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July 29, 2024 10 mins

If you sleep for 8 hours a night, the recommended amount of rest every night, and you stop drinking water 2, or 3 hours before going to bed, you are reducing your water intake 

to only the hours you are awake.

When you stand, gravity keeps water in the lower part of your body, causing swelling in your legs.

When you lie down and the lower part of your body is at the level of the kidneys, the kidneys remove fluids because the body is more comfortable in a horizontal position.

The body needs a certain minimum amount of water to eliminate toxins from the body.

Drinking water is also very important.

Drinking water at certain times maximizes its impact on the body's function:

- 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs

- 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - aids digestion

- 1 glass of water before bathing - helps lower blood pressure (did anyone know this?)

- 1 glass of water before bed - prevents stroke or heart attack (good to know!)

Additionally, water before bed helps prevent nighttime leg cramps.

Leg muscles need fluid because they contract, and due to a lack of it, they wake up with muscle spasms.

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