New information from researchers find people who have a hangover from drinking heavily the night before don't resort to the same activity the next night United Press International reported Tuesday.
"Our main finding is that hangovers appear to have a very modest effect on subsequent drinking," Thomas Piasecki, a professor at The University of Missouri told UPI. "On average, the time between drinking episodes was extended by only a few hours after a hangover. We looked to see whether there were particular subgroups of drinkers who might show distinctive patterns like 'hair of the dog' use but we didn't find clear evidence for that," Piasecki told UPI. Damaris Rohsenow from Brown University's School of Public Health also worked with Piasecki.
Scientists examined 386 dividied into 196 males, and 190 women who consumed alcohol regularly.
"It was striking that ratings made on hangover and non-hangover mornings did not differ. Even when the drinkers were acutely suffering a hangover, it didn't seem to affect their conscious drinking intentions. No doubt this reflects the fact that drinking behavior is determined by a host of factors, like day of the week, opportunity, and social plans," Piasecki told UPI.
Edzard Ernst, a professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter previously found Sprite is the best way to cure a hangover in a study.
"These results are a reminder that herbal and other supplements can have pharmacological activities that both harm and benefit our health," Ernst told Chemistry World.
A study, which examined 57 drinks from herbal teas to ones with more fizz found that consuming drinks with lemon and lime is the most productive way to help the body process alcohol. Researchers also found some of the drinks helped speed up the process of the body breaking down alcohol, and ultimately assisted it to alleviate a hangover. Other beverages however, slowed down the process, and caused symptoms to remain.
The study also told researchers that younger drinkers and those who drink regularly do not feel the effects of alcohol as much as older people because they produce more alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme Chemistry World reported. Hangover headaches also lessen with age.
