top 10 hangover cures
I’m way too hungover to be writing this post. But since I love you, Dear Reader, I wanted to share 10 of my personal favorite hangover remedies. I’ll talk softly.
#1 Water and lots of it
Dehydration is the main culprit of the pain and suffering associated with a hangover. So load up on the H20.
#2 Multivitamins
With a hangover, your body is depleted of necessary vitamins and minerals. A quality multivitamin helps you replenish them.
Note: The best cure for a hangover is prevention. The first two hangover cures in this list are most effective when consumed before or during drinking.
#3 Apple cider vinegar
Excessive alcohol consumption creates an acidic pH in the body. Apple cider vinegar helps create a more alkaline environment. Take a teaspoon or two of apple cider of vinegar in a full glass of water. The taste of the vinegar can also help ease nausea.
#4 Fresh citrus fruit
High water content helps with dehydration. Lots of vitamins help replenish vital nutrients. And the sour taste helps combat nausea. Honestly, almost any fresh fruit would be a great hangover cure, but citrus is my personal favorite.
#5 Beer
If ‘hair of the dog’ hangover remedies are your thing, I suggest beer. Beer contains more water than other alcoholic beverages, which will prevent you from dehydrating your body any more than you already have. And the numbing effects of alcohol can help with your hangover headache.
#6 Exercise
Increasing your heart rate helps speed the metabolism of alcohol out of your body. Plus, the endorphins provide a much needed natural dose of feelgood. Sidenote: If you’re just too hurt up to get out of bed and exercise, an orgasm would also give you the same benefits. Just saying.
#7 Roasted beets
Beets are nutrient dense, and antioxidant rich. Plus their mineral-ly taste can help your nausea. And they’re Zach Galifianakis’ (you know, that bearded guy from The Hangover) hangover cure of choice.
#8 Coffee
The caffeine in coffee constricts blood vessels. This can be a tremendous boon if you’re suffering from a raging hangover headache. Unfortunately, coffee also dehydrates your body, so make sure to chase your cuppa with some good ol’ H20.
#9 Echinacea
Echinacea is purported to aid in both the removal of toxins from the body and in boosting the immune system. Take echinacea in tea or capsule form.
#10 Acidophilus
Acidophilus (aka, Lactobaccillus Acidophilus) – a strain of ‘good bacteria’ found in yogurt – helps maintain a healthy pH in your body and speeds the metabolism of alcohol out of your body, which will help you get over that hangover faster. Acidophilus is available in capsule form at most health food stores.
“Did you know that having a hangover is… is not having enough water in your body to run your Krebs cycles? Which is exactly what happens to you when you’re dying of thirst. So, dying of thirst would probably feel pretty much like the hangover… that finally bloody kills you.”
~ Charles Herman in A Beautiful Mind
cheers,
k
how to say ‘cheers’ in 50 languages
A long time ago I read somewhere that the toast originated during the Middle Ages. During large banquets hosted by feudal lords and kings, each guest would toast by pouring a little bit of their drink into their neighbor’s glass, and by the time the toasting was done, everyone would have what everyone else was having. In a time where hostile takeovers often involved secret poisons, this sort of toast was done to make sure that if there were any poisoners present at the feast, he or she would also get a taste of their own medicine.
Hopefully, Dear Reader, you won’t find the need for such paranoid celebratory rituals, but should you happen to find yourself in mixed company, this handy guide from Matador Nights will help you make a proper toast that everyone will understand.
