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Dehydration: If sleeping 6 or fewer hours a night?

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https://www.sciencealert.com/six-hours-s...dehydrated

EXCERPT: We know that a good night's sleep is important for our health for all kinds of reasons, but there's a new benefit to add to the list: avoiding dehydration. A new study suggests that anything under six hours of slumber a night could leave our bodies less than adequately hydrated. Researchers found that people who slept six hours a night had significantly more concentrated urine and a 16-59 percent higher chance of being dehydrated, compared with adults who were getting a regular eight hours of shut-eye. And according to the team behind the study, feeling less than 100 percent when you wake up after insufficient sleep might be down to dehydration too, not just the lack of shuteye – so an early morning glass of water could make a big difference....

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