The best times when to drink water for optimum health

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Water is very essential foryour health and wellbeing. Drinking water at certain specific times of the day could be beneficial to you in ways you probably never even thought or imagined.

Well, we are here to tell you that guzzling water at these five strategic times of the day will be help you maximise its benefits to you.

1. Before going to bed
If you are fully hydrated before going to bed and sleeping, you lower the risk of stroke and heart attack.
Dehydration elevates the risk factors for cardiovascular disease, specifically heart attack, and stroke.
Drinking water during a meal isn’t all that good. Drink before and or after

A heart attack occurs mostly in the morning because the blood is thicker caused by loss of water.
This is a good reason to drink water at night to keep your body hydrated while you are sleeping.

2. When you wake up from bed
If you sleep for 8 hours, that means you are also not drinking any fluids for 8 hours, and your body slowly becomes dehydrated. Drinking water before eating anything aids in cleaning your colon and helps the body to absorb more nutrients.
Four cups sets your body in motion for the production of hematopoiesis, which is new blood.

3. Before  meals
Drinking water before a meal speeds up the digestion process than drinking during meals.
If you are on a diet and you want to lose weight, drinking water before you eat could also make you eat less because you already feel full.

4. After  meals
It is recommended to drink one glass of water after a meal, but do not drink when you are eating. This will allow the body to absorb the nutrients efficiently.
Drink water and live a better, healthier life.

Drinking after a meal also helps to prevent constipation.

5. Before you step into shower
Drinking one glass of warm water before taking a bath can help lower blood pressure.
This has also been said to help the dilation of your blood vessels, which causes blood pressure to drop.
Drinking water also reduces sodium levels in the body, which also serves to lower your blood pressure.

6. After a work out

This one of course is common knowledge but it begs repeating, this is  because, the body has just lost tonnes of water from the exercise and it needs replenishing.
Also one way your body can benefit from the exercise is when you Drink water. It  helps the body detoxify and rejuvenate.

Happy Drinking

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