How to Say Cheers in 50 Languages
A-E
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Language |
Spelling |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
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Afrikaans |
Gesondheid |
Ge-sund-hate |
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Albanian |
Gëzuar |
Geh-zoo-ah |
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Arabic (Egypt) |
فى صحتك: (literally good luck) |
Fe sahetek |
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Armenian (Western) |
Կէնաձդ |
Genatzt |
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Azerbaijani |
Nuş olsun |
Nush ohlsun |
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Bosnian |
Živjeli |
Zhee-vi-lee |
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Bulgarian |
Наздраве |
Naz-dra-vey |
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Burmese |
Aung myin par say |
Au-ng my-in par say |
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Catalan |
Salut |
Sah-lut |
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Chamorro (Guam) |
Biba |
Bih-bah |
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Chinese (Mandarin) |
干杯 |
Gan bay |
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Croatian |
Živjeli / |
Zhee-ve-lee / |
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Czech |
Na zdravi |
Naz-drah vi |
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Danish |
Skål |
Skoal |
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Dutch |
Proost |
Prohst |
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Estonian |
Terviseks |
Ter-vih-sex |
F-M
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Language |
Spelling |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
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Filipino/Tagalog |
Mabuhay |
Mah-boo-hay |
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Finnish |
Kippis |
Kip-piss |
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French |
Santé / |
Sahn-tay / |
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Galician |
Salud |
Saw-lood |
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German |
Prost / |
Prohst / |
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Greek |
ΥΓΕΙΑ |
Yamas |
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Hawaiian |
Å’kålè ma’luna |
Okole maluna |
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Hebrew |
לחיים |
L’chaim |
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Hungarian |
Egészségedre (to your health) / |
Egg-esh ay-ged-reh / |
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Icelandic |
Skál |
Sk-owl |
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Irish Gaelic |
Sláinte |
Slawn-cha |
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Italian |
Salute / |
Saw-lutay / |
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Japanese |
乾杯 |
Kan-pie |
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Korean |
건배 |
Gun bae |
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Latvian |
Priekā / |
Pree-eh-ka / |
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Lithuanian |
į sveikatą |
Ee sweh-kata |
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Macedonian |
На здравје |
Na zdravye |
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Mongolian |
Эрүүл мэндийн төлөө / |
ErUHl mehdiin toloo / |
N-Z
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Language |
Spelling |
Phonetic Pronunciation |
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Norwegian |
Skål |
Skawl |
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Polish |
Na zdrowie |
Naz-droh-vee-ay |
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Portuguese |
Saúde |
Saw-OO-de |
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Romanian |
Noroc / |
No-rock / |
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Russian |
Будем здоровы/ |
Budem zdorovi/ |
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Serbian |
živeli |
Zhee-ve-lee |
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Slovak |
Na zdravie |
Naz-drah-vee-ay |
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Slovenian |
Na zdravje (literally on health) |
Naz-drah-vee |
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Spanish |
Salud |
Sah-lud |
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Swedish |
Skål |
Skawl |
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Thai |
Chok dee |
Chok dee |
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Turkish |
Şerefe |
Sher-i-feh |
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Ukranian |
будьмо |
Boodmo |
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Vietnamese |
Dô / |
Jou / |
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Welsh |
Iechyd da |
Yeh-chid dah |
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Yiddish |
Sei gesund |
Say geh-sund |
cheers,
k
photo: Cheers! by melalouise, on Flickr
4 food network hosts i love to hate
While I don’t watch the Food Network nearly as much as I used to, I still find myself lingering on that channel more than most others. Yet these 4 Food Network hosts will have me hunting for the remote control faster than you can spell EVOO.
#1 – Rachael Ray
Oscar wouldn't stoup so low
Rachael Ray makes me think of mayonnaise and Wonder Bread – two things that instantly make me retch just at the mention of them. Her nasally Midwestern accent, her annoying little sayings, aka Rachael Ray-isms, like: yummo, easy-peasy, sammie, stoup, and delish; plus her uber-flat pronunciation of anything that sounds remotely foreign is enough to make my ears bleed. Frankly, those so-called 30 minute meals aren’t exactly time savers if it involves an additional 30 minutes for me to clean up all the blood and vomit expelled from my facial orifices after watching the filth-flarn show.
Now don’t get me wrong – I respect Rachael’s entrepreneurial gangsta and all. This woman is a brand that rivals Martha and Oprah, and there’s a lot to be said for that. Plus, when she’s off camera, she actually seems to be a lot more palatable. But her over-the-top onscreen personality earns her the top spot on the list of Food Network stars I love to hate.
Not to mention she kinda reminds me of Audrey Griswold from National Lampoon’s European vacation.
Is Rachael Ray Audrey Griswold?
#2 – Sandra Lee
Memoirs of a Fembot
Sandra Lee is a fembot with faulty wiring. I’m certain that if this alleged woman were dissected, there would be no human organs found inside, only clock parts, glue, and popsicle sticks. This ‘woman’ and the food she cooks is an abomination. She is the representation of everything that is going wrong in American kitchens today. The majority of what she cooks is processed or pre-packaged food that comes out of a can or box, like I assume she did. And if I had to guess, I’d say her internal workings are fueled by alcohol, since the only time on her awful show when she looks even remotely lifelike is when she’s preparing a cocktail to drown out the taste of the plastic food she’s prepared. And don’t even get me started on those tablescapes. Look, I love a nice decorative table theme, but the stuff she puts out there looks like an android’s interpretation of human celebratory rituals.
