Party season is here - and with all the merriment comes a barrage of banging heads and bubbling bellies.
ABI JACKSON reveals how to give hangovers the heave-ho

HOW many Christmas wishlists would include the ability to avoid hangovers for evermore?

If only we could somehow either stop drinking to excess or, by some magic, be able to opt out of the fuzzy heads and tongues of the morning-after-the-night-before, right?

But, while we all know the importance of not overdoing it with the booze and seeking help if our alcohol habits are causing problems, there is nothing wrong with enjoying a few drinks to toast in the New Year - so hangovers do happen, and many of us will be battling one come January 1.

Now a massive fry-up, carb and sugar fest, possibly a questionable chemical concoction in a sachet or tablet form, might seem appealing.

But do you really want to tackle your not-very-healthy hangover by eating and drinking lots more not-very-healthy things?

Offset that headache and some of the boozy guilt with a more virtuous ‘remedy’ instead.

Here are seven of our favourites... blueberries, bananas, water, ginger, tomato, coconut water and orange juice.