What 8 Glasses of Water a Day Can Do to Your Sleep

Its boring to read another article about drinking 8 cups of water per day. We all witnessed that this is not really true. Hardworking businessmen, career-driven women, and lots more have proven to live a successful life with just a coffee in the morning and during lunch break. But why do they need to drug themselves with caffeine in the very first place? Its not because they need that extra energy, its because they do not have the energy of a normal healthy person to even begin with!

Most people solve dehydration by eating, mistaking that their thirst must be quenched with food. Its difficult for them to start drinking 8 glasses of water a day, and they see it as too much of a work. Their body will adapt to waterless condition and help them cope with thirstiness. However, this is what makes them so weak and tired.

When you yourself start drinking more water, your body will adjust itself to notice that you can drink all the water you want and will send the ‘thirsty’ message to you more often. Eventually, you will become used to getting thirsty and drink more! I have the experienced of practicing drinking two 2-liters bottle of plain water everyday for two weeks. And after that, I decided to award my achievement with a glass of coke. The coke taste like nothing but a water with 10 spoons of sugar in it! It was intolerable to my body! My body knows that it does not need this crap and it forces me to consume something more energy-producing.

Well then, how exactly does water affects our sleep?

Sleeping time is when our bodies start doing regenerative processes. Blood carrying nutrients travels to the whole body to provide ‘repairing materials’. However, if we did not consume enough water, the blood cells will be dehydrated and lose the ability to carry oxygen and nutrients effectively. This explain the morning lethargy that most people are having when they wake up, and worse, most of them think that this happens because they need more sleep! There goes their whole morning with a useless prolonged sleep. Sleeping without water in our system is like running 8 hours without a water break!

Also, almost half of the energy in our body is used by our digestive system during sleep. The digestive system demands water for its processes, and if we supply enough water for these processes, our body will spend less energy digesting food during the night, and put more focus into giving a better sleep. As a result, we will feel more energized and refreshed in the morning.

The third thing is, water is play a vital role in distributing heat to all parts of our body. The more hydrated the body is, the easier for it to control temperature. Our body temperature is the clock which decides whether we should feel sleepy or awake. Low body temperature will make you feels sleepy and high body temperature will do the opposite. Proper supply of water will make your body able to control temperature more efficiently and you will feel sleepy at the appropriate time! This will greatly help you maintain a good sleep-wake cycle.

This article will not come to an end if it was to talk more about the benefits 8 cups of water a day. This shows you how important this habit is and it must be applied in our life. Buy 2 liters bottle of Coke, pour down the coke in the toilet and say to yourself "I am not drinking anymore of this!". Fill the bottle with drinking water and start having a new energetic life!

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