteine, an amino acid found in eggs, can help break down toxic byproducts of alcohol metabolism.
So listen to your body and order those huevos racheros. Or, as GOOD suggests, pair those eggs with replenishing and digestion-aiding miso soup.
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Tomatoes
A bloody Mary is the traditional hangover drink of champions. Crawford suggests coupling antioxidant- and vitamin-packed tomatoes with your eggs.
Chili
Is it the spicy jolt? The need to “sweat it out?" Crawford isn’t sure how it works, but counts chili as a serious hangover treatment contender.
CNN reports in Guatamala and Bolivia, spicy foods are a must for hangover meals.
Ginger
Ginger is one of the best-known stomach-soothers. For the nauseous, Crawford suggests juicing your way back to health. Sip on a drink made from ginger, apples, carrots and oranges.
Meat
Fatty foods are scientifically proven to be better hangover-preventers than solutions, with grease repelling alcohol from the stomach lining. If you’re craving meat the morning after, try to indulge with a side of eggs and tomatoes.
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Chug, Chug, Chug
Before attempting to cook yourself out of a hangover, drink up. Dehydration is the primary miserable symptom-maker. Crawford recommends rehydrating and restoring your electrolyte balance by sipping on a salted lime soda, an all-natural, Gatorade-like drink of choice in sweltering India.
Chatelaine recommends sipping on coconut water, the beverage TIME calls “nature’s sweet, low-cal hangover relief.”
What’s your go-to hangover remedy?
