Why does pizza make me thirsty

I don't really care for salt, and pizza is the saltiest food I eat. Joined Jun 13, DH and I always are thirsty after pizza. I think the cheese has a lot of salt in it. Joined May 12, Joined Jan 14, I want lots of ice water an hour after eating it. Joined Aug 20, Fries at fast food places are the worst! Some places pour 2, lbs. I am not a goat! What's worse is seeing people put more salt on the overly salty fries. Joined Jan 24, Pizza tend to make me very, very thirsty.

Joined Aug 13, An April "Time" article suggests that you may be unwittingly seeking these foods out to relieve stress. Researchers published the results of a study on how excess sodium affects the behavior of laboratory rats in the February of the "Journal of Neuroscience.

This hormone is responsible for the feeling of being in love; however, it also makes you feel like interacting with other people. Researchers noted that their rodent subjects sought out the communal watering hole after consuming high amounts of sodium. Similarly, "Time" magazine points out that drinking establishments put out salty snacks like pretzels and nuts precisely so you will get thirsty and gravitate back to bar.

Eating foods high in sodium doesn't just make you thirsty; over time, they can negatively impact your health. Harvard School of Public Health indicates that most people's kidneys are incapable of filtering out excess sodium.

This leads to fluid retention and increased blood volume and may result in high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. Most experts, including Harvard and the American Heart Association, recommend that you get less than 1, milligrams of sodium a day. Most Americans get more than twice that amount, consuming 3, milligrams of sodium daily on average. Avoid foods high in sodium by limiting the amount of processed and prepared food you eat.

Choose fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods, fish, poultry, beef, milk and eggs and go light-handed on the salt shaker. By Lisa Sefcik. Ever eat some pizza and within an hour or so you get thirsty? Not only are you parting with your cash for a delicious slice of the good stuff, but you also need to pay a few extra dollars for a soda to wash it down with. But have you ever stopped and wondered why that is?

Short Answer: Pizza is high in sodium salt and low in hydration, this makes you get dehydrated, thus thirsty. Follow the tips below to find out how to prevent yourself from getting thirsty when you eat pizza. Plenty of food is full of water, some vegetables in particular, for example, have enough water in them to really make you feel hydrated after eating them. The pizza base does typically have some water added in the production process, but this mostly evaporates during baking.

Not only does it contain very little water, but it also has one of the highest sodium contents of all the usual ingredients on a pizza.