NYC Magazine » avoiding a hangover http://www.nycmagazine.com Covering all of New York City Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 How To Avoid That After-Holiday Party Hangover http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/15/how-to-avoid-that-after-holiday-party-hangover/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2009/12/15/how-to-avoid-that-after-holiday-party-hangover/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:49:16 +0000 Yelena Mandenberg http://www.nycmagazine.com/?p=974 hangover

Now that you’ve got all of your holiday party outfits picked out, the only thing left to worry about is how to eradicate those pesky after party hangovers.

What is a hangover? A hangover is caused by a few different things. Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it is a drug that flushes out the body’s liquids. One of the reasons a hangover occurs is because of dehydration.

So here’s a few tips on what to do to wake up headache-free and fresh faced the next morning!

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