Dehydration and your hangover - feeling dry?Let's face it, anyone who's even heard of a hangover knows that the dry mouth and headache are supposed to be a result of dehydration. Many people believe that rehydrating your body by drinking lots of fluid helps your body recover faster. This is totally true - but you also have to understand that lack of fluid in your body is certainly not the ONLY cause of your hungover state, it only contributes to it. Other causes of hangovers include the depleted levels of vitamins and minerals, the congeners in certain drinks that leave you with a headache, poor sleep quality and high levels of toxins in your body that your liver has not yet been able to deal with following your drinking session. Life would be a lot easier if dehydration were the only cause of hangovers, but unfortunately it's not. So whilst drinking some nice water is necessary, and as well as quenching your severe thirst is also useful for preventing hangovers, it's not a hangover cure on its own. DiureticsWe may have heard a specialist on the television talking about diuretics, and nodded our heads in agreement but seriously, what are these things? To put it simply for you, a diuretic substance is one that removes liquid from the body at a faster rate than normal. This means plenty of trips to the bathroom and in addition to this, the loss of more vitamins and minerals than usual in a shorter space of time. Remind you of anything?Get our free newsletter for beating hangovers for good! Subscribe to our newsletter for FREE hangover tips from experts, funny stories from readers, and that is ALL! Feel free to unsubscribe if you like, you'll never hear from us again if that's what you choose. Promise! Get our free newsletter for beating hangovers for good!
Lack of liquid?After alcohol consumption the body ends up dehydrated or lacking in water, possibly causing us to have a bad headache as our vital organs such as the liver need to use the liquid in our bodies to process the toxins and they take the water away from your brain, leaving you with a slightly painful head, gasping for a drink and with a very dry mouth indeed.Not the most pleasant of feelings to wake up to, especially when combined with the various other hangover symptoms. What can I do about dehydration?Are you being serious? Anybody home McFly? Get a drink of course. If you have a bad hangover, some drinks are obviously much better than others. Check out our cool best hangover drinks then go to your kitchen to see what is there for you. Even better, as all food has plenty of water in it as well as sugar, try some of the hangover foods to get you back on track. You'll be feeling tip top in no time, good as new. Whoa baby.
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