Sunday, February 27, 2011

Drinking Cold Water or Warm Water? Which One is More Effective?

Drinking 8-10 glasses of water in a day is advantageous for our health, we all agree to that so the issue here is which water is more effective for drinking, cold water or Tepid water?

You have heard lots of advantages of drinking water stating that it is useful for blood circulation because the water is major component of Plasma which makes up 55% of Blood. So it helps reducing friction between blood cells for better blood flow in the vessels and it also facillitates diffusion of blood from capillaries( smallest blood vessels) to the tissues. If you drink lots of water as a habit, your skin remains hydrated and more glowy, and lots of other infinite advantages but do you know that you can double the effects of water if you have more knowlegde of its functions in the body!
Regarding that debate there are 2 Theories for drinking water:
1) First theory claims that its better to drink warm water because it helps lose fats and also its more effective in washing away wastes since its better solvent than cold water.
Mechanism:
This claim is provided with the fact that when we drink warm water, because its temperature is higher than our normal body temperature , as per physics thermodynamic rule, heat moves from higher temperature source (water) to lower temperature source (our body). As a result our body temperature rises which then has same effect on calories in body as that of excercise.
- Also dissolving capability of warm water is more than that of cold water , so it dissolves waste contents more effectively and washes them out of the body, either through urine or through sweating.

 2) The second theory claims that drinking cold water is more effective than warm water.
Mechanism:  This theory is claimed by describing the fact that when we drink cold water, it has more effect on our body. Because cold water causes our thermostatic mechanisms to activate, which try to normalise the temperature of cold water. In order to do that our body uses energy by burning calories in the body.

Both of these theories have their own proved facts but majority of researchers suggest that tepid water is far more effective than cold water because it has more advantages. Either way water is a blessing for all of us , so make a habit of drinking water daily before you feel thirsty because thirst is felt at the time when body is already dehaydrated.                        



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