In this video clip of Sandra Lee outtakes, she slips up and reveals that SHE (not just her food) is semi-homemade. Also note the hefty supply of fembot fuel on the table. Just saying.
what the...?
#3 – The Chairman’s Nephew
Somewhere, the Chairman sheds a tear.
Take a Benihana hibachi cook and put him in a well-tailored suit, and you’ve got The Chairman’s Nephew. As if Iron Chef America wasn’t awful enough with such inspired secret ingredients as… CHEESE, Food Network had to go and get this clown and dare to pass him off as the nephew of Chairman Kaga – the original host of Iron Chef Japan. First off, this dude is NOT Chairman Kaga’s nephew. He’s a martial arts movie actor, whose real name is Mark Dacascos. He’s starred in such stellar cinematic offerings as: Only the Strong, Double Dragon, and Kickboxer 5. And even if he was the Chairman’s real-life nephew, I’m sure Kaga in his infinite wisdom would have disowned him long ago. Secondly, the Chairman’s nephew’s presence on Iron Chef America is entirely unnecessary. He adds nothing to the show other than weird, cartoonish facial expressions and backflips that I’m not sure if I’m supposed to take seriously or if I should be offended by how stereotypically ‘Asian’ they are.
Though when not in his well-tailored suit, I have to admit, the Chairman’s nephew is kinda sexy. Yet even at his sexiest, he’s still not nearly as sexy as Chairman Kaga. Rawr.
Mark Dacascos is Iron Chef Karate
Chairman Kaga is Iron Chef Sexy
[Sidenote: why the %&#@! does the Food Network dub Masaharu Morimoto’s voice on Iron Chef America? That’s just rude.]
#4 – Sunny Anderson
Sunny sports Sandra Lee's hair
Lacefront wigs are a menace to society, and no one is immune to their horrendous effect on black women’s hairlines. Not even Sunny Anderson. I have to be honest, I really have no idea what Sunny cooks like or what Sunny talks about because every time I see her on TV, all of my other senses are rendered useless by the insurmountable distraction that is her hair. What the heck is up with Sunny’s HAIR!? Did she borrow it from Sandra Lee? Is she recovering from chemo? I mean c’mon Food Network, there are only two brown women on the whole bloody station, and you can’t hook a sister up with a better stylist, or at least a lacefront in a color that isn’t the exact same color of her skin? Really? Really!?
Sunny's stylist shows off her work
What Food Network hosts do you love or love to hate? Share ‘em in the comments.
cheers,
k
we brunch hard – brunch is not a game. it’s delicious.
Man, I thought I was serious about brunch. But Brooklyn-based comedian and tell-it-like-it-’tis man Elon James White has got me beat. Unlike all those other brunch rappers out there… he spits nothing but hot FIYAH!
I will definitley be booming this on Saturday mornings from here on out.
Read, see, and hear more from Elon (and believe me, you’ll want to) on This Week in Blackness.
cheers,
k
if there’s a cure for this…
…seriously, I don’t want it. But I still think it’s funny as all hell.
And I love that it’s from “the makers of Damitol”.
cheers,
k
it’s gold!
Without a doubt my favorite Superbowl commerical this year:
cheers,
k
yogabeans – ashtanga for action figures
As usual, I was tripping around the web and magically landed on one of the weirdest and most strangely entertaining blogs I’ve seen in while – yogabeans.
Why weird? Because each post provides detailed illustrations of a different Ashtanga yoga pose using…superhero action figures.
As for the strangely entertaining part, you’ll just have to see for yourself. But, I guarantee you there’s nowhere else you’re gonna see Silver Surfer do downward facing dog, or watch a plastic, shirtless Ric Flair talk about prana.
Check it out the next time you need a moment of zen at the office.
cheers,
k
photo of the day – republican swimsuit model
I’m sure that many a young Republican boy spends hours in the bathroom contemplating this lovely image:
Thanks to Dave for the share.
cheers,
k
