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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Why doesn’t milk quench my thirst after drinking alcohol?

1930s US housewife drinking milk
Milk, lovely ... but not quite doing the job? Photograph: H Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images

After drinking too much alcohol, why does lovely cool milk not quench my thirst? Last night I drank two litres of cold milk, which I loved, but I was thirsty again minutes later. I then drank a small glass of water (which I don’t like) and my thirst was immediately satisfied.

Kathryn Stretton

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