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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Disadvantages of drinking cold water



Just imagine, that you come home in an afternoon and you are really very tired, your mom offers you water to drink, on the right hand side is warm water and on your left is ice chilled water. What will you prefer to drink ? Your decision will reflect how cautious you are about your health. Drinking warm water will always be a better for your health. 

Drinking cold water has following disadvantages :


INTERFERES WITH YOUR DIGESTION
Drinking ice water or cold water hampers the process of digestion as it causes your blood vessels to shrink. This can slow down the process of digestion and as a result the food is not digested properly and the nutrients are either lost or not absorbed by the body.


ROBS YOU OF NUTRIENTS
The body’s temperature is 37.C and when you drink something very cold, your body has to spend energy to regulate its temperature. This spent energy is otherwise used to digest food and absorb nutrients, thereby leaving your body short of nutrition.


INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING SORE THROAT
Drinking cold water can buildup the respiratory mucus, which is a protective layer of the respiratory tract. When this layer gets congested, the respiratory tract is exposed and becomes vulnerable to various infections and hence the chances of your throat turning sore are high. 


DECREASES YOUR HEART RATE
Drinking ice water or cold water decreases your heart rate. Studies have shown that drinking ice water stimulates the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and is an important part of the body’s autonomous nervous system that controls involuntary actions of the body. The vagus nerve mediates the lowering of the heart rate and the low temperatures of ice cold water acts as a stimulus to the nerve which causes the heart rate to drop.


DECREASES THE FUNCTION OF IMMUNE SYSTEM
Drinking cold water leads to easier catching of cold and illness because it decreases the function of the immune system which is caused by the creation of excess mucus in the body.


LEADS TO CONSTIPATION
Intake of cold water leads to indigestion, which in a result comes out as constipation. Which may further lead to other digestive problems and disorders.


INCREASES BREATHING PROBLEM
Cold water builds up mucus on the inner layer of the throat and creates problem in breathing by freezing this mucus.


LACKS POWER OF DISSOLVING
Cold water lacks the power of dissolving, so after drinking cold water, the process of digestion and assimilation is greatly affected, the fats in the food does not get emulsified and the acid in the stomach gets diluted and looses its characteristic and hence affects the digestion very badly. 

Cold water might provide you relief for a few moments but that is just temporary, for long run one must drink warm water. The next post will be advantages of drinking hot water, stay tuned and subscribe for updates, our android app is in beta phase and will be launched very soon. 


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