There is no cure for hangovers, study confirms

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Are you still in search of the best hangover cure to ease your Saturday morning headache and nausea? If you are, note that two surveys suggest that there is no such thing as hangover cure.

According to NY Magazine, researchers have conducted two separate polls, one in Canada and the other one in the Netherlands, to help shed light to everyone's hangover dilemma. Both polls have concluded that it is unlikely to curb the effects of hangover. The survey in Canada states that drinking excessively will definitely lead to a hangover, while the survey in the Netherlands concludes that drinking water or eating food after drinking has no effect in improving hangover effects.

Joris Vester, lead author and assistant professor at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands, explained that as everybody has a different symptom when experiencing hangovers, it is hard and unclear how to define or treat it. Prof. Vester added that although this is the case, one thing is certain—you will get a hangover if you continue to drink in excess.

For the first poll, the team has surveyed about 800 Canadian students who are known to party hard and has asked them to remember how many drinks they have consumed, the period of time and how bad was the hangover, Philly reports. The researchers have estimated the maximum blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of the students and have discovered that 89 percent with BAC 0.08 percent are more than likely to have a hangover the following day. Furthermore, as the BAC increases, the symptoms of the hangover become worst.

The same results have been noted on the Netherlands poll, which has observed about 825 Dutch students. Out of all the participants, 55 percent has stated they have consumed food before sleeping but has still experienced the same severity as of those who did not consume or drink anything before going to bed. Similarly, those who have said that they have consumed a big breakfast the following day did not reduce the severity of their hangover.

This study puts to end the claims of people who says they never get hangovers, Capital Berg writes. Prof. Vester believes these people just drink less, which is what the study has concluded to be the best prevention for hangovers.

However, as the study has yet to be published in a journal for peer review, more studies are required to finalize the effect of or how to prevent hangovers. The preliminary research will be presented in a meeting at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology in Amsterdam.