The day after a night of drinking like your head is going to explode, the hangover hits all at once: headache, nausea, and more. That's when ramen comes to mind. It's a noodle soup that many of us crave. Today, we'll look at whether ramen can help with hangovers and what foods are good for hangovers.
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Can Ramen Help Cure a Hangover?
The world's number one consumer of ramen, with 70 servings per person per year In South Korea, haejang is often served as ramen noodles. I often eat ramen when I have a hangover and headache after drinking, because it reminds me of the thick broth.
According to a recent survey of about 565 office workers, ramen and jjamppong are the most popular hangover foods to eat the day after drinking.
It's because drinking the icy broth makes you feel like you've let go of your insides. So, does ramen really help with hangovers?
The answer is that spicy, salty broths eaten after heavy drinking are high in sodium, which can irritate the stomach lining and cause secondary damage.
Excessive sodium intake raises blood pressure and puts a strain on the heart and kidneys, as well as the liver that hasn't yet recovered, making it a bad hangover cure.
Furthermore, your liver actively breaks down alcohol when you consume it, and the food additives in these foods can put a strain on your liver and interfere with the detoxification process. Broths with high fat content can also slow down digestion and put a strain on your stomach. Poor digestion can slow down the rate at which your liver breaks down alcohol because it can't provide the nutrients it needs to do so in time.
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You can also drink honey water or fruit juice.
Honey water flushes out toxins that build up in the body. When you're hungover, your blood sugar drops, causing symptoms of dizziness, vomiting, and fatigue. Consuming fructose at this time replenishes blood sugar, and drinking honey water helps to raise the blood sugar level, reducing the symptoms of a hangover by lowering the blood sugar level.
Fruit juices also contain many of these fructans, especially orange juice, which contains natural sugars and vitamins that help the brain function normally. These ingredients also help break down alcohol, relieve headaches and stomach aches from hangovers, and reduce vomiting after drinking.
Plus, the sugar and water speed up the breakdown of alcohol, which relieves headaches and raises blood sugar, which activates brain cells.
Which ramen is good for your stomach?
Some vegetables are so rich in asparagine acid that they get their name. Asparagus is also rich in sulfur and substances that help the liver detoxify, so it's a great addition to your diet.
If you really want to have ramen on your seafood day, you could try reducing the amount of soup in your ramen or adding a generous amount of water to make asparagus ramen or bean sprouts ramen.
Hangover prevention tips from a doctor
"Don't drink too much," my doctor told me, and while moderate drinking can help relieve stress, it can also be dangerous to your health, so it's important to develop healthy drinking habits.
Still, if you're going to drink a lot of alcohol, it's a good idea to drink a lot of water. Drinking a lot of water will help you replenish the fluids your body loses from alcohol, and urinating frequently will help speed up the elimination of acetaldehyde from your body, which helps prevent hangovers.
