Why do you think people feel thirsty after drinking alcohol?

Why is the feeling of dryness or dehydration so strong after drinking alcohol ?

We explain everything to you!

Alcohol is a “diuretic” , this means (to simplify) that alcohol will be a potentiator in the loss of water!

Most of us are already poor at following daily water intake recommendations, and alcohol can exacerbate this potential for dehydration and related symptoms.

To quantify this, if you drink four 50ml beers, your body will eliminate more than a litre and a half of water!

Alcohol inhibits the secretion of an antidiuretic hormone "ADH", also called vasopressin by the neurohypophysis. Vasopressin primarily has an antidiuretic role in the kidney, allowing water reabsorption because it acts on the collecting duct of the kidney. Thus, its role will increase the volume of reabsorbed water and decrease the volume of diuresis. Alcohol has an inhibitory effect on vasopressin, and will thus have an opposite role - and will therefore increase the volume of urine, hence the frequent urge to go to the bathroom. It will also have the action of decreasing the permeability of the renal tubules which normally allow tubular reabsorption. Thus, the volume of body water will decrease significantly. Alcohol will inhibit this hormone and thus the kidneys find themselves without this regulator and will seek to draw water from the body and eliminate it.

This loss of water through the kidneys will lead to the first signs of dehydration : the need to urinate very often, dry lips and tongues, less saliva, etc.

But know one thing, if the desire to drink ( thirst ) comes to you; it is because your body is already dehydrated!

Why do we get headaches after drinking alcohol?

Indeed, upon waking up after drinking a few glasses of alcohol, the headache is not the most pleasant. Alcohol makes you eliminate a large amount of water due to the alcohol and therefore it is the cells, and particularly those of the brain (neurons and glial cells) that suffer and are dehydrated! Your body is suffering and needs to resolve this water deficit.

This is why Hydratis is often referred to as the "hangover lozenge." Hydratis wasn't designed to be used to prevent hangovers, but it's effective! The active ingredients in Hydratis help optimize the absorption and assimilation of liquids by changing the osmolarity of liquids.

By coupling water molecules with sodium and glucose molecules, Hydratis uses the principle of "cotransport" of water molecules. The passage of water through the digestive barrier with a supplement of trace elements and minerals not only allows faster absorption of liquids but will also support the metabolism in its muscular recovery and thus avoid muscular fatigue and will support the metabolism and immune system thanks to the zinc and manganese that each lozenge contains.

Hydratis is used by thousands of French people every day. Hydratis has received thousands of positive reviews!