Hangovers: What Really Helps?

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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What actually cures a hangover? Water? Crushed up Advil? Maybe a burger, fries and a Diet Coke? We wanted to know what the science says about how to bounce back when we’ve had a few too many. We talk to psychopharmacologist Andrew Scholey to find out. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsHangovers In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Party on Bourbon Street (02:11) Does water cure a hangover? What about electrolytes? (08:08) Does sleep cure a hangover? (9:24) Inflammation and hangovers (11:41) What actually works for a hangover Credits: This episode was produced by R.E. Natowicz, with help from Wendy Zukerman and Meryl Horn, along with Joel Werner, Rose Rimler, and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Gimlet’s managing director is Nicole Beemsterboer. Fact checking by Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bobby Lord. Music by Bobby Lord, Peter Leonard, Emma Munger and Bumi Hidaka. Thanks to all the researchers we spoke to including Dr. Sally Adams, Prof. Daryl Davies, Prof. Steve Allsop, Prof. David Mangelsdorf, Jöran Köchling, Dr. Stephen Goodman and Dr. Tamara Hew-Butler. Special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Science Vs is a Spotify Original Podcast and a Gimlet production. Follow Science Vs on Spotify and if you wanna receive notifications every time we put out a new episode, tap the bell icon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and Jill is listening to Science Versus from Gimlet.
0:04.0	Today we're putting facts against feeling like a bag of dicks.
0:08.4	As we look at hangovers, is there anything you can do to stop them?
0:15.2	Last week we took a deep dive into whether a cheeky class of beer wine is healthy.
0:26.0	A new research is telling us, no, it was sad news.
0:32.0	And when our producer, Ari Natavitch, headed to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, this is body central.
0:38.0	It seemed like quite a few people were clearly drowning their sorrows.
0:49.0	And we wanted to know when the hangovers kicked in the next day, what were people going to do?
0:55.0	And basically everyone had to go to.
0:57.0	One big thing we heard over and over again, drinking water.
1:01.0	Water. Water.
1:03.0	I'm down, water, shit. What's a hospital get to IV?
1:05.0	A lot of water.
1:07.0	You need to get hydrated.
1:09.0	Some people were taking it a step further and going for water that was super charged with electrolytes.
1:16.0	You get a bottle of pv light and you chug that sh** before you go to bed.
1:20.0	That's the only thing you can do to make yourself feel better.
1:22.0	Some were going to close their eyes and hope for the best.
1:26.0	Probably sleep.
1:28.0	While others had plans for a big breakfast when they got up.
1:32.0	A big and egg and cheese helps the hangover.
1:35.0	Rees. Rees.
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