What causes food hangover?
Last night we had a fabulous dinner at Bastone in Royal Oak, Michigan. Seriously, I had some of the BEST scallops I have ever had. They were encrusted with hazelnuts and pan seared. They were served with mushroom rissoto and veggies. I woke up this morning with the worst food hangover.....groggy and puffy with a headache ( I had very little alcohol). I have noticed this before but only when eating at a restaurant. Is it caused by too much salt? MSG? Does this ever happen to anyone else?
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4 Comments:
Sometimes I get a food hangover when I eat too late at night and don't have time to digest before going to bed. When did you eat?
Ed Levine at 11:20AM on 01/29/07
It wasn't very late at night, maybe 8:00 (which is standard dinner time for us).
ThatGirl153 at 9:22AM on 01/30/07
This happens to me every time I eat pizza for dinner. Every. Freakin'. TIme. I thought I was the only person who got food hangovers.
Personally, I suspect salt. My theory is a salty dinner followed by sleep must lead to dehydration (if I was awake, I'd be thirsty, ergo, no hangover), which then leads to waking up feeling hungover.
gezellig-girl at 10:37PM on 01/30/07
gez, I think you may be right. I noticed that night that the calamari was too salty so maybe the chef was a bit heavy handed with salt in general. Also, when I woke up I was very thirsty. Funny that lack of water makes you puff up...you'd think it would be the opposite
ThatGirl153 at 12:39PM on 01/31/07