Drinking cold water can be harmful
Note: I’ve received a few responses to the following post criticizing the content. As I mentioned below I am not sure of the origin of the information but it does illicit some questions and cause for further research. Please do your research and draw your own conclusions. By the way, I have also learned from various sources that it may be best NOT to drink any fluid (water or otherwise) during or directly after a meal as it dilutes naturally occurring digestive enzymes. Bottom line, I am merely the messenger and prefer not to be shot.
I received this email recently (thanks Gia) and am not sure of the origin. I aleady knew that it is better to drink room temperature or warmer water because drinking cold water shocks the system. I had never heard this explanation but it seems to make sense to me. The rest of the piece is about symptoms of a heart attack that I also was not aware of (but makes sense to me too). What do you think?
For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this “sludge” reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
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Link | October 18th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Paul wrote,
A couple of other not so well know facts about heart attacks:
Women are more likely to experience the sort of symptoms you describe than men.
Most people think of heart attacks as a “male” problem. Heart Disease is actually the number one cause of deaths in women as well.
Women are less likely to call the emergency services. - Whether this is due to the less typical symtoms, their pain threshold, their “it will soon go away I’ve got things to do” attitude or the failure of the health awarenes campaigns to make them aware of the risk is uncertain.
One thing is certain - if you get treatment within an hour of the onset of a heart attack your chances of survival are massively increased.
Link | November 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Pedro Guervish wrote,
The internet contains much helpful nutrition information, it also contains some of the worst information ever published. Like this for example.
Drinking cold water or beverages during or after meals will not cause foods to harden into sludge that turns into fat that leads to cancer.
Athletes are interested in beverage temperatures because if the temperature influences absorption, it could be helpful; anything that could speed fluids into the body could help an athlete stay hydrated.
Researcher Xiaocai Shi, an expert in athlete hydration, studied the effect of drinking cold beverages by putting tubes down the stomachs of volunteers and measuring temperature changes. He found that when people drink cold beverages, there is a small, transient drop in temperature in the stomach, but within 5 minutes the beverages are warmed to stomach temperature. His conclusion is that cold beverages have very little, if any, effect on stomach emptying of fluids.
So feel free to enjoy a cold or warm beverage, whether you are an athlete or a coach potato.
If you want to reduce your risk of cancer, focus on eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains — and don’t worry about beverage temperature.
Link | May 15th, 2008 at 5:44 am