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What is a Hangover?

A little understanding of what a hangover actually is may help you beat your next one.

Hangovers are a combination of these factors:

Dehydration -: Alcohol is a diuretic and leaches water from your body.

Shock - You've effectively overdosed on booze. Although not lethal it knock's every thing out of whack.

Malnutrition - Drinking all those liquids with alcohol have caused you to flush many of the vitamins and nutrients that a stored in your body.

With all that going on, no wonder you feel like crap. Let's move on to the remedies.