Personalized Vitamins as a Form of Rehydration from Alcohol Consumption

Do you vitamins making an impact on alcohol recovery? The right blend of vitamins can help with hydration, which in turn, can alleviate some symptoms associated with alcohol recovery. But, the right blend of vitamins relates to your personal profile. It is important to be assessed for your personalization vitamin needs.

Clearly hydration with water and nutrients is essential for headache treatment and prevention. Another instance where this comes into play is when alcohol is involved. Few of us have escaped adult life without paying for an evening out on the town. As we get beyond our twenties, many of us have found it sometimes doesn’t seem worth it to enjoy a drink or two because it tends to wreak havoc on our night’s sleep and the next day.

We are not necessarily pushing abstinence here. Rather, we think moderation is key. One can also employ some techniques to avoid headaches related to alcohol and the dreaded hangover. Turns out much of alcohol’s ill effects come from its tendency to dehydrate you and specifically your brain cells. Alcohol has a well-known diuretic effect (witness any bathroom line at a big event for proof). Excessive urination quickly saps both your body and your brain of fluids. Your brain gets particularly testy about this, and you feel it big time. The above principles of consuming lots of water and the proper electrolytes can help in this area as well. There are also a few key vitamins that come into play when alcohol is involved. We learned in medical school that when anyone shows up in the emergency room intoxicated, the first thing that happens is they hang an IV bag full of bright yellow solution, referred to as a “banana bag.” This concoction, which frankly looks a lot like urine, is not only important in replacing important vitamins and electrolytes, but it also holds the cure to the common hangover. It’s chock-full of thiamine (vitamin B1), folic acid, and magnesium, and these help compete with alcohol to block certain receptors in the brain and combat the effects of dehydration. We can’t all hook up an IV every time we have a cocktail (though there are actually some companies out there doing this, for a hefty fee!). We can, however, work on ways to keep our own brain cells nice and hydrated as well as full of the right vitamins. At Vous Vitamin®, we created our Recovery Act Situation Supplement™ for this purpose.

These little yellow pills are essentially a banana bag you can keep in your pocket. Take one with some water while drinking and again in the morning, and many of our customers say they are in great shape the next day. Anyone who suffers from headaches related to alcohol consumption can try this combination with plenty of water. You can certainly skip the cocktails all together, but that can put a bit of a damper on your night out.

Rather than trying to “do-it-yourself” in the vitamin aisles, a personalized vitamin quiz is a good starting point to discover your daily vitamin needs. You may want to augment with a product like Recovery Act™ if you are going out for a heavy night of drinking. A personalized vitamin will address your needs in a more calibrated fashion than an off-the-shelf, mass market multivitamin.