How to sober up quickly without affecting your health

According to Dr. Ly Gia Cuong, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, the World Health Organization estimates that about 3 million people worldwide die each year due to alcohol, accounting for about 5.3% of annual deaths.

Drinking alcohol is linked to more than 200 diseases, injuries, and other health problems, including mental disorders, alcoholism, and diseases such as cirrhosis, cancer, and heart disease. Here are some quick ways to sober up if you have been drinking.

How to sober up quickly

Drink juices

Drinking alcohol can lower blood sugar levels. Therefore, the brain does not have enough “fuel” to function, causing fatigue and headaches. Supplementing carbohydrates is one of the effective ways to sober up, but few people know.

After drinking alcohol, you can drink some fresh fruit juice to reduce the feeling of discomfort. Fresh fruit juice provides more water and carbohydrates, which are essential for the process of sobering up.

Drink water

One of the easiest home remedies for hangovers is to drink plenty of water. Drinking water helps restore essential fluids and can help your blood and circulatory system transport nutrients and oxygen to your tissues, while also removing waste and toxins after excessive alcohol consumption.

Use herbal teas

Herbal teas such as ginger tea help to calm the body and relieve symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Ginger tea also helps relieve spasms, soothe the stomach, reduce bloating, indigestion and nausea, and also provides vitamin B and limits the effects of alcohol on the intestinal mucosa.

Therefore, ginger is often used to prevent and treat hangovers and organ damage caused by drinking too much alcohol.

In addition, other herbs such as chamomile and saffron also help to sober up effectively.

Bean juice (green beans, black beans)

Simmer black beans until soft and drink, one cup at a time, to help sober up. Green beans are also known for their cooling properties and detoxifying effects, so they can be used to cook porridge or mixed with water to help aid digestion and effectively reduce symptoms of fatigue when drunk.

Drink coconut water

Coconut water contains many electrolytes and many other nutrients such as sodium and potassium, so drinking coconut water helps to replenish water and overcome hangovers more easily. In fact, some studies have shown that coconut water is as effective at rehydrating as traditional sports drinks.

Milk

Filtered water, milk, rice water, thin porridge, honey help replenish water and electrolytes, help reduce symptoms caused by drunkenness and at the same time effectively prevent hypoglycemia.

What is drunk?

Drunkenness is a state when the body absorbs a large enough amount of alcohol to increase the alcohol concentration in the blood, affecting health.

When drinking a lot of alcohol, the functions of the body and brain will slow down significantly, leading to conditions such as poor judgment, lack of body coordination, slowed breathing, drowsiness, drunkenness can cause seizures, dehydration, trauma, vomiting, coma, and even death.