New Years Eve Debauchery: Ten Steps To Avoid A Hangover....

Jen...

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

I could take the roll of "Paleo Preacher" this holiday season. I could stand on my CF pulpit, red faced and pissed off screaming the dangers of alcohol and processed food like it's the apocalypse. Or, I could follow suit with our recent experiments and provide knowledge to help you experience, if nothing else, the least hangover pain if any, the quickest recovery, and the least deadly after effect on the body if you decide to get a little destructive this NYE.

Why Hangover:

Every drinker has a million cures, and a million hangovers to prove they don't quite work. We know what it feels like, but why did we get there in the first place?

Hangovers actually have a more formal name-Veisalgia-or Norwegian for "uneasiness following debauchery". Nice huh? I won't go into the symptoms we experience, as Im sure you know, but the reasons are slightly more complex. And if we know why, maybe we can prevent the outcome.

Consuming alcohol blocks the bodies production of Vasopressin. Without Vasopressin the kidneys send water directly to the bladder eliminating the bodies absorption of that water. Hence the reason after you pop the cork you piss all night. In fact, you will eliminate more than you take, making you dehydrated.

Once dehydrated your body will try to hydrate tissue by pulling water from places like the brain essentially decreasing the size, pulling on the membrane making your head hurt.

Obviously if your dehydrated all kinds of other maladies arise including electrolyte displacement or imbalance, therefore creating even more issues.

There are by-products of the fermentation of Alcohol called Congeners. Different drinks have different stuff in them, thus why some are worse than others. For instance, dry reds have less sugar, yet more Congeners. So less sugar, more toxin. Whereas Bourbon, and dark's may be a little worse, Vodka and Gins may be a little more acceptable.

This is also the reason why combining different drinks can be so detrimental.

10 Steps To Freedom:

1. The day before, start drinking tons of water. If your already at a gallon you should be cool, as you do not want to dilute your electrolyte balance early. 

2. The day before, start salting your food more than you normally may.

3.The night before.Take 600mg magnesium prior to bed, preferably with 11mg or so of Zinc. A super B-complex, and Vit-C.

4. Upon arising kill at least 1 liter of ultra cold water, and maintain your liquid content through the day, adding electrolyte content to the water. Not lots, a few pedialyte's will work, or a few health store packs.

5. Wod-fasted. Then have your normal post workout shake. And here's the kicker-fast for the rest of the day until your one and only meal. 

Alcohol is an energy substrate so it will metabolize first. The more you eat, the more will be left in the tank as the body will immediately burn away the toxin before it gets to the calories from food. This is especially true when it comes to carbohydrates, so if you cannot fast the majority of this day away, stick with only protein and fat for now.

6. About an hour before you begin knocking it back-eat. Try to keep it no-carbish, and heavy on the fat, and protein, this way at least you can metabolize the alcohol faster since there will be no sugar/carbs to contend with.

Pair this meal prior to your drunkfest with 300mg magnesium another B-complex and Vit-C tab of 2000mg or so, and try to include Kale or some other green leafy veggie with tons of potassium. Yes I could have said Banana's but they have all that BS fructose remember, and fructose will not help replenish the glycogen that will be lost, and the liver already has a lot to do.

7. If you can remember, drink another liter of water before you retire, and sleep in the tub so you don't drunk piss the bed.

8. Immediately upon awakening rock down a few Emergen-C paks in a glass of coconut water with about 300mg more of magnesium, and another B-Complex.

9. Eat a breakfast rich of fat and protein like normal, while of course, eliminating the carbs.

10. Drink the below as your drink of choice during you NYE shindig. It's given to us from Robb Wolf, and seems to work nicely.

"Norcal Margarita"

2-Shots of Tequilia

1-Juice of a Lime

Soda Water To Taste.

Citric Acid blunts some Insulin release, and the Soda Water delivers the alcohol to the system faster making you get rid of it faster.

By far and away this is not all you could do. There is like a thousand remedies form "hair of the Dog That Bit You", and charcoal as a filter in pill form. Whatever works.

Give these techniques a try this New Year's Eve and see if you come out better for it next year. Post to comments your own remedies you swear by.

Strength:

Rest

For Time:

5-Power Cleans 95/135

5-Hang Power Clean 95/135

5-Jerks 95/135

15-Toe To Bar

3 Rounds

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Comments

[Bec A]

Nice post! I'm curious to know how many people try this and see how well it works. Have a great New Year, I need to join you guys sometime soon! If your ever in Celina, stop on by, I'm pretty sure Ash misses you guys!

[Renee]

Very interesting Josh! I only wish I had this knowledge a few months back. Tequila coming back up for 12hours while flying back home was NOT fun!! LOL

Happy New Year and HOPE to see you Saturday morning.....

[Joseph Franchise]

The Franchises Full proof method for not getting a hangover: Side note:::: this has been proven over multiple tries. Take 4 Ibuprofen and one bottle of water before the first coldie, and 4 more with a bottle of water before u pass out, and its all good in the morning. Happy drinking!!!! Dr. Joey Franchise

[Chuck T]

I will back up the Franchies method it works for me.

[holly]

then whats the reason for resting and not getting off the couch for the whole next day about ??????????????? i would say the brown bottle disease

[vicki]

8:5?m

Happy New Year!!

[runmelrun]

11:13

[Jen D]

10:09

[heather]

7:05

[Min]

6:19

Holy grip failure, Batman! My forearms are still jacked...

Fun 9 a.m. class. Hope to see you all tonight at Chas's! If not, be safe and happy new year!

[Dana]

8:03 (m)
Mindy, you kicked major ass, as usual - awesome!!

[NP]

7:38 i think.

Great 9am class.... sorry we had to jet out of there right after the wod.

[Mindy]

Bummed I missed the 9 am....have enjoyed having a regular routine all week!! Back to reality on Monday..boo!

Have a great NYE all!! Would love to join you all tonight, but Renee and I would be bringing 24 kids along with the adults! ;) See you in the am!

[jb]

3:42

[Mo]

11:32 modified hpc

[Dave]

10:01m @ 95#

Fun hanging with you this morning Bart.

Looking forward to the party tonight.

[Chuck T]

7:37
115 # but 7 reps vs 5

[Rachael]

9:34 75#

[k]

10:28...wow, i need work on hang ANYthing. took off the tips of 3 fingernails with the very first hpclean.

[Kerry]

5:53 (scaled to 115)

[ASH]

I totally forget my time on this one b/c I was too busy gabbing with you all! Great to be at PCF again. Thanks for letting me hang with the noon class!