In regards to eating afterwards, yes. Fatty foods tend to increase it's absorption. One strange thing I've found about certain foods is that if I eat fried chicken before (and it seems like any time before) it will kill kavas effect nearly entirely.
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Hey Kapm
Breweries have known for years that acidic foods/ drinks cause dialiation of digestional capilliaries = faster absorbtion of booze. That's why the majority of drinks are highly acidic. Carbonation of drinks increases acidity dramatically. There's a reason people get loopy on champaign and wobbly-pops.
I don't eat meat, but I suspect that fried chicken might constrict those same capillaries. Perhaps it is alkaline.
Given that we know that an empty stomach = krunk, we can posit that kava needs direct access to the digestive tract. Therefore you'd want to be eating foods that act as a catalyst, and open up circulation.
If anyone feels like drinking some pepto bismal to see if that completely negates the effect would be interesting to know. Although potentially a waste of good kava.
Your best bet is the polynesian way of fruit post kava.
Breweries have known for years that acidic foods/ drinks cause dialiation of digestional capilliaries = faster absorbtion of booze. That's why the majority of drinks are highly acidic. Carbonation of drinks increases acidity dramatically. There's a reason people get loopy on champaign and wobbly-pops.
I don't eat meat, but I suspect that fried chicken might constrict those same capillaries. Perhaps it is alkaline.
Given that we know that an empty stomach = krunk, we can posit that kava needs direct access to the digestive tract. Therefore you'd want to be eating foods that act as a catalyst, and open up circulation.
If anyone feels like drinking some pepto bismal to see if that completely negates the effect would be interesting to know. Although potentially a waste of good kava.
Your best bet is the polynesian way of fruit post kava.
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Just my n=1, but I've downed it a couple of times out of desperation to rid myself of kava-induced nausea. It didn't seem to have any affect at all on the kava's effects. It didn't relieve my nausea either.
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I always chew a few Mylanta chewables anout 30 mins before hitting the nakamals. Seems to help me. I will also have one in the morning with my Berocca (soluable vit B).
Greasy food straight after for me ( i mean a large pizza to myself) will easily see me driving the porcelain bus.
Greasy food straight after for me ( i mean a large pizza to myself) will easily see me driving the porcelain bus.
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Headhodge, I love your ice tea story. I don't drink at lunch because it lives with me all afternoon but a spoon full of Kava in the ice tea might be the ticket. Take the edge off of a workday afternoon. I see a lot of postings about nausea and I have never gotten nausea from Kava. Think about this, I take my 3-4 oz of Kava in 30 minute increments. So the effects built slowly but surely and there is less shock to my system. Also, I know immediately when I have had enough. There is no need to get brutally krunked once you are feeling pretty good. Except maybe on Sat. nites ....
