Remedies to help prevent and treat over indulgent in alcohol consumption as well as overeating this Memorial holiday weekend.

Prevention

Take Probiotics to help build your gut friendly bacteria. 80% of our immune system is in the gut. Probiotics can help protect against parasites, infections, toxins and bad bacteria; help with absorption of nutrients and vitamins; helps the motility of our intestines;

Make sure to hydrate plenty and eat before you start indulging in alcohol consumption. For every alcoholic beverage, have a glass of water in between.

Treatment

If you are indeed experiencing the negative effects of overconsumption of alcohol evening time, best is to continue hydrating, as well as taking digestive enzymes to help ‘speed up’ digestion and facilitate hangover effects. Also, taking Magnesium can help with serum electrolyte balancing as well as enzyme production, calming heart rate and helping with sleep issues. It is one of the most important minerals to consume.

The morning following: dealing with a hangover

First thing to do after waking up in the morning and feeling sick from overconsumption of alcohol is actually not to have coffee right away, but rather you want to DETOX and alkalize your body. Simple, inexpensive steps:

Boil water and mix it with clean, room temperature water to make it lukewarm. Add fresh squeezed lemon, a splash of Apple cider vinegar, a dash of Himalayan sea salt and a sprinkle of Cayenne pepper. Mix and drink.

The combination of these ingredients can help energize your body, detoxify the liver and kidneys, help with motility and intestines, and alkalize your blood. When your body is alkaline, it is energized, can help fight dis-ease, and help recover from any health issues after.

Should the apple cider vinegar be non-tolerable, it is ok to omit it from the drink, however make sure to still use the fresh squeezed lemon with the rest of the above ingredients.

Lypospheric Vitamin C

One of the best forms of vitamin C is this ‘Fat soluble’ type. A 1,000 mg of pure vitamin c that can be absorbed thru your cell membranes readily, and not be destroyed by stomach acids or be flushed out so easily.

Taking this form of Vitamin C can really help energize your body, give it the antioxidant protection it deserves, and repair your cells to better serve your body.

*Best taken first thing in the morning with the lemon water.

Go outside, get sunshine and sweat!

Exercising and sweating will really help detoxifying as well as energizing your body. Even if feeling fatigued and non motivated, get outside, soak up the sun and get moving. You WILL feel better.

Get Acupuncture

Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine have been around for over 5,000 years. Acupuncture can help treat variety of ailments as well restore the proper flow of Qi, the body’s energy or life force, promote and maintain health.

Over indulging, over drinking as well as overeating can cause an imbalance in the channels and energy flow of the body. By using acupuncture and treating the liver channel to help with detoxification and help the liver organ function better, treating the stomach and spleen channels to help with digestion, increase energy and overall wellbeing, treating the Large intestine channel to help with motility and clearing heat (lowering inflammation), reducing headaches and high blood pressure, all can really benefit the individual to feel better on a physical, emotional, and mental level.