WIRED Tested Miracle Hangover Cures. You welcome

Championed by English actress and female biohacker Davinia Taylor, Rise & Shine by Will Powders is an indulgent recovery aid. Take the capsules before, during and after a night out. The capsules supposedly work together with ingredients that claim to protect your liver, help your blood sugar levels and increase oxygen in your blood.

We asked rugby player Will “Pingu” to take this supplement on our night out. The first blue pill claims to “help maintain and protect your liver from overuse of inflammatory foods, drinks and stress.” The second pink capsule taken at the end of the night is an antioxidant allegedly designed to maintain blood sugar levels, while the final yellow pill is (in theory) there to increase oxygen and improve alertness.

“I don’t remember much and I felt pretty awful the next day if I’m honest,” says Will. “If it’s a particularly big night, you have to remember to take the pink capsule before bed, which I find a bit of a chore. I think that having something like this makes you more aware of what you consume, and just for that , I think it’s a positive.”

“There are many ingredients in these capsules to help protect your body from excess alcohol, including milk thistle, choline and vitamin B6,” says Brines von Melle. “It’s a fantastic formula, and my only hesitation as a purist is that I’m not the biggest fan of the anti-caking agents found in some health supplements.”

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What about the other rugby players in our experiment?

Nathan Steele, who had absolutely nothing before bed, not even a sip of water, predictably said he felt “absolutely awful” the next day. Meanwhile, Trevor “Smax”, who was allowed water before bed, told us that he “needs to drink a lot of water before bed, and again in the morning, to feel that he is well hydrated”.

Finally, Leo, who took a lot of Dioralite rehydration salts before bed, he said in the morning he felt he “needs a lot more than a glass of electrolytes to help deal with a hangover like this.”

There is, of course, a wide range of factors, such as age, body mass, ethnicity, biological sex, and so on. your DNA– which influence the way people metabolize alcohol, and consequently experience a hangover – which in turn impacts the effectiveness of these pills and potions. With that in mind, WIRED freely admits that we had a little (OK, a lot) of fun conducting our “anti-hangover” experiment, so let’s hold our hands and admit that these results are highly subjective and can’t count on anything. way to be judged scientifically. We’d also like to point out that unless you want to end up feeling as bad as Smax, Leo and Will, you still should. drink responsibly.

How to Hack Your Hangover

Brines von Melle offers some basic tools to help the body with alcohol consumption:

1. The gut takes as much bashing as the liver, so the day to have a lot of fiber in crucifer vegetables and fermented foods. Eggs, in particular, are great for extra choline, as your liver will use choline stores to mitigate alcohol damage.