"Beer before wine, everything will be fine," a study concludes

• "Beer before the wine, everything will be fine, the wine before the beer, we feel weird" is a well-known saying.
• However, a new study found that it was a complete myth.
• The type of alcohol you consume or the order in which you drink alcoholic beverages has no effect on your hangover, it simply depends on the amount.

"Beer before wine, everything will be fine, wine before beer, you will feel strange."

This is a saying that is often heard when you attend a watering establishment, the idea being that the order in which you consume your drinks will play a determining role in the severity of your hangover the next day.

However, a new study has shown that this theory is actually a complete myth.

Researchers from the Witten / Herdecke University in Germany and the University of Cambridge have concluded that excessive consumption of alcohol would cause a feeling of unease, no matter what you drink and what in which order.

The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, focuses on 90 German children aged 19 to 40 receiving alcoholic beverages of various kinds.

The participants were divided into three groups:

• Group 1 drank about two and a half liters of beer, followed by four large glbades of white wine.
• Group 2 consumed the same amounts of alcohol, but first drank the wine.
• Group 3 (the control group) included only beer or wine.

The researchers then badyzed students' feelings the next day and determined whether they had vomited using a questionnaire and badessed them overnight. They were measured for thirst, fatigue, headache, dizziness, nausea, stomach upset, increased heart rate and loss of appetite.

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The test was then repeated a week later, but the order in which each group consumed its drinks was reversed and the control group drank alcohol that it had not not drunk the first time.

It turned out that the hangover suffered by the participants was just as bad depending on the form of alcohol they had consumed and in what order.

The researchers also found that taking into account factors such as age, weight, and eating habits did not lead them to predict the extent of a person's hangover. .

However, the study found that women suffered from a hangover slightly worse than men.

The main author of the study, Jöran Köchling, from the University of Witten / Herdecke in Germany, said: "We have found no truth in the idea that drinking beer before the wine gives a softer hangover than the opposite.

"The only reliable way to predict how unhappy you will be the next day is if you feel drunk and sick.

"We should all pay attention to these red flags when we drink."

Dr. Kai Hansel of the University of Cambridge added that drinkers should pay attention to the hangover because it is the way the body sends a message.

"It's a protective warning sign that has certainly helped humans over the centuries to change their future behavior.

"Unfortunately, we found that there was no way to avoid the inevitable hangover simply by promoting one order at the expense of another."

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The myth of "beer before wine, everything will be fine" is often heard in the UK, and there are similar variations in French and German.

However, in North America, it is more likely that you hear a saying encouraging drinkers to start their nights with spirits before switching to beer if they want to avoid a dreaded hangover: re in clear. "

But in the end, you must be wary of the amount of alcohol you consume, not the type or order.