Dehydration

Is it true that alcohol can cause you to dehydrate?

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Yes it is true that drinking excess alcohol can cause dehydration. Alcohol is known to be a diuretic that causes you to urinate more. Alcohol reduces the production of the ADH hormone that prevents you to dehydrate by retaining water. With a lack of this hormone your body actually allows you to urinate more than you normally would and this causes the dehydration.

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