Various foods, dishes, and medicines have been described as having a theoretical potential for easing or alleviating symptoms of ahangover.^[7]

• Asparagus:^[8] In a small cell-based study, concentrated asparagus leaf extract showed marginal harmful by-product scavenging capabilities. This may mean that there is physiological effect, but further research is necessary.
• Foods that contain:
  • Cysteine^[9]
  • gamma-Linolenic acid^[10]
• Drinking water^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
• Common pear^[11] was found to have the highest effect onaldehyde dehydrogenase activity.

The following foods and dishes have been described as having a theoretical potential for easing or alleviating symptoms associated with the hangover. Hangover foods have not beenscientifically proven to function as a remedy or cure for the hangover.^{[12][13][14][15]}

• Alcohol –hair of the dog remedy^[16][3][4]
  • Bloody mary^[17][2] or in Canada, theCaesar.
  • Corpse Reviver^[2]
  • Fernet – an alcoholic beverage consumed as a drink choice to avoid the hangover^[18]
  • Jägerbomb^[2]
  • Underberg – adigestif bitter^[2]
  • Vodka^[18]

• Water rich foods:
  • Fruits
    • Banana^[19][1][20]
    • Kiwifruit^[1]
    • Prickly pear fruit^[19]
  • Drinks
    • Caffeinated drinks: No significant correlation betweencaffeine use and hangover severity has been found.^{[citation needed]}
      • Coffee
      • Espresso^[18]
    • Electrolyte replacement drinks
      • Pedialyte^[21]
      • Sports drinks^[1][16][3]
    • Juices
      • Fruit juice^[1]
      • Pickle juice^[1][22]
      • Tomato juice^[19]
    • Teas
      • Ginger tea^[1]
      • Green tea^[18]
      • Peppermint tea^[1]
    • Coconut water^[19][1][16]
    • Hangover drinks in South Korea – Mass-produced hangover drinks based onTraditional Korean medicine.
  • Vegetables
    • Spinach^[1]
    • Tomato^[1]
    • Hovenia dulcis
  • Soups
    • Aguadito de pollo – a soup inPeruvian cuisine consisting of chicken, cilantro, vegetables and spices^[23]
    • Aguadito – a chunky Peruvian soup made with cilantro, carrot, peas and potatoes^[24]
    • Ajiaco^[23]
    • Cesnecka – A soup inCzech cuisine that is prepared using a significant amount of garlic^[23]
    • Chicken noodle soup^[1]
    • Fricasé – A soup inBolivian cuisine prepared with ribs,hominy and potatoes^[23]
    • Haejang-guk – or hangover soup^[25] refers to all kinds ofguk or soup eaten as ahangover cure inKorean cuisine.^[23][22] It means "soup to chase a hangover"^[26] and is also calledsulguk (Korean:술국).^[27][28]
    • Khash
    • Menudo
    • Miso soup^[1]
    • Zurek^[23]
    • Tripe soups
• Eggs.^[19][1][29] Egg dishes:
  • Ostrich eggomelette – consumed as a hangover food in South Africa^[22]
  • Fry up – a British full breakfast^[18]
  • Loco moco^[23]
  • Omelette^[30]
  • Prairie oyster – acocktail served as a hangover remedy that consists of raw egg,Worcestershire sauce, tomato juice, vinegar,hot sauce, salt and ground black pepper.^[18]
  • Ramen^[18]
  • Shakshuka^[23]
• Greasy foods^[14][3]
  • Bacon sandwich
  • Chicken fillet roll^[31][32][33]
  • Hamburger^[29][34]
  • Peanut butter^[2]
  • Pizza^[29]
  • Fried foods^[35]
    • Churros^[36]
    • Fried chicken^[29][37]
    • Grilled cheese sandwich^[38]
    • Poutine^[18][22][39]
    • Chilaquiles^[40]
    • Revuelto Gramajo – a breakfasthash dish inArgentine cuisine consisting of potatoes, eggs, cheese and vegetables.^[23]
    • Youtiao^[41][42]
• Staple food
  • Toast,^[19] and toast and honey^[1]
  • Oats andoatmeal^[1][43]
  • Spaghetti^[38]
  • Quinoa^[19]
• Cassoulet^[18]
• Ceviche^[18]
• Congee^[44]
• Dal bhat^[23]
• Drunken noodles^[23][22]
• Honey^[19][1]
• Kishkiyya – a porridge inIraqi cuisine from the 10th century that was consumed inBaghdad, it was prepared using ground wheat and meat.^[45][46]
• Luwombo – A dish inUgandan cuisine consisting of meat, peanuts calledluwombo and vegetables that is steamed in a banana leaf and typically served with a side dish ofplantains.^[23]
• Mustard^[47]
• Sushi^[29]
• Guobacai – A snack of strong local flavor inTianjin cuisine, guobacai is a sort of pancake made of millet and mung bean flour.^[48]
• Torta ahogada^[45]

While recommendations andfolk cures for foods and drinks to relieve hangover symptoms abound, hangover foods have not beenscientifically proven to function as a remedy or cure for the hangover.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In a review assessing eight randomised controlled trials ofpropranolol,tropisetron,tolfenamic acid,fructose/glucose, a yeast preparation and supplements containingBorago officinalis,Cynara scolymus andOpuntia ficus-indica, researchers concluded that "no compelling evidence exists to suggest that any conventional or complementary intervention is effective for preventing or treating alcohol hangover."^[10]

• N-Acetylcysteine^[49]
• Sobrietol^[50]
• Tolfenamic acid^[10]
• Aspirin
• Caffeine

• Activated charcoal^[51]

Variousfolk medicine remedies exist forhangovers. The ancientRomans, on the authority ofPliny the Elder, favored rawowl's eggs or friedcanary as a hangover remedy,^[52] while the "prairie oyster" restorative, introduced at the 1878 Paris World Exposition, calls for raw egg yolk mixed withWorcestershire sauce,Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper.^[53] By 1938, theRitz-Carlton Hotel provided a hangover remedy in the form of a mixture ofCoca-Cola and milk^[53] (Coca-Cola itself having been invented, by some accounts,^[54] as a hangover remedy). Alcoholic writerErnest Hemingway relied on tomato juice and beer.^[17]

Other purported hangover cures includesmore alcohol, for example cocktails such asBloody Mary orBlack Velvet (consisting of equal partschampagne andstout).^[17]

A 1957 survey by an Americanfolklorist found widespread belief in the efficacy of heavy fried foods, tomato juice and sexual activity.^[35]

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• How to avoid a hangover: Dehydration, chemical build up and nutrient depletion – your body on a hangover (and how to fix it)Archived 2017-07-30 at theWayback Machine. Healthista.com.

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