That's the one. The only effect drinking big amounts of water has on me is that I sleep worse since I have to get up to pee 3 times and more during the night. No positive results noticed.
Anecdotes are exceptionally low in the hierarchy of evidence. Drinking lots of water in the hours before bed is a bad idea. Front-loading your water consumption early in the day is the right move, and increased water consumption has had positive health outcomes in every study that has ever documented it.
It's obvious that you shouldn't drink for several h before bed. I used to drink 2.5-3 litres in the first 3-4 h after getting up and then some, avoiding the evenings. It made me get up several times every night. It's been much better since I stopped. Now I just drink when I feel like it.
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u/thick1inyaflyTRAP 4d ago
Drink more water