Alcohol, Hangovers & How to Cure a Hangover Based on Science | Dr. Andrew Huberman
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- Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses the causes of hangovers and ways to reduce or eliminate hangover symptoms.
Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast.
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This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode "What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health." The full episode can be found on CZcams here: czcams.com/video/DkS1pkKpILY/video.html
Anyone else here absolutely fighting for their life right now?
Yep
are you ok now
i think this will jill me if i do it again
Over 24 hours later 😮💨
Im dead mate, swallowi a lot of water.
I’m only 32, but my body no longer seems to process alcohol the way it used to. Not only are the hangovers vicious and last up to two days, but the “drunk” feeling in the moment is no longer enjoyable. It used to alleviate my social anxiety, and make me feel happy/excited. Now it just makes me feel sleepy, dizzy, and sick to my stomach. It doesn’t seem to matter if I’m having 1-2 drinks, or 6. I feel sick, sleepy and gross in the moment, and am rendered completely useless the next day with migraines, acid reflux, aches and pains, etc. I’m essentially experiencing all of the side effects of the poison, without any of the benefits. I have stopped drinking completely for this reason, although I do wish I was able to have a couple drinks every now and again without having to feel terrible, and lose an entire day after. Oh well, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
You’re about the same age as me and in addition for the fact we’re both here says a lot lol . I’m assuming our story may be similar, me I started drinking in high school around 16, after graduating ton of partying until we turned 21 and that’s when drinking became “less fun” (the illegal factor) but long story short I’ve drank everyday to every other day since . So for the past maybe 3 years i started noticing the changes, at one point I could hang til 2 am completely shit face and work the next morning now I cannot stand a hangover and have to take breaks between days. Truly thought I’d always be the lil dude to outdrink everyone around but goddamn it’s not the same . Still love drinking, drunkish now (3:52am) but somethings gotta give 😅😢 not proofreading sorry if some doesn’t make sense 😂🤭
@@cdubw4921 I'm 27 and at the same exact point and mindset as you. Any pointers or advice?? I drink every night but wanna slow down or stop
I am twice your age. I understand you. The suffering worsens with age. I wanted to say that so you would know there's a good chance it will beat you up more as you get older. That's why I am watching videos like this. To see if there is a solution, I can't find a solution that works I may just give up on drinking. I still get pleasure from drinking at the moment but the next day the suffering makes the fun part not worth it. I will have to find a solution or stop.
Your body is screaming, crying for you to quit. Alcoholism is not mentioned here but that’s exactly what it is! No longer fun, major sickness for days, searching for ways to keep drinking…IT’S TIME TO QUIT!! Nothing is more important than your health….
Not easy but worth it going forward…. 🎉
Good luck
@@lindaluckett7790 is it still considered alcoholism if I only drink once every few months? I also only have one or two drinks when I do. It seems more likely I’ve developed some sort of allergy, or perhaps my body just knows the party is over and it’s telling me to never drink again 😂
RECAP:
- Restore gut microbiome.
- Safe deliberate cold exposure 1-3 minutes or upto 10 if you can handle it. The temperature should make you want to get out but you know you're safe staying in.
- Drink water or optimally drink electrolytes whilst drinking, or if you don't do that, drinking them before bed and/or when waking will be fine.
these are all insane accusations
"Hair of the dog" refers to an old supposed treatment for rabies - the hair of the dog that bit them was put in the wound as part of the treatment.
Being sober is the best way
True
I drink because I get anxiety at work as a bottle service girl and then the next day I wake up with more anxiety. I’m so glad I found this video
Hi, it is imperative you watch this whole video...I know it will help you..God bless.
I never understand how people drink to fall asleep. I wake up like every 30 minutes if I drink before sleep.
