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dawglover
March 5th, 2012, 10:38 AM
Heart Attack & Water

Something I didn't know. Why do people urinate so much at night time?

Answer from a Cardiac Doctor: Gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright. When you lie down and the lower body (legs and other things) 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 know 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 Cardiac Specialist - 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
Please pass this to the people you care about......

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.

Ludwig
March 5th, 2012, 12:28 PM
Well then, I expect the government to include a mandate that my health insurance provide me with free drinking water.

Seriously, this is nothing more than more bovine scatology from the usual subject. We all know and trust snopes and so we can read it for ourselves at:http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/water.asp

IronErnin
March 5th, 2012, 3:08 PM
Most of us know, but some of us don't trust Snopes. We use other sites for fact checking.