If the driving force of a hangover is dehydration, why does chasing each drink with an equal glass of water not really work for preventing a hangover?
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With an alcoholic father who is about to die from his addiction, I can tell you one of the long-term effects of alcohol overindulgence is nerve damage from alcohol using up your vitamin B, leading to something like myelin sheath issues.
I don’t know the scientific explanation, but for a 5yo it might suffice to say that you’re also likely to be short on vitamin B by the time you wake up. It always helps me tremendously to have a couple of B supplements before bed if I’ve had a big night. It’s also likely this is why Berocca (a soluble B supplement drink capsule) is a common hangover cure.
If you check out nootropic stacks, you’ll see some interesting results. Nootropic stacks are combinations of supplements taken together. There is a science to them: increase one supplement too much and you can kick off a process which results in all your Vitamin A being depleted, giving you a headache. So they include vit A in the stack to account for this.
I suggest hangovers are causing something along those lines, too. A multivitamin, or a handful of them, is likely a really good idea.
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