Hangovers: a guide to the morning after

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

For many, drinking is part of our national identity but the immediate after effects of alcohol, it turns out, are an under investigated part of the experience. This week Jaega Wise looks hangovers from all angles. from science, history and culture.

She talks to Dr Sally Adams Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Birmingham about what a hangover does to our bodies and minds. Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall is a writer who for his book Hungover: A History of the Morning After and One Man's Quest for a Cure subjected himself to serious self-experiment in search of a cure. Jaega talks to him about his decade of drinking and investigation into the history of the hangover. She also meets Prof David Nutt for a drink. Previously the Government’s chief drug advisor, he is now trying to create a replacement to alcohol that will create a pleasant effect without issues the next day.

There are also suggestions for hangover cures from: Sam Evans, Wynne Evans, Noddy Holder, Ash Sarkar, Fred Sirieix, Michel Roux Jr., Russell Kane, Maisie Adam, Ania Magliano, Marlon Davis, Adam Flemming

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0:48.0	We hope you enjoy it. My hangover cures are slightly strange and will have to put it out there. I love a
0:58.1	pot noodle on a hangover and what's better than a pot noodle is a pot noodle sandwich.
1:04.0	So the idea is that it's all soft and slippery,
1:08.0	takes no effort whatsoever to eat it, and it's carbine.
1:12.0	If you're not eating at least two different types of carbs,
1:14.8	three different kinds of ways, are you even hung over?
1:18.0	Drinking is a big part of British culture, but the immediate after effects alcohol are an under-investigated part of the experience.
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1:46.0	In today's show we will be looking at hangovers from all angles from science history and culture. We've also been collecting the
1:51.3	favorite ways to soften the blow of the night before
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