It's Saint Patrick's Day in
Canada's "Most Irish" City, which means the whiskey and green beer will be
flowing at local watering holes.
To help your avoid feeling green
tomorrow, CHSJ News has gathered a few drinking tips:
-Eat before you
drink, especially proteins, fats and dense carbohydrates: they'll slow down the
rate at which you get tipsy and allow you to enjoy the fun for
longer.
-Pop and other carbonated mixers make your body absorb the
alcohol faster, as does drinking warm drinks like Irish Coffee. Energy drinks
mask your body's ability to tell you when you've had enough, making you more
likely to drink more and be hungover.
- If you want to drink
responsibly you should have no more than one drink per hour, or alternate
alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic ones.
-Once alcohol is in your blood
neither coffee nor a cold shower will make you sober up more
quickly.
-One trick for avoiding a hangover: if you're drinking bottled
beer, put your bottle caps in your pocket. Count them and have that many glasses
of water when you get home.
Above all, make sure that you
have a plan to get home safely and don't drive if you've been celebrating.