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trof

(54,256 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:57 PM Sep 2012

Turns out there is a scientific cure for a hangover.

Bacon sandwich.
It turns out that there is a cure, and a wondrous one at that: the bacon sandwich. And no, as far as we're aware this isn't some marketing team-up between the world's breweries and pork farmers -- there's totally legit science involved.

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"Those findings were the result of British-led research that came just a few years after the British-led research that said there was no such thing as a hangover cure, leading us to assume that the Brits, being the world's most hungover people, are simply desperate for a cure.

It turns out that the hangover-slaying superpowers of the bacon sandwich are a happy accident of its two constituent ingredients, bacon and bread. The bread is loaded with carbohydrates, while the bacon is full of protein that the body breaks down into amino acids, an important player in your body's overall level of feelgoodness.

And while we've shown you before that drinking doesn't kill your brain cells, booze does cause you to lose neurotransmitters, i.e., those chemicals in your brain that allow you to do things like think and breathe and control your innate desire to dance the sexiest version of the robot possible.

But the amino-rich wonder-food that is bacon tops those right back up, helping to clear up that feeling that gremlins came in the middle of the night and replaced your brain with a pincushion."
http://www.cracked.com/article_19293_the-5-most-ridiculous-drinking-myths-you-probably-believe_p2.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=trending_now

I KNEW IT! BACON IS GOOD FOR YOU!

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Turns out there is a scientific cure for a hangover. (Original Post) trof Sep 2012 OP
Fuck that noise. The answer is simple - STAY DRUNK! HopeHoops Sep 2012 #1
Haven't had a hangover in 42 years! ohiosmith Sep 2012 #3
Well, um, I have. I was only seven 42 years ago. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #4
I'll agree with that. I am a vegetarian, RebelOne Sep 2012 #6
There are a lot of advantages to being vegetarian. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #11
I prefer to kill two birds with one stone... madinmaryland Sep 2012 #2
DU Post of the Year! petronius Sep 2012 #5
If it is the combo of bread and protein Duer 157099 Sep 2012 #7
tuna on a hangover sounds terrible fizzgig Sep 2012 #8
Don't believe the lying picture!!! harmonicon Sep 2012 #9
In Japan, Ukon (Okinawa tumeric) tea is touted as a cure for hangovers Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #10

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
7. If it is the combo of bread and protein
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:03 AM
Sep 2012

then why not a tuna sandwich? Or grilled cheese? Or PB&J? Or turkey?

Not that a bacon sandwich isn't always a good thing, but how is bacon special for a hangover?

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
8. tuna on a hangover sounds terrible
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 02:48 AM
Sep 2012

same with grilled cheese. greasy and dairy free is what i want when i'm hungover

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
9. Don't believe the lying picture!!!
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 05:32 AM
Sep 2012

Bacon in Britain, and therefore the bacon sandwich, is a sad fucking excuse for food. It's basically the shittiest, limpest, grodiest shit cut of meat. They put it on the equivalent bit of bread and eat it. It sucks.

Granted, eating one will do a hangover no harm. This doesn't mean you shouldn't down gatorade and jelly doughnuts and/or McDonald's cheese burgers.

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