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Who doesn’t love a good night out in town? Hitting the bars or clubs with your crew is one of the most fun ways to celebrate the weekend. But the cost comes the next morning, in the form of the dreaded hangover.
That feeling of general malaise and brain fog, often coupled with a splitting headache, is reason enough to become a teetotaler for some. Fortunately, although hangover symptoms never last very long, there are ways to speed up your recovery from them. Not only are they easily available, they’re delicious too.
1) Sports drinks
Unless you bonked your head really hard on the table when you were insanely drunk, dehydration is the main culprit of a hangover. Sports drinks are made for athletes who sweat a lot, hence they contain salts and electrolytes that the body loses through copious sweating. Now, you should be drinking lots of water when you’re hungover anyway, but a more concentrated dose of those salts and electrolytes might help hydrate you better. Beware of chugging too many sports drinks since they’re also high in sugar - not the healthiest option, really.
2) Coconut water
If the high sugar content in sports drinks bothers you, then you can opt for an all-natural alternative in coconut water. Aside from its wonderfully refreshing taste, it’s an excellent rehydration option high in the same electrolytes that are in sports drinks – especially potassium, a mineral that gets depleted after a night of drinking. Not to mention it’s a nutrient that most people don’t get enough of in their diet anyway, so drinking coconut water can only help.
3) Fruit smoothies
Pretty much any fresh fruit would do wonders in replenishing the vitamins and antioxidants that you’re deprived of when hungover. Bananas come especially recommended, for the potassium; lemons too, for the vitamin C. When you're feeling listless and fatigued, fructose – the natural sugar in fruits – gives a healthy energy boost. Even the fiber in fruit helps your body to break down and absorb alcohol faster. So throw your favorite fruits in a blender and mix up your own healthy hangover cure.
4) Ginger
One way to get rid of the hangover blahs is simply to eat a good hearty meal. Unfortunately, a common symptom of hangovers is nausea – for some people, just the thought of food is enough to make them bring up the booze they downed the night before! Fortunately, ginger is an age-old cure for an upset tummy, so adding grated ginger to hot water should get you ready for breakfast. Jamulogy’s herbal Jamu drinks will do the trick just as well too – it’s not for nothing that they’ve all got ginger in them.
5) Green tea
Rich in antioxidants, green tea has long been touted for its wellness properties that you could surely use a boost of when you’re hungover. Antioxidants are vital in reducing inflammation and protecting the liver, which is what gets damaged from heavy alcohol consumption. They also help increase the speed that your body processes alcohol, which you could definitely use here. And finally, the L-Theanine amino acid in green tea improves brain function and helps to clear that hangover-induced brain fog.
6) Virgin Bloody Mary
Leave the vodka out of a Bloody Mary recipe and you could have a pretty decent hangover remedy. Tomatoes are packed with plenty of vitamin C, which isn’t just for colds; it’s an important antioxidant that helps the detoxification process and improves liver function. The Worcestershire sauce also contains vitamins B3 and B6, which further helps eliminate toxins.
Here’s a simple recipe for a Virgin Bloody Mary that you can make:
3oz tomato juice
1/2oz lemon juice
A splash of Worcestershire sauce
A splash of Tabasco sauce
Simply add all the ingredients into a glass and stir well. If you'd like, add some ice for a more refreshing taste!
7) Jamulogy's Passionfruit Jamu
Jamu is the traditional Indonesian art of herbal medicine, based on natural ingredients such as ginger, tamarind, lime, turmeric, and more. And coincidentally, many of them come in handy as hangover cures too! Besides the already mentioned ginger and lime juice, turmeric is another powerful anti-inflammatory ingredient that helps your liver detoxify. We recommend our Passionfruit Jamu, which combines ginger and turmeric with honey and passionfruit for that refreshing fruity touch. There's no added cane sugar, hence, you'll be left guilt-free and feeling like a superhero after just a bottle.
In the end, the best way to avoid a hangover is, of course, to avoid alcohol in the first place. Which is really a much healthier lifestyle choice, when all is said and done! But if you’re not giving up drinking altogether, it’s good that there are so many options to mitigate its less-enjoyable effects. Try them all to see which works best for you – and remember to drink in moderation!
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