It seems like every website you visit has a recommendation the best hangover foods for the best hangover foods. We at The Healthy Drinker and Drinkwel always tend to be in favor of healthier options, but what is it about foods that make them good for the morning after, and are there other options?

The grub dished out at the local greasy spoon after a fun night out is considered by many to be a fundamental preventative measure taken against impending hangovers (see Hangover Cure Fact or Fiction: Food before Bed). Piling a heap of eggs, bacon, pancakes and who knows what else on top of a gut full...

People have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years. That means that people have been getting hangovers for just as long. Given that rich history, it’s no wonder that hangover cures have taken on the status of myth in many cultures.

It’s easy to think of the stomach as a reservoir where everything goes and that is more or less correct, so it would stand to reason that if you had a bunch of alcohol in there it would help to eat something before bed to help “soak it up.”