The factor that may reveal if you’ll have a bad hangover… and it’s NOT the number of drinks you’ve consumed
Sensible types might plan to have just a few drinks when they go to a party this time of year; thus avoiding the next day’s deletion.
But the number of drinks you consume may be less important than how drunk you feel.
One study found that people who felt drunker tended to experience worse hangovers. And it seems more important than how much they actually drink.
This may be because feeling drunk indicates that alcohol affects the brain and body more strongly, which in turn exacerbates hangover symptoms such as headache, thirst, and nausea.
Researchers at the Open University collected information on the drinking habits and hangovers of nearly 1,200 people in the UK and Ireland.
This included asking about their most intense drinking episode in the past month, from zero to ten, how much they consumed and how drunk they felt.
They were also asked about their personality or mood while drinking to gauge the impact on their hangover.
According to the researchers, how much they drank had only an 11 percent effect, while how drunk they felt had a 64 percent effect.
The number of drinks you consume may be less important than how drunk you feel, according to one study. Pictured: File photo
The NHS recommends people drink no more than 14 ‘units’ of alcohol (about six glasses of wine or pints of beer) per week
A person’s personality (whether they were neurotic or extroverted, for example) or their mood while drinking was not significantly linked to a bad hangover.
The findings were presented at the 14th Alcohol Hangover Research Group Meeting in Glasgow.
Dr. who directed the research. Lydia Devenney told the Daily Mail: ‘This has implications for how we manage our hangovers.
‘Your future self may thank you for not only paying attention to how much you drink, but also for checking in with how you’re feeling and remembering what’s ‘normal’ for you before ordering the next drink.’
