| According to a German research done by Berlin's | | | | people should avoid drinking cold water at all since their |
| Franz-Volhard Clinical Research Center in 2003, | | | | digestion obviously doesn't function as well as before. |
| drinking 1.5 liters of water (of room temperature 22 | | | | Indeed, don't underestimate dangers of drinking cold |
| degree Celsius) daily could burn off extra 47.67 | | | | water. |
| calories (one year = 17,400 calories = 5 pounds). | | | | As cold water passes through your throat and |
| Reason - ingesting cooler water lowers your body | | | | esophagus (gullet) into your stomach, it shocks the |
| temperature, and to bring your temperature back up to | | | | arteries around your organs to contract, thereby |
| the normal 37 degree Celsius, your body requires | | | | reducing the blood flow to your organs. |
| energy, and energy comes from burning of calories. | | | | When this happens in your stomach, it reduces the |
| By theory, the colder the water, the more energy your | | | | secretion of gastric juices, which adversely affects the |
| body needs for regulating temperature, resulting in | | | | breakdown of food and absorption of nutrients by |
| more calories burned. | | | | your body. |
| Many doctors don't feel excited about that insignificant | | | | If this happens to the arteries around your heart, the |
| 5 pounds loss because you can easily melt it off just | | | | sudden tightening will reduce or even cut off the |
| by exercising more than an hour. However, dieters find | | | | oxygen supply to your heart, especially if your arteries |
| it attractive to lose approximately 5 pounds within a | | | | are already half-choked with plaque. Consequently, |
| year without doing anything but simply drinking cold | | | | you're at risk for a heart attack. |
| water. | | | | Cold water can cause other harmful effects like: |
| Imagine you drink ice water at temperature close to | | | | - Bad cough or sore throat, especially those prone to |
| zero, you would have been able to burn much more | | | | asthma attacks or rhinitis |
| calories as your body regulates the temperature back | | | | - Pain in sensitive teeth |
| to 37 degree C. Are you tempted to try it out? | | | | - Menses cramps |
| Better not. Gulping down cold water frequently can | | | | - Migraine |
| pose health risks to some people, especially those | | | | In any case, whether you're in perfect health condition |
| who suffer from digestive tract problems (gastric ulcer, | | | | or not, to avoid unpleasant effects, I'd advise you to |
| gastritis or dyspepsia) or cardiovascular diseases. | | | | consume water at room temperature. For better |
| If you already got weak stomach, cold water can | | | | health, you should go with warm water. As for losing |
| aggravate your indigestion, leading to abdominal pain, | | | | weight, you can use various other effective ways |
| bloating, diarrhea, nausea or even vomiting. Elderly | | | | without causing harmful effect to your health. |