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From: jhc@hou5g.UUCP (Jonathan Clark)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Throat like a whatever
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 14:35:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 14:35:08 1985
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Your mouth and throat and oesophageal tract in general are
dehydrated after boozing it up for a very simple reason -
ethanol is a desiccant. In other words, it extracts water
from the tissues it comes in contact with. These tissues
include mouth, throat, stomach and so on. Incidentally, that
is the reason you should never drink absolute alcohol - your
tissues will get so dried out that they will be severely
damaged - a bit like drinking acid.

If you want to avoid feeling like this, just drink a pint
or so of water before you go to bed. You may wake up
at 4 o'clock with a bursting bladder, but you won't get
dehydrated. You won't avoid the hangover either.

Jonathan Clark
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Jonathan Clark
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