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Average Briton spends FOUR years with a hangover

The average adult spends FOUR years of their life with a hangover, a study has revealed.

Researchers found we struggle with a splitting headache and nausea for 24 days a year, which equates to 1,452 days during an average adult lifetime.

The survey of 2,000 adults, by YorkTest, found while Saturday and Sunday were the most common 'sorehead' days, one in 10 said they were often hungover on a Monday.

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Dr Gill Hart from YorkTest, said: 'Feeling the effects of the night before adds up to a staggering number of days where we feel worse for wear.

'It's one thing having a drink and enjoying yourself, but often it doesn't take much to tip you over the edge and you'll be nursing a headache the next morning.

'This means millions of Brits turn up to their office and do little work, don't turn up to work at all or waste their day spending it in bed.'

Eight in ten said they 'get the shakes' during hangovers, seven in ten suffer from tiredness and four in ten get nauseous. Another one in five can't stop sweating and the same number feel dizzy.

Nearly half have rung in sick and skived off work following a heavy night.

A third said they had received a 'talking to' by their boss for their behaviour while one in ten have even been sacked.

The results come on the same day that teenagers have been warned to avoid mixing energy drinks with alcohol.

A Government health expert said revellers who down high energy cocktails are less likely to realise just how drunk they are.

Dr Tony Jewell, Chief Medical Officer for Wales, said: 'We would consider mixing caffeine drinks and alcohol risky behaviour, especially if people drink excessive amounts.'

Warning: Energy cocktails contain high levels of alcohol, caffeine and sugar

Dr Jewell is backing a report by Alcohol Concern that has warned drinkers to cut out popular choices such as vodka and Red Bull and 'Jagerbombs' - which mix energy drinks with the liqour Jagermeister.

The alcohol charity said caffeine and sugar mask the effects of alcohol and can also increase the chances of heart disease, obesity and tooth decay.

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Alcohol Concern spokesman Andrew Misell, said: 'Sales of energy drinks have shot up in the UK in recent years, particularly among young people, but there is a general lack of guidance about the dangers of mixing high-caffeine drinks with alcohol.

'Both caffeine and alcohol are diuretics they cause the body to pass water so mixing energy drinks with alcohol can leave drinkers badly dehydrated, possibly leading to vomiting, nausea, and other health problems in the long term.

'What’s more dangerous, perhaps, is that the stimulant effect of so much caffeine can mask the depressant effect of the alcohol.

'People drinking energy drinks with alcohol may feel very alert and not realise how drunk they are. One possible result of this is that drinkers will take more risks.'

However, it is likely the warnings will fall on deaf ears, as teenagers are encouraged to go on mass pub crawls organised by university societies or companies like Carnage UK.

WHAT'S INSIDE THOSE ENERGY COCKTAILSDRINK ALCOHOLCAFFEINESUGAR2 X Jagerbombs2 Units1 Coffee6tsp1 X Vodka Redbull2 Units1 Coffee7tsp1 X can of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drink8 Units1 Coffee20tsp

Still, the charity wants energy drinks makers to warn buyers about the dangers of mixing their products with alcohol.

It has also launched a website publishing the amount of alcohol, sugar and caffeine in popular drink combinations.

Alcohol addiction already costs the NHS £2.7billion a year - a sum that has doubled from five years ago.


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