<p>Gorging on your favourite food or drinking water after alcohol intake will not prevent a hangover the next morning, interesting research has revealed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>If a person does not experience a hangover - and 25 percent to 30 percent of drinkers regularly claim this - then either they are drinking less or may not be telling the truth.<br />"In general, we found a pretty straight relationship; the more you drink, the more likely you are to get a hangover," said lead study author Dr Joris Verster from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.<br /><br />The majority of those who in fact reported never having a hangover tended to drink less, perhaps less than they themselves thought would lead to a hangover, he suggested.<br />To reach this conclusion, a team of international researchers from the Netherlands and Canada surveyed drinking habits to see what can be understood about "the morning after".<br /><br />Nearly 789 Canadian students were surveyed about their drinking habits and the severity of their hangover.<br /><br />The team also looked at whether eating or drinking water directly after drinking alcohol made them less likely to experience a hangover.<br /><br />They then questioned 826 Dutch students on their latest heavy drinking session, and whether they had food or water after the alcohol.<br /><br />Nearly 450 students ate after drinking.<br /><br />The students were asked to rate their hangover (from absent to extreme).<br /><br />In fact, hangover severity was not very different between the two groups. "Those who took food or water showed a slight statistical improvement in how they felt over those who didn't, but this didn't really translate into a meaningful difference.<br /><br />"From what we know from the surveys so far, the only practical way to avoid a hangover is to drink less alcohol," Dr Verster added.<br /><br />The research was presented the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) congress in Amsterdam recently.<br /></p>
<p>Gorging on your favourite food or drinking water after alcohol intake will not prevent a hangover the next morning, interesting research has revealed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>If a person does not experience a hangover - and 25 percent to 30 percent of drinkers regularly claim this - then either they are drinking less or may not be telling the truth.<br />"In general, we found a pretty straight relationship; the more you drink, the more likely you are to get a hangover," said lead study author Dr Joris Verster from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.<br /><br />The majority of those who in fact reported never having a hangover tended to drink less, perhaps less than they themselves thought would lead to a hangover, he suggested.<br />To reach this conclusion, a team of international researchers from the Netherlands and Canada surveyed drinking habits to see what can be understood about "the morning after".<br /><br />Nearly 789 Canadian students were surveyed about their drinking habits and the severity of their hangover.<br /><br />The team also looked at whether eating or drinking water directly after drinking alcohol made them less likely to experience a hangover.<br /><br />They then questioned 826 Dutch students on their latest heavy drinking session, and whether they had food or water after the alcohol.<br /><br />Nearly 450 students ate after drinking.<br /><br />The students were asked to rate their hangover (from absent to extreme).<br /><br />In fact, hangover severity was not very different between the two groups. "Those who took food or water showed a slight statistical improvement in how they felt over those who didn't, but this didn't really translate into a meaningful difference.<br /><br />"From what we know from the surveys so far, the only practical way to avoid a hangover is to drink less alcohol," Dr Verster added.<br /><br />The research was presented the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) congress in Amsterdam recently.<br /></p>