Championed by English actress and female biohacker Davinia Taylor, Rise & Shine by Will Powders is an indulgence recovery aid. You take the capsules before, during, and after a night out. The capsules supposedly work with ingredients that claim to protect your liver, help your blood sugar levels, and increase oxygen in your bloodstream.

We asked rugby player Will “Pingu” to take this supplement on our night out. The first blue pill claims to “help maintain and protect your liver from overuse of inflammatory foods, drinks, and stress.” The second pink capsule taken at the end of the night is an antioxidant said to be designed to maintain blood sugar levels, while the last yellow pill is (in theory) there to increase oxygen and improve alertness.

“I don’t remember much and I felt awful the next day to be honest,” Will said. “If it’s a big night out you have to remember to take the pink capsule before bed, which I find a bit of a chore. I think having something like this makes you that you are more aware of what you are consuming, and for that reason alone I think it is a positive.

“There are many ingredients in these capsules that help protect your body from excess alcohol, including milk thistle, choline, and vitamin B6,” says Brines von Melle. “It’s a great formula, and my hesitation as a purist is that I’m not the biggest fan of the anti-caking agents found in some health supplements.”

$16/£13 for a pack

What About the Other Rugby Players in Our Experiment?

Nathan Steele, who never had anything before bed, not even a sip of water, reported somewhat predictably that he felt “terrible” the next day. Meanwhile, Trevor “Smax,” who is allowed water before bed, told us that he “needs to drink a lot of water before bed, and again in the morning, to feel properly hydrated.”

Finally, Leo, who took a sachet of Dioralyte rehydration salts before bed, says that in the morning he feels like he “needs more than a glass of electrolytes to help fight a hangover like this.”

Of course, there are many factors—such as age, body weight, ethnicity, biological sex, and even your DNA—which affects the way people metabolize alcohol, and thus experience a hangover—which in turn affects the effectiveness of these pills and potions. With this in mind, WIRED freely admits that we had a little (OK, a great deal) of fun conducting our “anti-hangover” experiment, so we’re going to throw up our hands and admit that this results are highly subjective and unlikely. way to be judged scientifically. We also want to point out that, unless you want to feel as bad as Smax, Leo, and Will, you always have to. drink responsibly.

How To Hack Your Hangover

Brines von Melle offers some basic tools to hopefully help the body absorb alcohol:

1. The intestine needs a lot of bashing like the liver, so during the day there is a lot of fiber cruciferous vegetables and fermented foods. Eggs, in particular, are good for extra choline, because your liver will use its choline stores to reduce the damage caused by alcohol consumption.