Ways to Get Rid of a Hangover Faster

• Although it’s tempting to try to wake yourself up with some caffeine, it’s better to avoid caffeinated sports drinks, as they can further dehydrate you and even make the hangover worse.
• Vitamin packets — or oral rehydration packets — are another great thing to toss into some water for a pick me up.

This might sound a little out there, but one study found that people who drank fruit juice had less severe thirst and headache symptoms. This could be because fruit juices are generally high in fructose, which is a sugar that affects your energy and your liver function. Your liver is in charge of processing the alcohol you drank, so juice might improve how quickly your body metabolizes alcohol.

• Tomato juice, orange juice, and coconut water are all good choices, as are green grape juice and pear juice.

• One option is to boil several slices of fresh, peeled ginger root in about four cups of water for 5-10 min, then add the juice of one orange, half a lemon, and a half cup of honey. This yummy concoction can provide quick relief from your hangover by stabilizing your blood sugar levels.
• While it might be tempting to swap in ginger ale over ginger tea, fizzy drinks are a bit iffy for your hangover. Because they’re bubbly, they can increase the pressure you’ll be feeling on your stomach.

Eggs contain an amino acid called cysteine, which breaks down the toxins that make you feel crummy after drinking. By helping cleanse your body of these leftover toxins, eggs can help you to feel rejuvenated and more energized.

• Avoid making your eggs with too much fat or grease if you feel nauseous, as it might exacerbate those symptoms.

Soup is a great way to get down some nutrients when you feel too queasy to eat. Don’t know what bouillon soup is? It’s a thin vegetable, beef, or chicken-based broth that is a good source of the vitamins and minerals you need to replenish after drinking. In particular, it’s perfect for replenishing the salt and potassium that you may have lost.

• Luckily, you probably have some cheap ways to tackle this already waiting in your kitchen. Bananas and kiwi fruits, as well as baked potatoes, leafy greens, mushrooms, and dried apricots, are all good potassium sources.

• Remember, the point of eating to tackle a hangover is not to “absorb” the alcohol, but to boost your blood sugar and replenish your nutrients.

This might be your first instinct anyway, and it’s a good one. The kind of sleep you get right after drinking may involve less of the REM (rapid eye movement) stage — the part of sleep that actually makes you feel rested. So, it’s natural that your body and brain want a little more rest. In the end, the most surefire cure for your hangover is time, so if you can kill a little bit of that time sleeping — all the better.

An obvious (and effective) way to kill your headache is to take an over-the-counter painkiller. Stick to aspirin-based painkillers or NSAIDs (like ibuprofen) and steer clear of acetaminophen-based painkillers (like Tylenol, Paramol, and Anacin), which can damage your liver when taken with alcohol in your system.

• The added carbon dioxide in effervescent causes them to fizz up — adding pressure to your stomach (like ginger ale!) — and exacerbating stomach pain and nausea.