Booze myths debunked

“BEER before wine and you’ll feel fine …” — but is there any truth in it? It appears not, for hangovers are much the same whatever the order of drinks, a study has found.

Scientists from Cambridge University and Witten/Herdecke University in Germany also debunked advice that drinkers choose “grape or grain but never the twain” — because consuming wine or beer alone makes no difference either.

Researchers asked 90 participants to try different drinks combinations over two evenings.

They concluded it was how much alcohol you drank, not which type, that had the biggest impact on hangover severity.