WIRED Tested Miracle Hangover Cures. You’re Welcome

Championed by English actress and female biohacker Davinia Taylor, Will Powder’s Rise and Shine is a vogue recovery aid. Before, during and one night after you take the capsule. The capsules 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. The first blue pill claims to “help maintain and protect your liver from overconsumption 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) to increase oxygenation and improve alertness.

“I don’t remember a lot and felt terrible 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’ll work on a bit. I think having something like that makes you more aware of what you’re eating, and that alone I think is a positive.”

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

$16/£13 for a pack

What about the other rugby players in our test?

Nathan Steele, who had absolutely nothing before bed, not even a sip of water, somewhat predictably reported that he felt “absolutely awful” the next day. Meanwhile, Trevor “Smacks,” who was given water before bed, told us that he “needs to drink a lot of water before going to bed, and again in the morning, to feel like he’s properly hydrated.”

Finally, Leo, who carried a pouch Dioralite rehydration salts before bed, saying that in the morning he felt he “needed a lot more than a glass of electrolytes to help deal with such a hangover.”

Of course, there are many factors – such as age, body mass, ethnicity, biological sex and even Your DNA—which affects the way people metabolize alcohol and experience hangovers as a result—which affects how these pills and drugs work. With that in mind, WIRED freely admits that we had a little (okay, a lot) of fun conducting our “anti-hangover” test, so we’ll hold our hands and admit that these results are highly subjective and by no means possible. not Ways to judge scientifically. We also want to underline that, unless you want to feel as bad as Smax, Leo and Will, you should always Drink responsibly.

How to hack your hangover

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

1. The gut takes as much bashing as the liver, so have plenty of fiber in the day cruciferous Vegetables and fermented foods. Eggs, in particular, are great for extra choline, as your liver will use choline stores to reduce damage from drinking alcohol.