jerileth
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Might be in the beliefs, but the only thing I know of is excessive water is not good for you, but that is rare that someone drinks enough water to effect your body. Water is good for your body, it flushes out impurities. |
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belligerent assistant
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Chinese believe in temperatures for healing.
But basically iced water can irritate your stomach.
Try drinking cool water, and if you normally had a lot of gas issues, you will find that it may lesson.
Iced water is a "shock" to your system because it is so cold & inside your stomach is hot.
So cool water is less of a shock |
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Jt C
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yea, no offense nor to be rude, maybe he's crazy there's a reason for everything and most likely there's must be proof. don't get me wrong he might be right, i'm just kiddin. |
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♥ShAyLA♥
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careful if you have sensitive teeth |
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GZ
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I've never heard of it.. sounds like your dad doesn't practice western medecine.. meaning not everything has an explanation. |
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asianview
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I've heard about this saying from many chinese friends as well. They don't have a scientific explanation. Most chinese beliefs are handed down through word of mouth from the old generation to the young with no real scientific proof/explanation. My chinese friends told me that not only does one get weak if one drinks cold water, but one's face would also get puffy. It's all just beliefs, nothing more. I had a nurse tell me once that cold water is better because the water gets absorbed by the body more easily. who knows? |
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Parklin
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I've always heard it may cause problems with your blood circulation (for some). Especially those who already have a circulation condition. |
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MiRaNdA rOsE
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if its ice that you make at home, its fine. BUT i do not recommend ice that u buy in a bag, or at any restaurant, gas station-GERMS! Oprah had thing on once, this girl found all kinds of germs in ice in those kinds of places. but otherwise, its just frozen water, nothing wrong with that |
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007
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Ice Water is good for your health. Just don't drink it very fast, lest your throat become stricken with a severe case of frostbite, resulting in a long and painful hospital confinement, devastating medical complications, hundreds of thousand of dollars of medical payments, and last but not least an extremelty high chance of painful and excruciatingly horrific death in a bed of nightmaris agony and psychotic delusion just before your ultimate demise. |
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Captain Ron
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Water is necessary for homeostasis (a properly operating body), at least 64 oz/day. As long as the water is not at an uncomfortable temperature - TOO hot or TOO cold - you are fine! Your dad is crazy. |
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randy j
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I don't know how true that is or not. I have heard before though is to drink something cold when it is cold outside and drink something warm win it is hot outside. Reason is.. your body temp wont take a big surprise then. Say you drink something cold when its hot out then your body has to really adjust to it and visa-versa. Naturally it is always refreshing to drink something cold when it is warm out just to cool you down and visa-versa.. |
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ttkmb
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UR BODY IS 95% WATER BASED & NEEDS 2 BE REFUELED , WATER REPLENISHES THE WATER WE SWEAT, CRY, PEE ETC. WETHER COLD OR WARM WATER IS GOOD FOR THE BODY |
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yip yip
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Your body does use energy to warm the water up in your stomach...on the other hand, this burns about 70 calories a day! |
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VERSAILLES
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It actually burns more calories to drink coldwater,as your body has to heat itself to wrm the water up. |
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lsexybeastl
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That is only half true, dude. I believe it depends on the situation. If your body temperature is high, like after tanning in the beach for a couple of hours or after heavy exercise, ice water is quite good for you because it brings down your body temperature to the normal level. However, if your body temperature is already lower because of cold weather or you have been in a cold room too long and then you drink ice water, then obviously it is not good for you. Now, at normal body temperature, only sissies with sensitive throats and weak immune systems will find it unhealthy and actually even get sick because of this. Hope this helps. |
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*amy*
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Your body is mostly made of water. It NEEDS water!! Just because water has ice in it doesn't make it bad. Ice is just water that has been frozen.....nothing more!! |
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Denise W
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actually in some cases yes.
As a healthcare provider, and we use eastern medicines in our practice. hot, warm water "closer" to body tempature is more accepted for persons dealing with illness, since the body does not have to react to the stimli of the "cold" prior to absorbing the water. It is a physical reaction, no science to prove.
So the anwser is YES- sometimes. |
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Ret. Sgt.
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The only medical concern I have ever heard of , involves eating and drinking cold water. The problem would be if you are eating a food high in fat ( grease, oil) the ice water used to wash the food down reacts with the fat. In essence, it congeals the fat and makes the stomach work harder to produce more acid to digest the fat that has to be warmed up to melt again. I've only heard this argument when it relates to heartburn. The same person said you should only drink cool or warm and not hot or cold. I never let it change my ways. |
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