You can't drink like a man: hangovers are worse for women

If you have been under the impression for years that you can drink just as well as a man, then we will help you out of this fairy tale today.

You may feel like ‘one of the guys’ and love drinking a lot of beers, but a day later you are the one in trouble and they are not. No, those men will stubbornly continue and drink on. Because men have less trouble with a hangover than women, it turns out.

Not only do women get drunk faster than men, but they also feel a lot worse the next day. This is because a woman weighs on average a bit less than a man, so there is relatively more poison in each sip of alcohol for us. We women simply have less body water to mix that poison in our bodies, making it all hit harder. They are a bit tipsy after eighteen beers, we are already under the table after one measly vodka-Soda that idea. It's due to biology, you can't help it. We have on average a bit more fat in our bodies, a man has on average a bit more muscle. And yes, that muscle is mostly made up of water and water mixes nicely with those poisons in alcohol, fat does not. Sounds logical: their bodies are built to be able to drink more. Research proves: if a man drinks just as much as a woman, a woman is still a lot more tipsy and hungover.

By the way, there is another catch under the party grass. Because drinks with carbonation, bubbles that is, give you definitely worse hangovers. Think of that glass of prosecco or champagne. But also those male 'I’ll join in' beers. Fun for the men perhaps, but just keep it cool with your very female white wine.

But it's a shame. Because you still think you can keep up with the group, maybe. That can really happen if you feel like it, but a day later you experience a terribly unhappy hell above the toilet while your male companions are already on the football field. In short: in 2019 we drink with all love like a woman.