Take the hangover like a man or start drinking to avoid it

[the_scalp]

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Hangovers are almost entirely a result of being dehydrated. Diaretics dry your body out. I don't see how this is such a mysterious thing.

Sure, the caffeine might give you a little extra perkiness. There are better ways to get caffeine, though, if that's what you're after.

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Wrong.

Hangovers are partially due to dehydration (caused by the diaretic nature of alcohol), but primarily due to the effects of poisoning yourself all night.

Drinking lots of water helps mostly because it allows your body to more effectively process and flush the alcohol. Soda's dehydrating effects are minimal, and more than made up for (as a hangover cure) by its carbonation (for upset stomachs), its caffeine (for headaches and alertness and helpful effects on blood cleansing), and its sugar (body needs energy to fight poison).

There's better ways to get caffeine, sure, (healthy hangover cure = Excedrin, O.J/Gatorade, good meal, and a nap) but soda is not the horrible idea you make it out to be.

Of course, drinking alcohol is more effective in terms of fighting the hangover RIGHT NOW, but probably a bad long term habit.