December 30, 2024, 4:20 pm | Read time: 4 minutes
If you drink too much at a New Year’s Eve party, you’ll be left with the consequences the next morning: dark circles under your eyes, a queasy stomach, and a headache. However, if you take our pretox tips to heart BEFORE the party, you can prevent a nasty hangover and start the new year fresh and lively.
To start with a key point, the most sensible approach is to drink minimally or abstain from alcohol on New Year’s Eve. Excessive consumption can result in unpleasant symptoms like nausea, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, acne, and a dull complexion. The reason is that during a boozy party, the body loses fluids and important minerals such as potassium, magnesium, and calcium. This deficiency leads to a hangover the next day. The breakdown process of alcohol also produces chemicals in the body that can lead to nausea, headaches, and vomiting. Instead of agonizing over a hangover the day after, you should take preventative measures BEFORE the New Year’s Eve party. STYLEBOOK gives you seven helpful pretox tips for preventing hangovers.
Overview
1. Focus on Pretox Food
The biggest mistake you can make while celebrating is not to eat anything beforehand. Then you won’t be surprised if you get tipsy straight away. The best pretox food is high-fat food. This is because fats bind alcohol, which is absorbed more slowly into the bloodstream. As a result, your alcohol level does not rise as quickly. Look out for healthy omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in oily fish such as salmon or mackerel and vegetable oils. Please note: This does not mean that you can drink more; the alcohol level is not significantly different after a high-fat meal.
2. Help Your Liver to Detoxify
To prepare your liver for the peak performance ahead, you should rely on the most powerful antioxidant of all: Glutathione. It is involved in all of the body’s own healing and protective measures and helps the liver to detoxify. This powerful substance is found in raw fruit and vegetables, especially avocados, watermelon, and asparagus, but also in red meat such as liver and beef. Caution: The glutathione content decreases rapidly when cooked.
3. Prevent Hangovers By Drinking as a Precaution
This isn’t referring to the common practice of ‘pre-gaming’ with drinks. Drink two to three glasses of water an hour before you go out. This fills your stomach and prevents the loss of minerals and fluids through alcohol. In addition, you should drink a glass of mineral water after every alcoholic drink and a magnesium and calcium tablet dissolved in water before you go to bed.
4. Avoid Bad Carbohydrates
Avoid refined carbohydrates like sweets, white bread, and pasta. The reason is that they cause your blood sugar level to rise enormously, which means that the alcohol enters your bloodstream more quickly and intensifies its effect. Replace these with foods such as wholegrain products, quinoa, or amaranth. They cause blood sugar levels to rise only slowly. Thanks to their high protein, mineral, vitamin, and fiber content, you will feel fitter, have more energy, and feel fuller for longer. With these tips, preventing hangovers is straightforward.
5. Treat Your Complexion to Vitamins
The body needs a lot of vitamins and nutrients to metabolize alcoholic drinks. The group of B vitamins, which are responsible for the regeneration and cell renewal of our skin, is especially radically destroyed. A green smoothie packed with vitamin B-rich ingredients like kale and broccoli helps prevent wrinkles and hydrates your skin from within.
6. Don’t Give Spots a Chance
Alcohol is a real beauty killer. It draws water from the skin cells and causes inflammation in the tissue, such as pimples and blackheads. Fortunately, many anti-aging creams include vitamin E, a powerful complexion booster. This free radical scavenger not only slows down the skin’s ageing process by rapidly producing new cells, it also has an antiseptic effect and improves wound healing.
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7. Don’t Exhaust Yourself
Looking to quickly tone your body before the big celebration? That’s not a good idea! As sport activates the circulation, it also accelerates the absorption of alcohol into the body. In addition, sporting activities lead to a loss of fluids, which you should not quench with alcoholic drinks. And because alcohol inhibits muscle regeneration, it negates most of the training effect. Instead of strength and endurance training, try gentle yoga or Pilates to relieve stress, improve your flexibility, and give you the energy you need for the upcoming party marathon.