Why does beer and other alcoholic beverages dehydrate you?

Question

Its fluid so y??

Answer 1

cause it doesnt have the minerals other things have

Answer 2

Alcohol is a poison and the bodys best defence is to get rid of it. It filters the bad stuff and flushes it out with fluid (wee). Your body has to take fluid from other areas to do this and so you become dehydrated. Best cure for a hangover is to drink lots of water to rehydrate yourself.

Answer 3

It has a chemical reaction with water in your body, especially in your head which explains headaches too!

Answer 4

Alcohol evaporates at room temperature.

When you swim and get water stuck in your ear a very good way to get the water out is to pour a capful of rubbing alcohol in your ear and then turn your head to let it drain.  All the alcohol and water quickly evaporate out.

This is just another of the many reasons alcohol dehydrates you.

Answer 5

your body is trying to expel the toxins and make sure you dont get to a level of alcohol poisoning

Answer 6

It makes you wee. In doing so it drys your brain out!! so giving you a hangover.

Try drinking the same amount of water to alcoholic drink taken.

Sugar in drink makes it easier to pass into the blood stream.

Big breakie in the morning to replace carbs which also suffer when drinking alcohol,again feeds your poor dried out brain

Answer 7

alcohol is a diuretic