Drink up before you go to bed and you will sleep better! Adults who get only six hours of sleep are less likely to be adequately hydrated the next day then those who get eight hours, new research says. In later stages of sleep, more of a hormone that regulates your body’s water conservation is released Without enough shut-eye, you may not get the same protective effects, says Asher Rosinger, Ph.D., assistant professor at Penn State and coauthor of the study, according to a publication in womansday, June 2019. When you are short on sleep, drink extra water!