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How to beat your horrible festive hangover

  • <p>Let’s get the obvious one out of the way – booze is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates you, so you need to fight back [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Water

    Let’s get the obvious one out of the way – booze is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates you, so you need to fight back [Photo: Pexels]

  • <p>Sugary foods will help you feel less trembly in the short term – opt for fresh fruit [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Sweet stuff

    Sugary foods will help you feel less trembly in the short term – opt for fresh fruit [Photo: Pexels]

  • <p>Vegetable broth and other thin soups are rich in vitamins and minerals and easy to digest if your stomach is upset [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Healthy soup

    Vegetable broth and other thin soups are rich in vitamins and minerals and easy to digest if your stomach is upset [Photo: Pexels]

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  • <p>Hair of the dog will only worsen and delay your symptoms [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Don’t drink more

    Hair of the dog will only worsen and delay your symptoms [Photo: Pexels]

  • <p>Research has found that Sprite helps break down the poisons that causes nasty hangover symptoms [Photo: Getty] </p>
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    Sprite

    Research has found that Sprite helps break down the poisons that causes nasty hangover symptoms [Photo: Getty]

  • <p>Coconut water is packed full of the electrolytes you need to replenish [Photo: Getty] </p>
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    Coconut water

    Coconut water is packed full of the electrolytes you need to replenish [Photo: Getty]

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  • <p>While the whole ‘sweating it out’ thing isn’t really possible, a work out has antidepressant effects which could give you a much-needed boost [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Break a sweat

    While the whole ‘sweating it out’ thing isn’t really possible, a work out has antidepressant effects which could give you a much-needed boost [Photo: Pexels]

  • <p>The only thing that’ll truly cure a hangover is time – doctors advise you wait at least 48 hours before drinking again [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Wait it out

    The only thing that’ll truly cure a hangover is time – doctors advise you wait at least 48 hours before drinking again [Photo: Pexels]

  • <p>Choose paracetamol over aspirin, as the latter can irritate your stomach [Photo: Pexels] </p>
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    Pick your painkillers carefully

    Choose paracetamol over aspirin, as the latter can irritate your stomach [Photo: Pexels]

<p>Let’s get the obvious one out of the way – booze is a diuretic, meaning it dehydrates you, so you need to fight back [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>Sugary foods will help you feel less trembly in the short term – opt for fresh fruit [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>Vegetable broth and other thin soups are rich in vitamins and minerals and easy to digest if your stomach is upset [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>Hair of the dog will only worsen and delay your symptoms [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>Research has found that Sprite helps break down the poisons that causes nasty hangover symptoms [Photo: Getty] </p>
<p>Coconut water is packed full of the electrolytes you need to replenish [Photo: Getty] </p>
<p>While the whole ‘sweating it out’ thing isn’t really possible, a work out has antidepressant effects which could give you a much-needed boost [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>The only thing that’ll truly cure a hangover is time – doctors advise you wait at least 48 hours before drinking again [Photo: Pexels] </p>
<p>Choose paracetamol over aspirin, as the latter can irritate your stomach [Photo: Pexels] </p>
Alice Sholl
·Contributor

This is the time of year in which you, along with the rest of the nation, wakes up with either a pounding headache or feeling queasy at best.

And while we all have developed our very own hangover cures over the years, some actually do work better than others.

Besides not drinking at all or in moderation, here are some of the things you can do to get up and running again in no time.

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