Heart Attack and Water - I never knew this

PreciousDove

PreciousDove

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Although I certainly knew some of these facts I confess the sum total is indeed greater than the individual parts. It’s also a relief to realize how those nightly trips to urinate are actually healthy and necessary; one could hope for just one trip, however!

Heart Attack & Water​

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Something I didn't know either! I asked my Doctor why do I and other people urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiac Doctor = 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 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

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.

I'm always complaining about having to get up. After reading this I don't anymore.

What do you think about this? Are you a complainer? Do you agree with this?
I hope this helps anyone that needs this.











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
 

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PreciousDove said:
Although I certainly knew some of these facts I confess the sum total is indeed greater than the individual parts. It’s also a relief to realize how those nightly trips to urinate are actually healthy and necessary; one could hope for just one trip, however!

Heart Attack & Water​

​
Something I didn't know either! I asked my Doctor why do I and other people urinate so much at night time. Answer from my Cardiac Doctor = 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 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

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.

I'm always complaining about having to get up. After reading this I don't anymore.

What do you think about this? Are you a complainer? Do you agree with this?
I hope this helps anyone that needs this.

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
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Thanks for posting this, I should print this and put it on my bulletin board, as I am a chronic under-hydrator. I have to make a conscious effort to drink water, as my thirst reflex is not very strong. Also, I tend to avoid drinking fluids a couple hours before bedtime in the hopes of reducing the trips to the bathroom. However, that is erroneous thinking on my part, as there have been a couple recent occasions where I was thirsty in the evening, and just said "screw it, I'm going to gulp down a pint of water and don't care if I wet the bed." :p But, I didn't, and didn't notice any increase to go to the BR...evidently my body needed the moisture somewhere else, other than in my bladder.
 

PreciousDove said:
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.
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I'm so glad to read this! I've been waking up with feet and leg cramps every few hours and I'm ready to try anything. I have to get up once every night to let my dog out to deedle (yes that's what we call it y'all shut up) so I might as well go, too.

My son bought me some potassium supplements last week because he thought they might help. Yesterday I happened to notice they contain 2% of the daily minimum requirement. LOL I'd have to literally take 50 of them every day to make a difference. How do they get away with selling stuff like this?
 
Della said:
I'm so glad to read this! I've been waking up with feet and leg cramps every few hours and I'm ready to try anything. I have to get up once every night to let my dog out to deedle (yes that's what we call it y'all shut up) so I might as well go, too.

My son bought me some potassium supplements last week because he thought they might help. Yesterday I happened to notice they contain 2% of the daily minimum requirement. LOL I'd have to literally take 50 of them every day to make a difference. How do they get away with selling stuff like this?
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If you wake up with leg cramps, keep a little pickle juice by your bedside. It works like a charm.
https://www.doctorshealthpress.com/drinking-pickle-juice-for-cramps-harvard-approved-salty-solution/
 
Thanks Star Song I will definitely try the pickle juice. My son said his father (my ex) recommended that, but I didn't pay much attention because he's an alternative medicine nut (and because he's my ex) but that article was convincing!
 
Della said:
I'm so glad to read this! I've been waking up with feet and leg cramps every few hours and I'm ready to try anything. I have to get up once every night to let my dog out to deedle (yes that's what we call it y'all shut up) so I might as well go, too.

My son bought me some potassium supplements last week because he thought they might help. Yesterday I happened to notice they contain 2% of the daily minimum requirement. LOL I'd have to literally take 50 of them every day to make a difference. How do they get away with selling stuff like this?
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Interesting Della but excuse me for a moment - - - I think I need to go and "deedle"!
 
Della said:
I'm so glad to read this! I've been waking up with feet and leg cramps every few hours and I'm ready to try anything. I have to get up once every night to let my dog out to deedle (yes that's what we call it y'all shut up) so I might as well go, too.

My son bought me some potassium supplements last week because he thought they might help. Yesterday I happened to notice they contain 2% of the daily minimum requirement. LOL I'd have to literally take 50 of them every day to make a difference. How do they get away with selling stuff like this?
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I drink chicken bone broth during the day and take 2 tsp "Calm" in glass of water before sleeping, which contains magnesium. That has helped my muscle cramps. I got them when I started the Keto diet. I read that's because I'm not eating enough fruits/vegetables. Hope this helps!
 
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I've been waking up with feet and leg cramps every few hours and I'm ready to try anything.
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Pickle juice did help my cramps. However I did want them just gone. I spoke to my doctor and he changed my statin from generic Lipitor (atorvastatin) to generic Crestor (rosuvastatin) in August 2021 and no more leg cramps. I get occasional mild finger cramps during the day, maybe once every few months. I can live with that.
 
I'm always skeptical about unattributed medical advice, especially when it includes generic sources like, "my cardiac doctor" and "A Cardiac Specialist."

Since the original poster didn't come back with the source, I did some sleuthing. As suspected, Snopes has this entire essay, chapter and verse. It seems a few versions have made the rounds for nearly 20 years. The most current version is, as labeled on this thread, "Heart Attacks and Water", which Snopes has been seeing for 12 years plus.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/heart-attacks-and-water/

As I suspected, nearly everything written in the Original Post is false or misleading with the possible exception that "some studies have suggested that a higher daily intake of water may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease." (Snopes)

Obviously, proper hydration is important to good health, but the specified times of day and amounts are apparently a bunch of hooey. Drink water and other fluids, yes, but when it suits you. Human organs don't need "morning activation" with two glasses of water (they remain active 24 hours a day), nor does our digestion require the assistance of water before meals.

Anecdotally, I can't recall ever seeing my mother drinking a glass of water unless she was taking pills. She drank coffee, very weak tea and diet soda. At 92, Mom had a catastrophic stroke that left her in a coma. With my permission, the doctors discontinued her IVs, kept her on morphine in case she felt discomfort on any level, and the only water she received was via frequent sponge sweeps to moisten her mouth. No liquids.

She died 12 full days later.

My point - I wouldn't stress too much about forcing or timing water. Human bodies are remarkably good at managing resources, fluids included.

p.s. Why do people urinate at night? Same reason we urinate during the day. Our organs are 24 hour a day factories.
 
I don’t drink water because someone told me too.
I have always been a big water drinker, always will…..other liquids during the day are……3 or 4 cups of decalf coffee in the morning, 8 ounces of skim milk at lunch, 8 ounces of skim milk at supper…….no pop, juice or other beverages besides water during the day.
Works for me. Do I get up in the nite, usually once.
 

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