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Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Re: Poor Sleep Gives You the Munchies, Study Says

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Post by rmcpherson »

guelo wrote: post #67
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Is there solid research around water intake? Are there clear thresholds for the amount of water to experience the health benefits? Is 8 cups a day backed up by any research? What exactly are the health benefits? I've always thought that my body should be able to tell me when it needs more water and I shouldn't need to force down extra water.

You're right. No research has shown that, for otherwise healthy people, drinking water beyond what your body tells you to drink has any health effects. Hydration also does not have to come from water to be effective. The 8 cups a day rule is a myth. (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/upshot/no-you-do-not-have-..., links to research in the article)

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Post by Swizec »

guelo wrote: post #67
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Is there solid research around water intake? Are there clear thresholds for the amount of water to experience the health benefits? Is 8 cups a day backed up by any research? What exactly are the health benefits? I've always thought that my body should be able to tell me when it needs more water and I shouldn't need to force down extra water.

Don't overthink it. Have water available at your desk. When it's empty, refill it.

Make it easy to drink automatically. Your body knows when it feels like having a sip, if that doesn't involve breaking your mental flow, you will have the sip. Simple as that.

There's a world of difference between being dehydrated and a bit thirsty. Try going to the beach for a day and forgetting to bring any water. You'll know the difference in a few hours.

The fun part is that you'll feel tired all day and all of next day too. I've done this way too often in various combinations (roadtrips, plane flights, marathon runs, surfing and forgetting to bring water, etc.)

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Post by AndrewUnmuted »

noxToken wrote: post #51
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

In spite of how easy it is for people in this field to stay hydrated with water, my experience says otherwise. If you slam 4 ounces of water at the top of every hour over the course of a standard workday, you'll get 32 ounces of water in addition to whatever else was drank that day. Simple and effective hydration method.

Personally, I take care of this problem by filling my 64oz Hydro Flask [1] at the beginning of the work day. As long as I finish it all by the end of the day, I'll have satisfied the 8-by-8 water rule.

Though the rule does not seem to be backed by any scientific foundation, I anecdotally feel better when I do follow the rule. It's easy to remember and it yields good results.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Hydro-Flask-Insulated-Stainless-64-Oun...

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Post by [deleted] »

guelo wrote: post #67
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Is there solid research around water intake? Are there clear thresholds for the amount of water to experience the health benefits? Is 8 cups a day backed up by any research? What exactly are the health benefits? I've always thought that my body should be able to tell me when it needs more water and I shouldn't need to force down extra water.

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Post by scardine »

guelo wrote: post #67
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Is there solid research around water intake? Are there clear thresholds for the amount of water to experience the health benefits? Is 8 cups a day backed up by any research? What exactly are the health benefits? I've always thought that my body should be able to tell me when it needs more water and I shouldn't need to force down extra water.

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy[1]. Including water (water overdosis exists).

A couple guys went into coma in a nearby Buddhist temple a few years ago. A dozen friends planned a "body cleaning weekend" where they fasted and drank lots of water. They got a water overdose, a condition known as hiponatremia[2] (literally "low sodium" in the blood plasma). This condition is pretty nasty, because it messes with osmosis.

So kids, drink your water but eat a little salt as well.

[1] http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/paracelsus.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia

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Post by sound_of_basker »

guelo wrote: post #67
chishaku wrote: post #21

Get good sleep and drink water. Two of the simplest pieces of advice that can go a really long way for your mental and physical health.

Is there solid research around water intake? Are there clear thresholds for the amount of water to experience the health benefits? Is 8 cups a day backed up by any research? What exactly are the health benefits? I've always thought that my body should be able to tell me when it needs more water and I shouldn't need to force down extra water.

Kidney stones. Never again!

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Post by groby_b »

poikniok wrote: post #59
groby_b wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having had more tired workouts than any person should endure: It's not a good choice, either. When you're tired, your injury risk is significantly higher. You have less fine motor control, muscles/tendons are still fairly cold, and your brain is in a slight haze. If you can, go back to sleep.

Why have you had so many such workouts? Military?

No, I made the mistake to pursue a professional dancing career in parallel to a career as software engineer.

It was fun while it lasted, but I'm sure glad to be done with it :)

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Post by BurningFrog »

gohrt wrote: post #65
ep103 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

During sleep is also when your body prepares fat / food to convert into blood sugar. You literally get tired at the end of the day, when you run out of energy that's easily convertible to blood sugar, so your blood sugar levels start dropping, making you tired. If you don't get enough sleep at night, your body doesn't have enough time to prep your food / fat for conversion into blood sugar. As a result, your blood su…

By that logic, we should sleep instead of eating breakfast.

The most important sleep of the day!

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Post by AznHisoka »

seangrant wrote: post #62
drzaiusapelord wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except something like 60% of sleep apnea sufferers in the US will never get diagnosed. I used to be one of those people and its only after I switched doctors out of desperation that I was diagnosed. So its hard to tell people to just sleep better if they have a disease, the same way its hard to tell depressed people to just feel better or to think positively. As a society I don't think we fully understand the effects…

I think you're overblowing this. Sleep is not that complex of an issue. Many people get good sleep nowadays and it's due to maintaining a sleeping schedule and keeping your body healthy. However you're correct in the fact that many Americans fail at this. They don't fail because they value activities and productivity over sleep, they fail because of a lack of self respect required to do good by their body. Oftentimes…

Getting to bed early is not a complex issue - you're right. But actually getting QUALITY sleep is very much a complex issue.

Not only sleep apnea, but you can have trouble sleeping for other undiagnosed (and hard to diagnosed reasons). For example, you may suffer from adrenal fatigue, too high/too low cortisol levels, or chronic stress that can lead to early morning awakenings. You can suffer from nocturnal asthma. You can suffer from restless leg syndrome. You can suffer from COPD or some other pulmonary issue.

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Post by ep103 »

gohrt wrote: post #65
ep103 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

During sleep is also when your body prepares fat / food to convert into blood sugar. You literally get tired at the end of the day, when you run out of energy that's easily convertible to blood sugar, so your blood sugar levels start dropping, making you tired. If you don't get enough sleep at night, your body doesn't have enough time to prep your food / fat for conversion into blood sugar. As a result, your blood su…

By that logic, we should sleep instead of eating breakfast.

Only if this was the entire picture of how your body handled food : )
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