Party Tonight? Read Our Hangover Handbook

Prevent post happy-hour pain with these fete-friendly tips (9 Photos)

Madelyn Fernstrom on Dec 20, 2010 at 2:59PM

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Party Tonight? Read Our Hangover Handbook

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Hangover Helper: Stick With Light Colored Spirits



To head off hellish hangover symptoms, look to the light on bar night. Compared to clear liquors like vodka and gin, darker spirits like whiskey and rum contain greater amounts of congeners, compounds produced during fermentation that enhance taste and aroma. But they can also interfere with the body’s cell function, severely punishing your head and stomach the morning after.

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