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To Heal Hangover, Skip the ‘Hair of the Dog,’ and Hit the Gym
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New Year’s revelers needing a hangover remedy should ignore the conventional wisdom that they drink coffee or more alcohol, and head to the gym instead.
The body gets rid of alcohol and its toxic by-products four ways: breathing, via the liver or kidney and from sweating, said Aaron Michelfelder, a family physician from Loyola University Health System in Maywood, Illinois. Exercise speeds breathing, increases sweat, and moves alcohol-laden blood to the liver and kidneys more quickly.