Cold Water Vs Warm Water: One of Them is Damaging to Your Health

The majority of people head straight to the kitchen once they wake up in order to make a cup of hot coffee, or to drink a cold cup of water. Nevertheless, to get the most benefits of drinking liquid in the morning, one should combine parts of these popular morning drinks and drink a warm cup of water instead.

If you drink warm water first thing in the morning, you will get numerous health benefits. This is one of the best ways for you to start your day off appropriately. These are some of the health benefits:

1. It Relieves Pain

If you drink warm water first thing in the morning you will soothe your throat if it is dry, irritated or swollen. This will help you reduce the swelling in the throat and alleviate pain at least for some time.

Drinking warm water is especially beneficial during those mornings when you wake up with a dry throat and it hurts to swallow. Your pain will be reduced almost right away after taking the first sip.

Drinking warm water will help you relax the muscles of the stomach and soothe the cramps.

2. Improves Bowel Movement

The habit of drinking warm water in the morning has been proven to help in digestion any time of day. a study has been carried out by the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility and it has shown that in the group of patients that suffered from achalasia (a condition in which the muscles of the lower part of the esophagus fail to relax, preventing food from passing into the stomach) there were some differences noticed. Can you suppose how drinking warm water helped them?

The study has shown that 58 percent of the patients indicated a significant improvement in their condition after drinking the  hot water. If you drink a glad of warm water in the morning before you eat you will activate the colon and it will move your bowels more easily. Your body will become prepared to absorb the food throughout the day better and easier.

3. Improves Circulation

The habit of drinking warm water in the morning can help you enhance the blood flow in the body’s circulatory system. A study has shown that when the human body is being exposed to warm temperature, the flow of the blood cells increases by a dramatic amount when first introduced.

Then, this amount lowers back to a normal rate of blood flow and starts to slowly increase the longer it is exposed to heat. If you drink warm water, you will enhance your circulation by warming up your body from the inside.

4. Weight Loss

The process of weight loss can be enhanced by drinking water in general, but with all the other health benefits of drinking warm water, this is the best way to consume this liquid that also burns fat.

The Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine has carried out a study where a group of overweight female participants were instructed to drinking huge amounts of water in order to study its effect on weight loss.

Eight weeks later, the researchers discovered that the participants had experienced a decrease in body weight, their body mass index, and their overall appetite.

WHY IS DRINKING COLD WATER BAD FOR YOU?

You probably like the feeling that drinking cold water when you are feeling hot in a hot summer day, as it helps you to cool down within seconds, but you probably also never thought about what cold water does to your body (unlike warm water).

– Drinking cold water causes your body to expand energy to warm up the water in order to use it

– Cold water adds to constriction of the blood vessels and so it reduces the process of hydration and its absorb-ability.

– By drinking cold water you will help your body to solidify the fats in your food and thus your body will need to work harder in digesting the food

– Drinking cold water is responsible for the creation of excess mucus in the respiratory system. When congested, your lungs create a surrounding more prone to various infections and the chances of getting a throat infections get higher

Here is a short video clip that will present something you need to think about, especially if you are thinking about reaching out for a glass of cold or iced water.

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Source: thehealthawareness.com