Its apparent success also pointed to the reasoning behind some traditional hangover cures, such as raw egg and fry ups, eggs also being rich in cysteine.

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He took with him some eggs, a raw steak and a dog.

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Add to this, alcohol - some say never, others say sometimes - flax seed (I'm now told), pate, liver, raw eggs, marlin, shark, hot baths and saunas.

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Dirt almost always equates to chicken manure and, if the eggs are produced in a free-range system, other raw agricultural commodities that hens might pick up from roaming freely.

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