Researchers from Indiana University in the United States have recently managed to burst the bubble of everyone who was planning to indulge in a little more alcohol than usual during the holidays, by revealing that hangover cures were only mere myths.

Browsing through the most commonly used methods of getting rid of a nagging hangover, scientists shattered longstanding beliefs with a piece released in the British Medical Journal.

The all-knowing Internet, mother, father, lover and more often than recommended, doctor to all of us, gives people a plethora of cures for hangovers, ranging from taking aspirin to drinking large quantities of water.

Still, it seems that no method actually works, since various tests have been carried out with regards to the solutions offered by the web, all to no avail, researchers have stated.

So, unfortunately for some, the only way to steer clear of a hangover is drinking moderately, which is, ironically enough, the one thing most people steer clear of during the holidays.

Another holidays-related common belief that’s been brought to crumbles by scientists concerns eating late at night, which is often said to lead to putting on a few pounds.

Nevertheless, researchers said that there was no cogent evidence linking late-night snacking to gaining weight, adding that ingesting more calories than usual prompted the scale to show more than it used to irrespectively of when you chose to pump your meals with some extra calories.

Even though a study has suggested that obese women were more prone to eating late in the night than the others, it also found that the former category of females usually ate more in general, so the weight gain could not be blamed on their habit of having a bite or two after midnight.