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In Chinese Traditional Medicine, it is believed that taking cold water along with hot food disrupts the balance of your body. This is why Chinese serve their foods with warm water<\/a> or hot tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This ancient practice might seem obsolete and not true, however, there are lots of studies now supporting this fact. Cold water is against the normal temperature of your body and should not be taken in except in some circumstances which you will soon know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In hydrotherapy, cold water is meant to be applied on the skin and not to be taken in, because your body won\u2019t know how to use it in its cold state. It contradicts the overall temperature of the internal body system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your body will be under stress because it would have to warm this water first before making use of this. This will reduce your energy and slow down the process of digestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your body cannot have too much water but it will complain when it has too much of cold water. It will protest against this by showing some signs and symptoms that you will notice happen to you on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are some known ways cold water affects your body inward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the cold temperature of the water you are taking in, you will get satisfied quickly. However, that might not be the right amount of water your body needs at that time and before you know it you are thirsty again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People who drink cold water regularly are prone to dehydration, they don\u2019t take in much water as they supposed to because the cold overwhelms their thirst buds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drinking water is highly important for our health but we must know that to benefit<\/a> from water, you have to drink sufficient amount of it and not just to quench your thirst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case can be different, some people drink more water when it\u2019s warm while others when it\u2019s cold. Just know how your body responds to different water temperatures and try to be well-hydrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking cold water along with your meals will affect your digestion by slowing it down. This happens because the cold temperature will contract your stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this state, your stomach can\u2019t function effectively and neither can healthy digestion of food<\/a> take place. Absorption of nutrient is also affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This happens because your body is distracted from digesting food to regulating the temperature of the body and to also warm the cold water before it can use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will also make you weak because your body needs extra energy to do this and lots of energy is also required in digesting foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the effects of cold water on the digestive system is constipation. Cold water solidifies the food and hardens them when they are passing through the gastrointestinal tract and the intestines also contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This simply triggers constipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During cold seasons, your body creates mucus as a natural humidifier to warm ingested cold liquids and cold air. Cold water triggers this same action even when there is no need for it, thereby reducing the energy of the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold water thickens your nasal mucus, this makes it difficult for it to pass through your respiratory tract easily. This in turn will make breathing difficult because your airways would be blocked and congested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This extra mucus will accumulate in your throat and make it sore. It will also increase your frequencies of cough and catarrh because the body will be under constant pressure to clear the airways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To clear this away, increase your intake of hot chicken soup, hot herbal tea or hot water. This will restore your respiratory system to normal and make breathing easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold water worsens some health conditions like headaches, migraines, and achalasia, a condition that makes it difficult for food to pass through the esophagus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People with this condition mentioned above should only take in warm water. Especially those with achalasia, drinking hot water will help relax your esophagus and make eating and drinking easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold water reduces your energy and cause distress in your cells and tissues. This happens because the body cannot use cold water, it will have to warm it before it can make use of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This warming process will reduce your energy and cause internal distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apart from shocking your whole body when you take it in, cold water shocks your brain. This shock affects your brain because it is very sensitive to temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why your brain freezes for few seconds when you drink cold water, sometimes you might even feel a brief pain on your head after gulping down large amounts of cold water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This \u201cbrain freeze\u201d remains for a while in some as headaches. This pain happens when the many sensitive nerves in the spine that sends message to the brain freeze, this sudden freeze make all of them send message to the brain and this result to headaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a brain freeze after drinking cold water, simply press your thumb to the roof of your mouth to warm up the nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuous freezing is not important for this organ, your brain is designed to be working constantly even while you\u2019re sleeping. So, avoid doing things that would make your brain freeze so that the functions of your brain won\u2019t be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you take in cold water, it constricts your blood vessels thereby making the circulation of blood difficult. The heart would have to work harder to restore the normal circulation of blood in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This strains the heart and puts it under tremendous pressure. When you drink cold water regularly, you are increasing your risks of heart diseases because the muscles of your heart get weak when under intense pressure to deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold water also has a clotting effect on the blood and other important fluids of your body, this makes circulation difficult. It will decrease your heart rate and also stimulate the vagus nerve which is directly affected by low temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drinking very cold water immediately after a workout will shock your body and also lead to chronic pains. This is why gym experts advise people to drink warm water<\/a> after workouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a workout, your body is generating a lot of heat, and drinking in cold water will contradict it and take a huge toll on your brain and digestive system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will also find it difficult to absorb plenty cold water after a workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, taking cold water with your meals or immediately after meals can make you fat. This happens because the cold temperature solidifies fat and makes it difficult for the body to break it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These unwanted fats accumulate and lead to obesity. Cold water interferes with the ability of your body to burn down fats<\/a>. Even if you are drinking water of normal temperature, wait for at least 30 minutes after a meal before you drink water.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEffects of Cold Water on the Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Low Intake of water<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It affects digestion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It affects your respiratory system<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It worsens some health conditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It reduces energy and causes distress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It shocks your brain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It affects your heart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It shocks your body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It makes you fat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How to Know the Right Temperature of Water to Drink<\/h2>\n\n\n\n