Drink like a Man, Recover Like a Man

Sunday = Recovery day. The TV is on a football game and you're on the couch in sweats, a hood over your head. You don't want to go out in public and you fear the light. With water in hand, you and fellas try to piece together the night. There's a little bit of "He-said, She-said" People try to lie about what everyone else was doing and it always end up with people pondering, "I did what?!"

It happens to all of us, and it's the sign of a good night, which you hopefully enjoyed. The morning and our hangover is a reminder for that. But unlike the morning, the hangover is not our friend. So I've compiled some info for you guys to recover like men, because no one wants to hear you bitch about how bad your head wants to explode. On the contrary, people WANT to hear how the night before went and you can then proceed to tell them how you crushed an 18 pack to your face, ran from the cops, and met a cute little brunette.

First, Water is essential. If you don't know that by now, I don't know where you're reading our page, because clearly you aren't a man. Alcohol will dehydrate you, so rehydrate yourself, drinks with electrolytes, will help as well. Gatorade is fine, but the high-fructose corn syrup isn't doing you any favors. So find a drink that has straight up glucose or other simple sugars, or make your own drink. I'll put that in a whole separate post. I personally have been using Surge which is a pre-workout and during workout drink, but it is essentially comprised of branched chain amino acids, simple sugars like maltodextrin, and sodium, chloride, potassium (needed electrolytes) . Surge can be found here And if you doubt the science of it you can see on the bottom of the page where they list their references of peer-reviewed scientific articles. They know their shit.

Second, I'm pleased to say the best food to cure a hang over is.....a Bacon Sandwich. You can find out why, here. "Bingeing on alcohol depletes neurotransmitters too, but bacon contains a high level of aminos which tops these up, giving you a clearer head." Combined with my mixture of BCAA (branched-chain amino acids, sugar and electrolytes, you have that 1-2 punch to beat that shitty reminder of last night. Go me.

I've given you the basics, if you want learn more, I've included some links. Later this week, me and chays will give you the lowdown on how to actually drink like a man, because while a 30 of Busch is a good time with the guys; when you're rolling in style you better be drinking in style. So put down that Mojito.

And remember, "Every hit can't be a home run, but you still have to step up to the plate."

http://healthmad.com/health/hangover-prevention-and-remedies/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5124936/Hangover-cures-from-pickled-eyeballs-to-citrus-armpits.html
http://lifehacker.com/142827/ask-lifehacker--hangover-cures