RANKED: The UK’s TOP TEN Hangover Cures

RANKED: The UK’s TOP TEN Hangover Cures

10. Water with Lemon Juice

Upsides

• Lemon – alkaline – helps restore pH balance
• Refreshing
• Sippable

Downsides

• Too tart
• Turns tepid if you leave it too long
• Just a bit boring really

Assessment: Meh, it might do something, just have it with another more interesting cure.
Verdict: Pffft.

9. Sweat it Out

Upsides

• Healthy
• Sense of achievement
• Potentially feel better

Downsides

• Can make you more dehydrated
• Run so slowly it makes you feel bad about yourself
• Generally a lot of effort

Assessment: Seems like a good idea in theory, but in reality, it requires a lot of getting up and doing stuff.
Verdict: Maybe next time.

8. Coffee (& Sunglasses – Optional)

Upsides

• Coffee solves a lot of tiredness issues
• Coffee solves a lot of issues
• Sunglasses look on point

Downsides

• Sunglasses in the office on an overcast day arouses suspicion
• Coffee makes you feel a lot worse
• Waste of a good coffee

Assessment: Could go either way – like gambling on a fourteen in blackjack.
Verdict: Risk outweighs reward.

7. Fizzy Drink

Upsides

• Gives you a lot of energy
• Tasty and refreshing
• Bubbles

Downsides

• Same mixer as night before – instant sickness
• Energy burst lasts all of three seconds
• Too bubbly

Assessment: Temporary euphoria makes you think you could go rollerblading with kittens or running through meadows, quickly ends up with falling asleep on the couch in front of Netflix.
Verdict: Nothing more than a little lift.

6. Honey on Toast

Upsides

• Contains fructose which helps break down alcohol (mic drop)
• Delicious
• Easy

Downsides

• Might not like honey
• Not a Full English
• Risks a visit from the Honey Monster

Assessment: Scientifically beneficial, but won’t satisfy your hangover food cravings.
Verdict: Like having a microwave curry when you wanted a takeaway.

5. Banana Pancakes

Upsides

• Like a cuddle for your stomach
• Relatively quick
• Bananas =  Good… Pancakes = Good… Both Together = Winner*

*This concept doesn’t work for: Curry = Good… Marmite = Good… Both Together = ?

Downsides

• Get that annoying Jack Johnson song stuck in your head
• Bit like baby food
• Don’t fancy standing up by a hot hob

Assessment: Surprisingly effective.
Verdict: Not worth Jack Johnson.

4. Long Shower (& Cry – Optional)

Upsides

• Zero effort (literally just stand there and let water hit you)
• Warm and pleasant
• Have a little singsong and hop out feeling chipper

Downsides

• End up sat down sobbing for three hours and turn into a shrivelled prune
• Can’t get the temperature right which causes unnecessary stress
• Could make you feel worse

Assessment: You think a shower is the answer to all your hangover problems.
Verdict: A shower is rarely the answer to all your hangover problems.

3. Hair of the Dog

Upsides

• Can make you feel better
• Everyone loves a Bloody Mary
• Round Two!

Downsides

• The taste/smell/thought of alcohol makes you want to vomit instantly
• Could make you feel way worse
• People think you have a problem

Assessment: Everyone knows someone who swears by it. Bit dicey, though.
Verdict: The option is there, but we’d encourage you to shop about.

2. Sleep it Off

Upsides

• Minimal effort
• Probably tired anyway
• Warm and cosy

Downsides

• Can’t sleep
• Could wake up feeling way worse – back to square one
• Run the risk of waking up with horrendous dry mouth and no water

Assessment: A tried and tested cure – allows your body to regenerate.

Verdict: A corker, but you can kiss goodbye to an entire day of your weekend.

1. Full-English

Upsides

• Tastes good
• Potentially feel better
• Bacon

Downsides

• Can’t stomach it
• Have to make it (unless you venture out, which is effort, or live with mum)
• Potential waste of bacon

Assessment: Delicious, filling, quite often makes you feel right as rain.
Verdict: Still the champion hangover cure!