Have you ever considered thatbyour diet may be making youill? Well I’m sure we’ve all thought that at some stage, but do you suffer with a hangover, even though you’ve not consumed any alcohol? If the answer is yes then it may be that you are suffering from a food hangover. Yes new research has proved that this actually happens.

The after effects can be fogginess, iritability,tearfulness and depression, just like the after effects of a night on the booze!

Foods that are high fat, high sugar and starch are to blame. If you eat one or all of these in a day and you find yourself a little worse for wear the next day, most of us would put it down to a tummy bug or similar virus, but we could be misdiagnosing what is going on. When we say it must have been something I ate, that’s true enough but for a different reason.

Our busy lives mean we’re often under stress, which also has a damaging effect on our digestive process and makes symptoms such as bloating, lethargy and brain fog more likely.