The nation's favourite hangover cure is a full Irish breakfast consisting of; bacon, sausages, eggs (scrambled or fried), black or white pudding and toast with butter and jam. Additional extras include a grilled tomato, beans, mushrooms and a hash brown.
Vats of tea with friends
There are few things in Ireland that cannot be cured with a cup of tea. When that hangover feeling sets in, throw on the kettle, get the teapot ready and find your largest mug.
Katerfrühstück (hangover breakfast) is a German specialty usually consisting of marinated herring (rollmops), pickled gherkins or similar sour-tasting food, this is often the first meal of the day after an alcohol filled night in Germany, due to the fact it's believed to restore electrolytes.
Most people will wash away their hangover with a bloody Mary, Irish coffee, or a mimosa. But while this may help you in the moment, it is going to further dehydrate the body and leave you with worse hangover symptoms later in the day.
No food can erase the effects of a night of drinking alcohol, but the best hangover foods are hydrating and anti-inflammatory. Rest helps, too. Try to avoid greasy foods, sugar, and caffeine which can make your symptoms worse. Instead, stick to water and foods like bananas and crackers.
Choosing types of alcohol with fewer congeners—like beer, vodka and wine—might reduce your hangover symptoms compared to alcohols with higher congeners—like brandy, whiskey and rum.
A strong cup of coffee is the Italian cure for hangovers and all other ills, so head to your nearest café pronto. The caffeine will perk you up and help you feel ready to face the day.
Perhaps Asia's most famous rice porridge, Congee, is also one of the most popular hangover cures. Congee is often the dish of choice for folks feeling under the weather and this includes those who are suffering from indulging a little too much the night before too.
Other drinks that can alleviate your hangover include water, coconut water, green and fruit juices and smoothies, bone broth, teas, coffee, and miso soup. If you're suffering from a hangover, you should avoid drinking alcohol, beverages with added sugars, and salty drinks.
Beer – and in particular dark ale and stout such as Guinness and porters – are the worst drinks to down on a night out, and will leave you with the driest mouth, the tenderest head and the achiest limbs the next morning.
Eat and drink.
However, an empty stomach will just make you feel worse. I would recommend yoghurt, Weetabix, baby food or instant mashed potato. Not only are they easy to prepare, but you are spared the effort of having to chew.
Tuck in to breakfast
It's the best way to replace the vitamins and minerals your body will have lost while it worked overtime to process the excess alcohol. If you can't face food, a bowl of breakfast cereal fortified with folate and iron should help to redress some of the damage and lift your energy levels.
The sugar in full fat Coca Cola will give you some much needed energy if you are unable to catch up on any lost sleep. Ice cold is often the preference, and from a can instead of a bottle.
Alcohol drains your body of electrolytes but the salt and sugar help replenish these while the water hydrates you.
The Koreans hangover cure is a soup called haejangguk. The Koreans have a cure for your inevitable soju hangover -- a soup called haejangguk, which means “stew to cure a hangover.” We're sorry, there seems to be an issue playing this video.
Drinks like Gatorade and Pedialyte are often touted as hangover cures due to their high electrolyte content. Alcohol dehydrates the body, and electrolytes like sodium and potassium do help promote hydration and water balance.
Germany: Katerfrühstück
It's not difficult to see why this is often the first meal of the day after an alcohol-filled night in Germany; if marinated herring wrapped around pickle and onion slices – also called rollmops – doesn't liven you up, then nothing will.
One of the most popular hangover cure drinks in Japan is 'Hepalyze'. It claims the mix of cattle liver and vitamins (B15, B2, E) can detoxify the liver and support the body's metabolism after drinking alcohol. The idea is that consuming the extract of an animal's organ will help strength the human's.
According to the ancient Romans and Greeks, cabbage and brussels sprouts are a natural cure for hangovers. Simply eat cabbage to counteract the effects of too much wine. The wisdom supposedly behind this was that grape vines and cabbage plants were natural “enemies”.
Surprisingly, -- because hard liquor is more alcoholic than wine or beer, some people can drink vodka or gin (the crystal clear, light liquors) without developing a headache but cannot drink red wine, beer or the amber-colored hard liquors (rum, and the ever-gentle tequila).