Here’s The Best Way To Cure Those Annoying Wine Headaches

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A good way to end a long day is with a glass (or two) of vino and your best girlfriends by your side. However, that doesn’t always set you up to feel your best the following morning because post-wine headaches are the absolute worst. But what if we told you there was a simple solution to having your favorite drink and not regretting it at all the next day?

The secret lies in a cup of coffee, dear friends. But rather than chugging it the moment you wake up feeling like someone smacked you with a hammer, brew a cup or two before your wine night begins. Don’t worry  — we’ll explain why.

Wine has three major components that lead to grueling next-day headaches: tannins, sugar and histamines. The tannins are what give red wine its dry-mouth feel, the histamines are what trigger that stuffy nose you notice a few glasses in and the sugar just fuels the fire of dehydration and inflammation. So when these three things get together in one potent glass, you pretty much have a recipe for disaster.

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However, according to Dr. Seymour Diamond, the executive chairman of the National Headache Foundation, drinking two cups of coffee before downing your wine can help you stave off a lot of the headache symptoms that typically ensue. The caffeine content helps constrict blood vessels, countering the effects of blood-flow boosting histamines as they attempt to create inflammation in the body.

Now, don’t be surprised if this little trick leaves you dehydrated AF since both alcohol and caffeine are diuretics. (Water is still your friend before, during and after a wine night.) Not to mention, pairing a stimulant with a depressant will likely wreck your sleep quality that night as well. But hey, at least you won’t wake up with a headache, right?

[h/t Elite Daily]