If you’re struggling with hangxiety, I recommend listening to some ASMR videos . If you’re new to that it’s a way of calming your mind using sounds and music
My notes ⭐ So sleep well. Eat probiotic food. Take non-steroid antinflamatory (but take into account the liver issue). Not ingest more alcohol. Cold exposure, cold shower (be careful with hypothermia). 2 glasses of water wity electrolites (salt) for every gkass of alcoholic drink. Anyway, for me a Monster Rehab lemon tea + high fat high protein high sodium fast food like KFC does the job
Ty for motivating me to go to KFC
You probably get light hangovers if that’s all it takes for you
@@piratenLjos lol
Also, electrolytes are not just salt so please people don’t be adding salt to your water that will not make you feel better
I would suggest coconut water
@@alexwiperno get liquid IV or a Pedialite
The cold exposure is so true! Being from South Africa, our holidays were always in beautiful beach places and nature areas. when I was younger I would go for a night out during the holidays. The next day we would all meet to go to a waterfall, the ocean or some cold water source because the heat of the day and the hangover wouldn’t mix well. After the swim the hangover would be much better. So interesting to hear the science behind it thank you Andrew!
That pseudosleep thing is real man. I'm always getting 7,5hrs of sleep but last night I slept only 1 hour and I have this hangover like feeling
why are my hangovers so inconsistent like going without eating or drinking water and drink so much i throw up to barely hungover to drinking relatively light to being so hungover i’m in pain shaking and throwing up
I used to be able to drink as much as I wanted and I'd be OK the next day - I could go to work for example.
Nowadays if I have one drink I feel tired the next day, if I have a binge I feel terrible for 5 days.
Check your iron levels
@@georgeeeeeeeee8110I eat a lot of red meat. Should I still take some iron?
For the hangxiety, alcohol increases GABA which is like hand brake for neurons. Once that wears off glutamate network goes into overdrive. This increases neural activity, can even cause seizures... This is a big part of the hangxiety
Can taking gaba the next day help?
In my experience it absolutely does help.
Gaba ltheanine excedrin and coconut water. I have the solution
@@jonathansaffron3119 some people say it helps but research shows that it’s difficult for GABA to cross the blood brain barrier.
One time, I was chugging red bull while drinking to stay awake. The next day I got this huge acute depression. It was worse than any hangover I ever had in my life.
As a regular drinker for over 10 years, I can say this - only cure is a time. Or alprazolam (Xanax) if it's very bad.
Yes alprazolam relieves lot
I have breathing or hyperventilating, after a night of drinking and yes , Xanax helps with this problem.. but , quit drinking wilould be better
Hydration before, during and after drinking is the most important, followed by potassium. Taking a vitamin B complex before and the next day also helps with metabolizing the alcohol. Lastly, electrolytes, sodium in particular.
What happens if you just use hair of the dog 7 days a week and avoid the hangover completely, forever? Oh that's right, I'm an alcoholic.
I had 8 skooners its really stressfull and dizzy pls dont drink more then 4 . Enjoy turns into tension
I'm not sure how it took me so long to find your wisdom sooner especially since we come from similar backgrounds and demographic profiles. You are just a bit nerdier than I am (in a good way) which is why I look to you now when I want to learn stuff. Do you have any insights on DMT and what it is doing in the human brain? - the only addison
Anecdotally, I’ve found wim hof method or other breathing exercises to be very helpful as well
Good stuff. Zinc + magnesium tablet washed down with Gatorade zero, before and after drinking followed with a multivitamin and breakfast works well for me.
Lemon squeezed ice water with 2 pinches of pink salt. Gatorade zero has that nasty aspartame
I was under the impression hangovers are at their worst in the morning because the liver has converted the ethanol to oxidative byproducts during the the night, and switches to the methyl/ formyl products by morning. This creates formaldehyde and the majority of the pain (Along with all the other factors).
Having a beer in the morning puts ethanol back into ADH as the preferred substrate (instead of MeOH), so there is some pain relief while ADH churns away on its least preferential substrate in the background.
I can understand if you don't want to get into these details, but this is very old kinetic information.
I get he doesn’t want to condone hair of the dog, but it works. 1 beer in the early afternoon doesn’t lead to a worse hangover afterwards
Definitely takes the edge off.
Having alcohol on hangover does not cause worse hangover. You can have one or two beers during the day and you will feel much better and certainly not be hungover the next day
If I drink for more than 1 day in a row, I get pretty horrible anxiety and feel very down.
I feel you.. Amd you got something that help you?
Anyone here with strong headache after alcohol last night?
