If it’s about the liver breaking down alcohol into toxic Acetaldehyde, drinking lots of water to flush it out.
How? I’m pretty sure that contrary to popular belief, water can’t simply be used to flush stuff out, the metabolite also has to be in a form that can be excreted by the kidneys, and even then extra water might have no effect whatsoever. This is basic physiology found in any textbook on the subject.
I tried to google if kidneys might excrete some of the acetaldehyde, but found no answer.
I had reservations about including that sentence, because I only have a vague idea which completely lacks details about mechanisms. And flushing seems like a folk-explanation rather than a science-explanation.
The other vague idea was that drinking more water means the toxins are more dilute, but I have even less confidence in that.
How? I’m pretty sure that contrary to popular belief, water can’t simply be used to flush stuff out, the metabolite also has to be in a form that can be excreted by the kidneys, and even then extra water might have no effect whatsoever. This is basic physiology found in any textbook on the subject.
I tried to google if kidneys might excrete some of the acetaldehyde, but found no answer.
I had reservations about including that sentence, because I only have a vague idea which completely lacks details about mechanisms. And flushing seems like a folk-explanation rather than a science-explanation.
The other vague idea was that drinking more water means the toxins are more dilute, but I have even less confidence in that.
More dilute compared to the (cellular) mass of a person? That’s a rather lot of water.