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Read an article on how to avoid hangovers. Here's two of the less obvious I found interesting.



Nix the diet mixers
It's a good way to keep calorie counts low, but using diet soda as a mixer with your liquor can make you drunk faster. A study published in the American Journal of Medicine in 2006 showed that alcohol entered the bloodstream about 15 minutes more quickly?creating a higher blood-alcohol level?when it was mixed with an artificially sweetened drink instead of one that contained sugar. So save your calories elsewhere if you want to help save yourself from a hangover.

Use the proper painkiller
It's tempting to pop a few pills before passing out in the hopes of avoiding waking up to a nasty headache. But just make sure you're reaching for the right bottle. Acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, should not be taken after you've had a few drinks. "When acetaminophen is metabolized in the liver, one of the byproducts is actually a toxic compound," explains Swift. The liver normally handles it just fine, he assures, but having alcohol in your system exhausts the liver's ability to remove this toxic byproduct. "And if the liver can't get rid of it, it can build up and cause liver damage," he says. The better choice: Take a couple of aspirin or ibuprofen (like Advil) instead, washed down with a large glass of water.

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