I don't know why this hack is not more commonly known, because it's never failed me. Take 1 antihistamine (a strong one, or 2 mediocre ones) BEFORE going to sleep after drinking alcohol. You will not wake up with a headache or nauseated. I guarantee it. You might however, still feel a bit shady, but you should be coming back to this comment and thanking me for not losing a day to dying regrets. You're welcome.
Ahh the good old hangover blues. Or as my friend calls it 'Post binge loser complex'
Dude. Hard exercise. The harder the better. If you’re hungover exercise until your shirt is drenched in sweat. Rehydrate. Cured. Ready to drink again. Highly functioning alcoholic for many years here.
Yeah and say goodbye to your heart 😅
Legend
Bro I hope your gonna be alright
Trust me not the way to go
Yea hard exercise while having a splitting headache is the way to go 🙄
we call the post-session anxiety the 'beer fear'
I used to drink to forget, but I can't remember what about. How do I reverse this?
I get it bro, don’t go skinny dipping in the middle of the night in winter when you’re hammered. Ok onto fixing my hangover
If vasoconstriction leads to headache during hangover, wouldn't cold exposure also lead to headache through the same mechanism?
vasoconstriction from cold exposure is your bodies natural response to adapt to the change in body temperature. the thing is, there are a number of different mechanisms that are activated from cold exposure, all of which aren't induced by poison. instead those mechanisms are induced by your bodies reaction to different stimuli. long story short, when vasoconstriction in your brain is caused by poison it's going to lead to a headache because, well it's poison. take my statement with a grain of salt of course as I'm not a scientist.
Most likely because cold exposure results in cutaneous vasoconstriction while alcohol results in cerebral vasoconstriction... But idk for sure. Also, cold exposure has vastly more effects than just vc so those other effects are likely responsible for the headache relief
So there’s some studies refuting that alcohol is a diuretic and that dehydration is a symptom of hangovers. Your mouth is dry the next day because the alcohol is literally drying out the mucus membranes in your mouth. They found that people had normal electrolyte levels the next day.. just think, a hangover is nothing like being stranded in the desert for four days with no water. And for all the urinating you do, they found it’s about the same as if you drank a similar amount of water.. think 12oz beer and 12oz water
Adrenaline can definitely sober you up, anyone that got into an adrenaline inducing situation while drunk knows this
In the moment itself you might 'feel' sober, but are actually not sober at all. Of course, this depends on the definition of sober. But it definitely doesn't make the alcohol from your blood magically disappear.
When I used to smoke and drink and we had to run from a guard or the cops, I was definitely feeling really sharp after it happened and in the moment.
I've heard stories about parents of drunk people getting angry for them drinking, and slapping them sober 😂
Where do you buy that from? Is Adrenaline the brand name?
@@youart9797 bro go search on wikipedia what adrenaline is, it is a hormone in our bodies that gets activated when shit gets real, for ex. a fight or flight response, those situations can get you to feel less drunk
Vitamin B12 is the key. It's a cofactor for etoh dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase. That plus aspirin and fish oil reduces the inflammation and boom hangover cured
Been of alcohol for 3 months straight and for a falks of 21 years old was good! Now I’m having a hangover last night(no drunk btw) thanks
I mix my wine with kombucha, its delicious and not as much hangover
This vid is 24hrs too late 🥳🥴
Though I did drink a water with a sports drink tablet 💪and a fried bacon sandwich, with brown sauce ofcourse.
Interestingly I did experience anxiety today , thought I maybe heading towards a panic attack 😬 but feel better now 🙂
Ps I'm never drinking again !!!
50+ yrs binging, hair of dog or amphetamines (not recommended) or narcotics if it last more than a day. It takes 5 to 6 days to get rid of a good hangover. I recommend 5-6 hot Epsom salt baths as hot as you can stand it and drinking 3,4 or 5 bottles of water while in the tub each time, sleeping between soaking. Time is the best healer.
Before bed - water, Tylenol or Advil, Zzzquil and Afrin
Do we
sauna and toxin release?
How about a good run the next morning. Always worked for me.
easier said that done but u are probably right
my experience with hangxiety its to pop a few benzoodiazapines and beta-blocker for vaso-dialation but talk with your doc before doing so it may be unsafe and im no doc so talk to your doctor about hanxiety remedies
Hanziety or as we say in Scotland The FEAR 😅😅😅
So, @ 2:24 what if you suffer from insomnia and sometimes you need a few drinks to actually get some sleep?
