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Water and hydration: how to properly drink water during evening studies or online programming courses to avoid morning puffiness?

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Mastering new programming languages and technology frameworks often happens in the evening and at night, after the main workday. During this period, students and developers tend to drink a lot of fluid in gulps, trying to cheer up or cope with fatigue in front of the monitor. If you drink a large volume of water right before sleep, it will inevitably lead to morning puffiness of the face and extremities, as well as frequent night awakenings that impair the quality of sleep and brain recovery.

The human body slows down urine filtration speed at night, so the excess fluid received right before falling asleep does not have time to be excreted on time. To provide the brain with enough moisture for evening concentration and at the same time wake up without puffiness, it is necessary to correctly distribute the remaining daily water norm by hours.

For safe evening hydration during studies, follow these tips.

Try to drink the main part of your daily water norm in the first half of the day and before the end of the working evening.
Two to three hours before bedtime, gradually reduce the volume of consumed fluid, taking only small moisturizing sips if your throat is very dry.
Limit the intake of salty or spicy food during your evening snack, as salt retains water in the tissues and provokes morning puffiness.
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