It is the Silly Season and for many of you it’s probably one social event after another. For me, it’s like I barely go out for the whole year and then December is so full I feel like I am a debutante coming out to society or one of the hideous women off the series “Real Housewives of…”.

I have been sent a few products from Melbourne company Biorevive that are festive season-related.*

The first is called Hydrodol and these little capsules (it’s all legal folks!) are perfect to carry in your handbag to events where you are going to be out late and getting, well, a little pissy.

Hydrodol is a supplement containing vitamins B1 and B2 along with a range of amino acids, minerals and an antioxidant.

They are recommended to be taken while drinking and also the morning after. I don’t drink but I did go to my work Christmas party last week and was out very late so I popped four capsules as recommended and the four the next morning.

I may as well have been drinking. I got home at 1am, then was waking every few hours to my teething baby, so I felt hungover the next day!

All I can say is that every little bit helps so I am guessing that the Hydrodol could only have helped in perking me up for the day’s business of looking after kids!

The next product is Glutentest, which is a self test for the detection of glucose intolerance.

It is a really easy test to conduct, though you must read the instructions carefully. It it only takes five minutes for a positive or negative result. You have to prick your finger with a clicker and it doesn’t hurt, honest. (I was a bit scared!) The trickiest part of the test was to fill a tiny little tube with blood and I found myself squeezing my finger repeatedly to fill the tube before placing it in a little container filled with a solution. You shake it up (so the solution turns pinky-red with your blood) and then place the test strip in.

It’s like a pregnancy test. Two lines for positive. One line (the control line) for a negative.

My test came up negative. Good. I would have been pretty alarmed had it come up positive for gluten intolerance because I love bread and all associated products that gluten is found in.

I am wary of home health testing kits but all in all, a pretty great way to at least discover if a gluten intolerance is the cause of any uncomfortable symptoms you may have. And obviously, should a positive test result be had, follow up and see your doctor or a health specialist!

*I was not paid to review these products.