From my experience, the alcohol creates insomnia. Get 30 minutes of good exercise each day, turn the lights down one hour before bed, don’t eat anything three hours before bed, and abstain from alcohol for 30 days. Try it as an experiment and see how your insomnia is doing.
I was 8 days into my withdrawal with not a second of sleep. Full blown DTs for days. I caved and pounded 2 tall steel reserves, just so I could sleep. Hell
@@Vilebodypart Eight days of no sleep!?
I hope they were the 40oz High Gravity Lagers.
Well I had been drinking 5 of those 24 oz 8% ones, without eating food for days and days. Only to crash and withdrawal bad as hell, then to feel better 5 days later. Just to repeat it all over again.
So after all the years of doing that every fuckin week, I’m assuming that when I got deathly ill, and I just couldn’t drink at all, like full rejection, my body was like yep you’ve got alcohol induced insomnia. I went fuckin nuts, and it was the most painful thing ever. I sipped on those two steel reserves for a few hours until they were gone, but dude that’s all it took for me to pass out, no food or sleep for 8 days. Just staring at the ceiling seeing shit, I swear I felt better with every sip!
why if it will too cold can give heart attack?
Citrulline malate works amazingly well for me. I imagine because it's a super hydrator.
It’s the hair off the dog that bit you. Think an old medicine term. Taking a hair of the dog that bit you and putting it in a potion to treat the wound
I feel like I get better sleep after a night of drinking. Is that possible in some people?
No
@@scottmcgrane4619 I guess I should clarify. For me, I have a sore neck from years of staring at screens. After a night of drinking, after sleep, my neck feels better. Like a got better sleep for that particular pain.
I wonder when people look at the data, does it say "this is 100% true" or does it say "this is true in most people"? Know what I mean?
Jump in a pool the morning after and you will feel better. I do this when i drink and stay at resorts . Literally it will take away most of the hangover effects
What I do is chug 1L of water in between my binging episode with a serving of electrolytes (which include salt, potassium, magnesium, and calcium). Then 1L of water before bedtime.
I’ll usually wake up 2-3 times during the night, but hangover isn’t as bad. Quality of sleep is obviously shit, but you deal with that the next day and stick with fasting and eating only fruits.
What about japanese, italians and Spaniards? They regularly drink but in moderation and are healthier and live longest? Can huberman explain this to us
Maybe you should have titled the video, "I explain what a hangover is for those who have never had a hangover, then I drone on and on by explaining what's going on in your body during a hangover" Every dumb "hangover cure" article with a headline about "curing" a hangover ends by saying "the best cure is not to drink at all". This video is a step below those that mainly because of the false advertising in the title. If the title would have been something along the lines of what I stated above then at least you'd have some truth in advertising and an "E" for effort.
Dihydromyrecetin, look into it.
Why don’t you get hungover when you’re younger? In my first year drinking I just didn’t get them 18-19
GABA gummies help the hanxiety a ton!
The myth of people surviving cold due to intoxication is probably a combination of survivorship bias & subjectivity.
“Take some fluff of the dog who bit you.”
Alcohol gets me so sick. I just don't drink.
I have to confess, being in my early 30s now, I cannot stomach alcohol anymore the way I did in my early 20s. It feels much shittier and also takes longer to recover. I avoid dark liquor altogether and drinking >2 beers on any given night binge.
I agree, my body can't handle alcohol like it use to
The best medicin is
Never drink again. No hangovers anymore
Booo
True
A lot of this is talking in circles
Having studied this subject as a
Professional drinker lol
If you want good advice.
Time is more the key,
Next day Pedialite and not eating until later evening helps. Usually a salty broth ie chicken noodle soup
One good point is unrest. Having consumed a lot your brain will pass out but you don't rest.
What happens when you stop drinking heavily you have crazy dreams, and sweat a lot.
That phase moves into the next day your brain is able to rest
Usually a lot of drool on pillow when you get a normal night of rest.
I haven't found anything that can stop hang over or it's duration, is it harmfu?l, Yes. Honest part of life is there is no benefits from it. Trust me I know.
