Drinking water while standing vs seated
I have heard people suggesting to drink water when you are seated after a tiresome activity. They usually ask to avoid drinking water while standing upright.
Does that have an actual scientific reasoning, or is just baseless advice?
You could slam me for it being easy to google, and I have googled for it. But when we talk about trekking, climbing, swimming, cycling, etc... its a different situation. As a trekker or cyclist I'd be mad at me sitting periodically to get a sip of water.
Any thoughts?
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No scientific basis. For it to be so, drinking would have to process differently standing up than sitting down. But if you sit upright then the upper body (where the water is being processed) is no different than if you were standing. So any effect must be from the waist down. But that would be an issue of general circulation most probably, rather than anything to do with drinking water. Note however that I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice.
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