Forget fatty food and fizzy drink - charcoal pills and super shakes featuring the black grit are the hit new hangover cure.
Traditionally used to treat poisons and drug overdoses, it seems a number of people have turned to charcoal as a way to detox or even as a way to get over a boozy weekend.
Some have reportedly taken activated charcoal, readily available in pill form at your local pharmacy or health store, before a night out in an effort to stave off a hangover.
It's supposed to work by binding to toxins in the digestive tract - effectively cleansing the body once it's expelled in stool form.
Other people are tucking into cleansing drinks featuring charcoal, such as The Unbakery and Little Bird Organics' Charcoal Lemonade Tonic.