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Watching this gave me a massive headache…
Im quitting fr fr this time 😅🤮
I find cucumber water and hot bathes do the trick. I refuse to get into cold water. I saw Titanic. No, thank you. Lol!
2:41 i had 3, 750 ml beers. And one 500 ml. And sleep is disrupted
I don’t usually suffer the next day because the hangover doesn’t know me son.
Hair of the dog come from the idea that when you take a drink of what you drank last night it will help your hang over and the saying is "taking a bite of the dog that bit ya".
It's called "the hair of the dog" because that's what you would do if you turned into a werewolf. You'd have to eat the hair of the dog that bit you.
Kinda dumb, but it reverses the effects of "lycanthropy."
BTW, not a doctor, do not take this advice.
I don't think Andrew drinks... doesn't know what the "hair of the dog" is? Doesn't know people aren't cold plunging while drunk for hangovers, but rather after? No discussion on the different effects of responsible drinking vs binge drinking? Andrew makes a lot of great content, but this is a subject he needs to study further.
2 drinks and you’re fine again, works every time
Hair of the dog = Pliney the Elder came up with a cure for rabies in which you clip the hair from the tail of the rabid dog that bit you.
This is kind of all wrong and not helpful. The basic premise is alcohol breaks down into acetaldehyde which is toxic. If you're liver cant keep up with removing it in first pass metabolism, it can reach the brain and other body parts which causes histamine and bradykinin release leading to inflammation and vasodilation. Best way to remove this inflammatory toxin is to increase your urine out by drinking more water, and then to use NSAIDs like ibuprofen and antihistamines like Benadryl (if you're ok with being tired). Excedrin is also good as the caffeine can help with vasodilation in the brain but you don't want to overdue it since there's aspirin and it can cause bleeding
Hair of the dog came from the idea that if you get bit by a dog, take a little bit of hair and mix it into some water or tea or whatever and that could prevent you from catching rabies if a dog has rabies that’s what I’ve heard. I don’t know how far back that goes but in a long time.
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I prefer to call it "Alconoia"....alcohol induced paranoia 🍻
im too hungover to listen to this. hair of the dog it is.
😊💝🌸
The best way to cure a hangover is by not drinking. Any perceived benefits of alcohol are as I just stated, perceived.
Fun is a pretty objective benefit though
Booo
True
I’m sitting here feeling like garbage , about to drink more to feel “normal” again , came to CZcams to justify it , if other functioning people do it , then it’s ok if I do. 😅
wow just put video starts at 14:50 or whatever
Hahaha this!! ☝️☝️☝️
Just take the damn aspiring and B1
Just don't bother drinking. Easy solution
i use exogenous endorphins…
I wish this guy would just SAY IT. GOD.
i wonder what your ideas were huberman, hair of the dog
The perfect cure: don’t drink alcohol
How’s the weather up there on that pedestal?
It is the answer ,once you relize it
True
I learned nothing ??
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Drugs are bad mmkay
Maybe dont dont get drunk in the first place......problem solved
Adderall helps a lot
LOL, exactly what I did as soon as i woke up
Lmfao
Heroin works too
I know what works for me - I keep a huge black coffee next to my bed, soon as I wake up, I drink it then hop in an apple cider / Epsom bath, then I run Sprints or just do some steady cardio. At this point, although I drank a bottle of vodka the previous day, I'm now way way ahead of the rest of the world. Ppl are soft! Man tf up!
If someone has a hangover, they don't want to sit through about 10-15 minutes of the video for you to get around to the answer of how to cure a hangover. For heaven's sake!!!
Watch it upfront for next time 😂
Prior preparation prevents piss poor performance 💯
This video was made for people to watch ahead of time to prepare for a future hangover
If you are hangover and you want to watch this video, you are not hangover for real :)))
Lol
This is one of the most boring videos I’ve ever come across
marijuana works great..T.H.C the T.otal H.angover C.ure...you should look into that
It'll help get some food in you and thats half the battle. I always try to take a big vape hit when im done drinking. Get the super munchies. Eat a bunch. I think a full stomach during and/or after drinking a ton is the best thing you can do
@@pjchris2160eat enough normal food, to reduce effects and control the amount