eli5 – Why does alcohol (broken down by the liver) make you need to pee (made by the kidneys)?
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Alcohol is a diuretic. Diuretics are any substances that promote water loss from the blood through the kidneys.
You drink alcohol—>alcohol is processed by the liver—>diuretic effect of the alcohol is activated on the body—>your kidneys respond to the diuretic effect by increasing the amount of water loss through urine—>you pee more frequently, and greater amount.
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