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Common Reasons Why You Are Urinating Frequently After Drinking Water

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Last updated: 11th December 2020 8:39 am
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If you find that you are urinating frequently after drinking water, then you might want to consider using a portable water bottle. PHOTO via @PIXABAY/10 December 2020
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The top reasons why you are urinating frequently after drinking water are all related to the way you drink your water.

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If you find that you are urinating frequently after drinking water, then you might want to consider using a portable water bottle. PHOTO via @PIXABAY/10 December 2020

Is it normal urinating frequently after drinking water?

If you’re like me, chances are you know why people wonder why does water make you pee so much when you drink it. It’s pretty embarrassing if you have to deal with it on a regular basis. And no one wants to be in that position.

But before I get into why does water make you pee so much when you drink it, I need to explain why water is in the bladder in the first place.

Water is needed to make urine. Since the bladder is sealed and only letting water through, you can only pass urine when you have access to an adequate supply of water. This is why the bladder has a small urethra and you have to urinate often.

This is also why some people experience voiding when they try to urinate.

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The second reason why drinking water makes you want to urinate often is that it dilutes the urine. When you drink water, your urine becomes more concentrated. This allows the water to stay in the bladder longer than it should. This is one reason why people don’t want to go to the bathroom right after they eat.

Also, drinking water allows you to control your bladder’s contraction and relaxation. Most of the time, when you hold back your urine, it’s not as concentrated as you’d like it to be. This results in the liquid passing quickly through the bladder.

Therefore, it helps you to urinate faster and more often.

Now that I got that out of the way, let me tell you what I think really explains why does water make you urinate so often after drinking it. First off, most people are drinking less water than they should. Water is good for you and promotes a healthy urinary system.

Also, the carbonation in most hard liquor and beer makes you urinate more frequently.

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In addition, most people have a tendency to drink a lot of sugary drinks. This includes soda pop. Soda pop is very high in sugar and as a result, causes your body to want to urinate as often as possible. Most people also have a tendency to eat foods that are high in fat content.

Some examples of high-fat foods are cookies and chips.

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Finally, people tend to urinate more frequently after eating large meals. Why is this? Because the food stays in your stomach for a long time and therefore stays in your system for a long time. This means that your body has to work harder to process the food.

This works against you because processed foods take longer to break down in your system and therefore you urinate more frequently.

The top reasons why you are urinating frequently after drinking water are all related to the way you drink your water. If you find that you are urinating more often after drinking plain water, then you should consider making some changes to your lifestyle.

By drinking water with a little bit of lemon or other natural flavorings, you can keep your urine pH levels where they should be instead of making it harder for your body to process food.

There are even supplements available on the market today that can help you achieve this goal. If you are not comfortable with making changes to your lifestyle, then perhaps you should look into buying a water filter.

These filters are designed to remove the chlorine from tap water and also remove the harmful bacteria and minerals that are found in tap water as well.

By using these filters, you can drink pure water that will not irritate your urinary tract or cause you to urinate excessively.

If you find that you are urinating frequently after drinking water, then you might want to consider using a portable water bottle. The simplest way to use portable water bottles is to fill them up with cold water. Then you can just leave them at home, without having to worry about stopping by the store for a bottle of water.

Many people like to bring their portable water bottles with them when they go out of town on business trips.

As you can see, there are a variety of reasons why you are urinating frequently after drinking water. In most cases, these problems are easy to solve. Just make sure that you have plenty of purified water to help you deal with these issues.

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