Annual "Hangover-Cure" misinformation warning

[MaxH]

Experts identify the following as the two most important points for any hangover advice, yet they're still overlooked or even contradicted in popular sources. Text of background note on this, sent to food/drink editors in my region:

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Should you be planning an annual New Year's Eve "hangover-cure" or "hangover-prevention" story, you could add reader interest, and stand out from the pack, by giving this information to the writer.

1. Along with the inevitable colorful, mutually contradictory folk advice, please research and mention the two substances reported to substantially aid liver detoxification: water, and milk thistle seed extract. The latter is inexpensive as a dietary supplement, more expensive as the active ingredient in commercial "hangover remedies."

2. Before suggesting specifically acetaminophen, a.k.a. Tylenol for this purpose, please Google the word combination acetaminophen+alcohol and check results. Each separately can cause liver damage; acetaminophen carries manufacturer's danger warnings with alcohol use. (Example quotation from UC-Davis site: "Taking acetaminophen after a weekend drinking binge can prove fatal. The amount of alcohol and acetaminophen necessary for this toxic reaction varies from person to person, and thus, unfortunately, it is not possible to give guidelines for safe alcohol ingestion with acetaminophen use.")

(I've no professional connection with any of this, but along with some scientist friends around the US, have raised such points annually on Internet food-drink discussions.)