New Year's Eve 2007!

I might be getting the word out a little early for next New Year's Eve, but I am definitely doing so too late for NYE 2006. Hopefully, you didn't end up with a massive hangover after celebrating a little too enthusiastically.

LiveScience.com has an article you can read here, published on 12/28/06, that dispels some of the myths about hangover cures. Sleep and water are the best ways to get back to normal, but the way to avoid a hangover, of course, is during the time you are actually consuming alcohol. Spacing drinks out by having water and food in between is a good way to minimize the pain that you have coming. The article points out that you should avoid acetaminophen (Tylenol) as it can cause liver damage when combined with alcohol.

Here's some advice from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism:

• Pace yourself. Drink alcoholic beverages slowly. Drink water or other non-alcoholic drinks throughout the evening to keep your body hydrated.
• Eat. Munch on snacks during the night to slow the absorption of alcohol and keep your blood alcohol level low.
• Try fruits. Studies have found that eating fruits and drinking fruit juices decrease the intensity of hangovers.
• Snack on crackers. Bland foods such as toast and crackers can raise low blood sugar and help with nausea.