In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Jason Jarosz practices making specialty shots at the American Professional Bartender School in Villa Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Jason Jarosz practices making specialty shots at the American Professional Bartender School in Villa Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Yuma Amador practices mixing cocktails at the American Professional Bartender School in Villa Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Kim Goodletson Khan, a teacher at the American Professional Bartender School, poses for a portrait in Villa Park, Ill. Khan devotes a class to serving responsibly. That includes encouraging bar patrons to drink water. Khan, who also tends bar, says alternating drinks with glasses of water helps and is a method she uses "because I?ve been doing this way too long." (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Tia Taylor, right, practices serving a cocktail with fellow student Tom Rossow at the American Professional Bartender School in Villa Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Sheree Johnson, right, and Tia Taylor practice mixing cocktails at the American Professional Bartender School in Villa Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey)
CHICAGO (AP) ? Chicago attorney Colleen Gorman has a holiday ritual that doesn't involve buying presents or counting down to midnight: She goes online looking for new hangover remedies.
The 28-year-old's fianc? tells her she should probably just drink less.
Experts say that's good advice for everyone.
In fact, the only way to prevent a hangover is to not get drunk. But there are strategies to soften the blow.
Experts say not drinking on an empty stomach tops the list because food helps absorb alcohol and delay toxic effects on the body. Drinking plenty of water before, during and after also helps because alcohol can dehydrate the body.
But researchers note that preventing hangovers is a challenge because no one's pinpointed a cause.
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Online:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
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