Drinking warm water is the best way to quench thirst

Drinking warm water in western country is not a normal thing, they even think serving ice water is a polite way in restaurant. But to Chinese culture, we have different opinion of warm water. We think the temperature of warm water is close to the human body which can be arranged into the intestinal wall quickly and neatly, so as to quench thirst. Moreover, after drinking warm water, the body sweats a little, and can also take away heat from your body.

On the contrary, drinking cold water or cold drinks desperately will cause reflective sweating, and cause the body to lose more water. Moreover, the ice water will absorb a lot of heat from the mouth and stomach which make internal organs suddenly experience cold. It may affect the digestive function or cause stomach cramps and even diarrhea. Even for me, my body feel more comfortable for drinking warm water.

Scientists even have conducted an experiment. They used an infrared temperature recorder to test two groups of volunteers who drink warm and cold water in hot climates: the people who drink warm water is reduced by 1 ° C to 2 ° C. On the contrary, the people who drink cold water only cool down their oral temperature.

Chinese medicine doctor suggests that you should develop the habit of drinking warm water. Try to drink as little as possible or not cold drinks.

Good timing of drinking water are:

1.Wake up in the morning

Your body is losing water and increase blood viscosity during all night’s sleep. Even though your body just do urination, skin evaporation, breath. As a result, The body’s physiological blood pressure and platelet activity will increase in the morning, because of that, drinking water after getting up can help reduce blood viscosity and thus reduce the risk of thrombosis.

2. Before exercise

It is necessary to drink water before the exercise, that so can reduce the chance of dehydration and blood stickiness caused by exercise. And help prevent blood clots. Most importantly, please drink as slow as you could, and drink 150-200ml each time. Water will quickly enter the blood and be absorbed in the intestine if you drink too fast. Thus making the blood thinner and increasing blood volume. Furthermore, if you have heart problem, (especially those with coronary heart disease) will have the symptoms like chest tightness and shortness of breath. Even happen myocardial infarction.

3. Before bedtime

Your body is start loosing water when you fall asleep. Furthermore, the water in the blood is also reduced. Thus, the blood viscosity is easily increased. Nonetheless, drinking water before bedtime can alleviate this phenomenon and reduce the chance of cerebral thrombosis.
Drinking water at the right time not only quenches thirst, but also reduces the risk of thrombosis to a certain extent