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Many people like drinking more than they should - particularly at this time of year - but no one likes hangovers. Waking up with a pounding head, a dry mouth, a churning stomach and a lingering sense that you did something really, really stupid last night is a fairly common habit in the UK, but now scientists think that you can (at least) cure the first three symptoms.

A team of experts from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai have tried many different combinations, and believe they've come up with the perfect hangover cure, reports Wales Online .

According to Dr Shraddha Srinivasan and his colleagues, a combination of coconut water, pear juice and lime juice will do the trick.

But to work perfectly, it needs to be at least 65% pear juice, a quarter lime juice and 10% coconut water.

However, that's not all. The ICT say that you can boost the effects by eating cheese, tomato and cucumber at the same time. So - a cheese salad sandwich, in other words. That's if you can stomach it of course.

The study says: "A beverage made from a blend of sweet lime, pear, and coconut water could be used to overcome hangover.

"The consumption of this beverage with cheese, cucumber, and tomatoes may further alleviate the hangover symptoms."

The study also recommends black tea, green tea, probiotic yoghurt, wheat, turmeric, ginger, dates and cocoa.

But you should avoid milk, oats, peanuts, nutmeg, cumin, cinnamon, vitamin C, coffee and eggs.

The 'good' foods and pear drink help break down acetaldehyde by boosting dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase in the liver.

Until the acetaldehyhe is broken down you will continue to feel bad - with headaches, nausea and other familiar hangover symptpms.

So the quicker you break it down the better.

They found commercial hangover cures and antioxidants had no impact on the enzymes helping end your hangover.

They added: "Coffee decreased the ALDH activity by a large magnitude; hence it is not advisable to consume coffee post alcohol intake as it might lead to acetaldehyde build-up resulting in prolonged hangover."

The study was published in Current Research in Food Science .

What do you think, will you be giving it a try? Let us know in the comments!

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