How is it that cordials, juices, sodas that are made of over 80-90% water don’t seem to hydrate or quench thirst unlike drinking pure water?

Question

How is it that cordials, juices, sodas that are made of over 80-90% water don’t seem to hydrate or quench thirst unlike drinking pure water?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Let me try: Taking your example of 80-90% water, the drink would then be 20-10% “other stuff”. These other things are what makes you thirsty. Your body would normally have even less than that amount of “other stuff”. So you average out to more than what you started with, making you thirstier!