DRINKING WATER IS IMPORTANT.
What I didn't know before was the WHEN you drink water is important, as well.
How many folks do you know who say they don't want to drink anything before going to bed because they'll have to get up during the night.
Heart Attack and Water - I never knew all of this ! Interesting.......
Something else I didn't know ... I asked my Doctor why people need to urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiologist - Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell). When you lie down and the lower body (legs and etc) seeks level with the kidneys, it is then that the kidneys remove the water because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!
I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body, but this was news to me. Correct time to drink water...
Very Important. From A Cardiologist!
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body
2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack
I can also add to this... My Physician told me that water at bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up with a Charlie Horse more
How many folks do you know who say they don't want to drink anything before going to bed because they'll have to get up during the night.
Heart Attack and Water - I never knew all of this ! Interesting.......
Something else I didn't know ... I asked my Doctor why people need to urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiologist - Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (legs swell). When you lie down and the lower body (legs and etc) seeks level with the kidneys, it is then that the kidneys remove the water because it is easier. This then ties in with the last statement!
I knew you need your minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body, but this was news to me. Correct time to drink water...
Very Important. From A Cardiologist!
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body
2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack
I can also add to this... My Physician told me that water at bed time will also help prevent night time leg cramps. Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you up with a Charlie Horse more
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While on the subject of quantity of water needed to be consumed daily, I wish to reproduce an article that appeared in The Economic Times some time ago. I quote : " How much water do we really need? ' Drink at least eight glasses of water a day' is an adage some obsessively follow. Judging by the people sipping on water bottles at every street corner, but the need for so much water may be a myth. Caffeinated drinks don't count because they dehydrate? Probably wrong, too. So says a scientist who undertook an exhaustive hunt for evidence backing all this water advice and came up mostly, well, dry. Now the group that sets the nation's nutrition standards is studying the issue, too, to see if it's time to declare a daily fluid level needed for good health and how much leaves you water logged. Till then, ' obey your thirst' is good advice, says Dr. Heinz Valtin, professor emeritus at Dartmouth Medical School. In fact, people absorbing much water from the food they eat. Fruits and vegetables are 80 - 90 % water; meats contain a fair amount; even dry bread and cheese are 35% water, says Rolls. ----AP " Different research papers appearing far and in between confuse the common man, each paper quoting data to prove their point. How does a common man decide what is right and what is wrong? A laborer working in hot sum might be needing a lot more potable pure water (which he cannot afford), and a man spending most of his time in the cool comfort of an AC would be drinking eight glasses of water daily which his system cannot absorb probably ! Is he not putting a lot more pressure on his kidneys to filter eight glasses of extra water which might not be needed for the body? This doubt has always hunted me and I could not find the right convincing statement. Can the knowledgeable suggest to me what is the test to find out who needs how much water to be consumed daily? more
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