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    Hangover Food. This is an emergency.

    Posts: 1,193 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Hello people int he know,

    I've got a hangover from hell this morning and all I want to do right now is stuff my face with pizza, McDonalds, etc.

    Can you suggest any healthy alternatives? I'm at work and there are a gazillion places around me that sell oh-so-naughty foods that I'm working hard to avoid!

    Any help is much appreciated!

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    • Posts: 536 Member
      Do you have a kitchen at work? Or do you have to get something ready made?

      If you have a kitchen then could do poached egg, grilled bacon and grilled tomatoes with one slice of toast?

      I love Subway when I'm hungover - get plain chicken with loads of salad and light mayo and it's pretty healthy but the melted cheese hits the hangover spot (I usually get double cheese!)

      Boots meal deals are pretty good too, their shapers menu is great and all under 500cals! xx

      ETA - you probably dont have boots over there...sorry!! Failing that coffee...LOTS and LOTS of coffee!!! xx
    • Posts: 437 Member
      Hello people int he know,

      I've got a hangover from hell this morning and all I want to do right now is stuff my face with pizza, McDonalds, etc.

      Can you suggest any healthy alternatives? I'm at work and there are a gazillion places around me that sell oh-so-naughty foods that I'm working hard to avoid!

      Any help is much appreciated!

      I don't have much experience with hangovers... and/or the food that makes you feel better when you have one...

      you can get healthy stuff at mcdonalds... grilled chicken... yogurt...

      I think you can almost find something healthy at any fast food store :) or at least healthier...
    • Posts: 70 Member
      My all time fix is to drink a large soda fountain diet coke. Must be something about the carbonation that works for me
    • Posts: 20
      Toast with peanut butter Always helps me!
    • Posts: 537 Member
      I might as well have written that. Every time Im hungover I have to eat terrible foods :(.

      Of course you can go buy a salad or a healthy sandwich or something but I promise in five minutes youll still be craving that pizza.

      Just cut your losses and go for a pizza but try and get the best option - vegetables on it etc.

      Work it off tommorow.

      Your body is craving sleep and sugar so it's sending your hunger sensor thingys into overdrive (sorry, GCSE Biology was a long time ago)

      xxxx
    • Posts: 36 Member
      If you're anything like me you need something substantial to battle the hangover. Eating a salad is not going to hit the spot and you'll probably end up bingeing on crap later on. Better to have a slightly less healthy lunch and control the urge!

      I suggest carbs as it'll fill you up. Why not try an chicken and avocado sandwich toasted? They make me feel better! Or find a cafe that does a healthy pasta - a tomato based pasta with veggies, or even a noodle shop where you can get noodles, veggies and lean meat.

      Good luck!
    • Posts: 20
      If you're anything like me you need something substantial to battle the hangover. Eating a salad is not going to hit the spot and you'll probably end up bingeing on crap later on. Better to have a slightly less healthy lunch and control the urge!

      I suggest carbs as it'll fill you up. Why not try an chicken and avocado sandwich toasted? They make me feel better! Or find a cafe that does a healthy pasta - a tomato based pasta with veggies, or even a noodle shop where you can get noodles, veggies and lean meat.

      Good luck!
      A chicken Avacado sandwich sounds So GOOD! lol
    • Posts: 771 Member
      Sorry, when I have a hangover I need grease. Try some bacon on whole wheat bread.
    • Posts: 727 Member
      How about a 6" hot turkey sub? (Go easy on the sauces)
      Nice mix of carbs and protein, should fulfil the craving and not do too much damage calories wise.
    • Posts: 439 Member
      Plenty of water as you will be dehydrated, brown toast with peanut butter :-)
    • Posts: 1,193 Member
      Thank you guys, I love you - this is GOOD HELP in making my decision. I'll keep you updated what happens next. I hate these days!
    • Posts: 27 Member
      You're at work with a hangover? You maverick!
    • Posts: 772
      mac and cheese
    • Posts: 146 Member
      My post-hangover necessities are scrambled eggs and bacon on toast. Chased by a powerade/gatorade. You need salt, grease and drastic rehydration.

      WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
    • Posts: 2,210 Member
      Hello people int he know,

      I've got a hangover from hell this morning and all I want to do right now is stuff my face with pizza, McDonalds, etc.

      Can you suggest any healthy alternatives? I'm at work and there are a gazillion places around me that sell oh-so-naughty foods that I'm working hard to avoid!

      Any help is much appreciated!

      You are hungover. GO great pizza, mcDonalds, ice cream the whole lot.
    • Posts: 772
      My post-hangover necessities are scrambled eggs and bacon on toast. Chased by a powerade/gatorade. You need salt, grease and drastic rehydration.

      WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.

      berocca is a good one too. Funny thing is I crave OJ now, never used to.
    • Posts: 3,150 Member
      Weird. When I'm hungover the thought of heavy greasy food makes me nauseous. I always crave fruit and sushi.
    • Posts: 48 Member
      Eggs on toast.
    • Posts: 7 Member
      A BLT might work. Add sone cheese.

      I always like red gatorade- maybe a ton of crystal light? Def. drink as much ice water as you can hold.

      Or something I always did- get some deli tuna salad. I know, lots of mayo, but tuna on saltines always helped.
    • Posts: 1,258 Member
      Hardee's Monster Biscuit....if you're going down, go epic
    • Posts: 531 Member
      AHHHHH the morning after the night before! OUCH! Bananas will replace elctrolytes, loads of water!:flowerforyou: Feel better!
    • Posts: 965 Member
      You need salt, sugar and water. However you get that into you is up to you, but those are the key elements you need. I recommend some carbs as well if you've got a sicky feeling hangover.
    • Posts: 307 Member
      Weird. When I'm hungover the thought of heavy greasy food makes me nauseous. I always crave fruit and sushi.

      Me too!
    • Posts: 1,193 Member
      Weird. When I'm hungover the thought of heavy greasy food makes me nauseous. I always crave fruit and sushi.

      You're my new hero
    • Posts: 91 Member
      Get some electrolytes in ya fast!! Like Hammer Nutrition Enduralytes.
    • Posts: 59 Member
      Really spicy ramen noodles. Fills you up, rehydrates you and helps you sweat out all the alcohol! Then a giant diet coke, sorted.
    • Posts: 52 Member
      Definitely a BLT on granary bread with some berroca, then coffee and painkillers!
    • Posts: 108 Member
      Not going to help much , but when i am hungover only eggs and bacon or something quiet substantial and full of bad calories will do , and i just have to go with it or it just makes me worse . but these times are less now .xx:drinker:
    • Posts: 5
      I usually drink OJ, take a couple of Advil, eat a piece of toast. Sounds lame I know, but the alcohol has dried up the glucose in your body, which is why you feel so lousy, and are looking for BAD food. The jusice will put the glucose back into your system faster than anything else, Read that in Readers Digest over 20 yrs ago. Works for me!
      Drink LOTSA water....try to stay away from caffiene which only dries your system out more.....hang in there! :)
    • Posts: 126 Member
      Lot's of water, your body is dehydrated and needs fluid.
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