{"id":5492,"date":"2013-01-09T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T16:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2013-01-09T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:37:41","slug":"sour-grapes-conquer-the-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/01\/09\/sour-grapes-conquer-the-hangover\/","title":{"rendered":"Sour Grapes<\/em>: Conquer the hangover"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s January. A time to decompress from December stresses, look toward the new year with a hopeful gaze, and recover from the inevitable holiday hangover. It\u2019s that magical time of year when a month\u2019s worth of overeating, sugar binging, and booze culminates in a cloudy-brained crash landing\u00c9 just in time for a new semester!<\/p>\n

Sure, that New Year\u2019s Day nausea seems light years away now, but you just know you\u2019ll soon be suckered into \u201cback-to-school\u201d drinks with classmates, followed by \u201clet\u2019s-catch-up\u201d beers with those friends who went home for the holidays. Before you know it, it\u2019ll be St. Patrick\u2019s Day and that New Year\u2019s resolution you made to drink less will be nothing but a fading echo in your foggy memory.<\/p>\n

Luckily, there\u2019s no shortage of supposed hangover cures to relieve the morning-after blues. According to the likes of the Huffington Post,<\/em> Time,<\/em> and Men\u2019s Health<\/em> magazines, here are some of the most popular options:<\/p>\n

The greasy breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

This most hallowed of hangover traditions isn\u2019t just about stuffing yourself until you\u2019re ready for naptime, it\u2019s actually about replenishing your B vitamins. And you know what\u2019s chock-full of B vitamins? Meat. And eggs. Covered in cheese. Thank goodness for Victoria\u2019s seemingly endless string of breakfast joints serving up all kinds of combinations of this tasty trifecta. Try Shine Caf\u017d\u2019s brie- and bacon-smothered Benny next time you need a B-vitamin boost.<\/p>\n

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Coconut water is the new Gatorade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hair of the dog<\/strong><\/p>\n

A little breakfast cocktail can go a long way to relieve hangover symptoms. Mostly, the alcohol just numbs your pounding headache, but along with that comes the added benefit of replenishing more of those elusive vitamins. A Bloody Mary will not only give you a little kick of vodka, but will also give you a decent dose of vitamin C with all that tomato juice. Same goes for the orange juice and champagne classic, the Mimosa. Blue Fox Caf\u017d mixes it up with a mango peach variety that\u2019s sure to cure (if only temporarily) your hangover headache.<\/p>\n

Coconut water<\/strong><\/p>\n

This tropical beverage has recently risen to fame as the new re-hydration powerhouse. Coconut water is giving sports drinks a run for their money, flaunting its five essential electrolytes over Gatorade\u2019s pathetic two. It\u2019s also full of potassium, providing a refreshing alternative to choking down an over-ripe banana first thing in the morning. And with no added sugar, coconut water has earned the right to sit alongside the iced teas and spirulina smoothies in the health-drink aisle of almost every local grocery store. But, beware: if you prefer a beverage that doesn\u2019t require chewing, steer clear of the \u201cwith pulp\u201d variety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s January. A time to decompress from December stresses, look toward the new year with a hopeful gaze, and recover from the inevitable holiday hangover. It\u2019s that magical time of year when a month\u2019s worth of overeating, sugar binging, and booze culminates in a cloudy-brained crash landing\u00c9 just in time for a new semester! Sure, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-january-9-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5544,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions\/5544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}