Your heart … and water

How many people 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?

The reason some people have a need to urinate often at night is that gravity holds water in the lower part of your body when you are upright (your legs swell). When you lie down and the lower body seeks a level with the kidneys, it is then that the kidneys remove the water because it is easier.

Your body needs a minimum amount of water to help flush the toxins out of your body. There is never a bad time to drink water but consider the following as being especially good times:

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

·       Drinking 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

·       Drinking 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure

·       Drinking 1 glass of water before going to bed – may avoid a stroke or heart attack

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. My doctor told me that this is a very common occurrence but wasn’t sure what caused it. Now you know how you may be able to prevent it.

Most heart attacks occur in the day, generally between 6 A.M. and noon. Having one during the night, when the heart should be most at rest, means that something unusual happened.

1. If you take an aspirin or a baby aspirin once a day, take it at night. The reason: aspirin has a 24-hour "half-life"; therefore, if most heart attacks happen in the wee hours of the morning, the aspirin would be strongest in your system. This was confirmed to me by a long-time doctor friend.

 2. Aspirin can last a long time in your medicine chest, for years. You can tell when it gets old because it begin to smell like vinegar.

3. Keep a bottle of at your bedside. By now you should have researched the symptoms of a heart attack regardless of your age. But there are other symptoms of a heart attack, besides the pain on the left arm. You should also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots of sweating, however, these symptoms may also occur less frequently. You should also know that there are instances in which there may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.

Unfortunately, the majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep did not wake up. However if chest pain does wake you up from your deep sleep immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water. Then call 911. Say "heart attack!" - Say that you have taken 2 aspirins.  If you are able, try to also call a neighbor or a family member who lives very close by. Then take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and ... DO NOT LIE DOWN!

[Source: edited from www.healthdigeZt.com]

 

Quote of the Day:

 

"Water is the driving force of all nature"

- Leonardo da Vinci

 

 

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