{"id":29049,"date":"2016-10-01T03:22:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T03:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/do-you-feel-thirsty-before-you-sleep-at-night\/"},"modified":"2016-10-01T03:22:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T03:22:17","slug":"do-you-feel-thirsty-before-you-sleep-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/do-you-feel-thirsty-before-you-sleep-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you feel thirsty before you sleep at night?Researchers have found the reason why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{According to a study published in the journal Nature by McGill University researchers, the brain\u2019s biological clock stimulates thirst in the hours before sleep.}<\/p>\n<p>The research was conducted on mice. Scientists knew that rodents show a surge in water intake during the last two hours before sleep. The study revealed that this behaviour is not motivated by any physiological reason, such as dehydration. So if they don\u2019t need to drink water, why do they?<\/p>\n<p>The research found that restricting the access of mice to water during the surge period resulted in significant dehydration towards the end of the sleep cycle. So the increase in water intake before sleep is a preemptive strike that guards against dehydration and serves to keep the animal healthy and properly hydrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough this study was performed in rodents, it points toward an explanation as to why we often experience thirst and ingest liquids such as water or milk before bedtime,\u201d Bourque says. \u201cMore importantly, this advance in our understanding of how the clock executes a circadian rhythm has applications in situations such as jet lag and shift work. All our organs follow a circadian rhythm, which helps optimize how they function. Shift work forces people out of their natural rhythms, which can have repercussions on health. Knowing how the clock works gives us more potential to actually do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In essence, you don\u2019t really feel thirst before sleep because you are thirsty; it\u2019s only your brain sending thirst signals to take precaution.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-15402 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/thirsty-woman.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{According to a study published in the journal Nature by McGill University researchers, the brain\u2019s biological clock stimulates thirst in the hours before sleep.} The research was conducted on mice. Scientists knew that rodents show a surge in water intake during the last two hours before sleep. The study revealed that this behaviour is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[75],"byline":[2483],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-29049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-homenews","byline-elcrema"],"bylines":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2483,"name":"ELCREMA","slug":"elcrema","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29049"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=29049"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=29049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}