Wine Article

Drinking water is essential to humans. Adults lose about 10 glasses of water daily. Some is replenished in the food we eat
and some is replenished in beverages
but most is replenished in the form of drinking water.

Some people are claiming that room-temperature drinking water is the only good water. Others claim it should be warm – or icy – or cold drinking water. Who is right?

In “Cool Water”
song writer Bob Nolan sings:

All day I face the barren waste
Without the taste of water

Cool water.
Old Dan and I
with throats burned dry

And souls that cry for water

Cool
clear
water.

Cold Drinking Water

Old Dan and his rider were dying for cold drinking water. In fact
a few days without water
and both would literally be dead.

More than two thirds of a human’s weight is water. The human brain is 95% water and human blood is 82%. Old Dan’s rider would show signs of dehydration if he lost as little as 2% of his body’s water. His short-term memory would grow fuzzy. He would have trouble focusing on small things and experience daytime fatigue
commonly caused by dehydration.

They needed drinking water – preferably
cold drinking water.

Why Cold Drinking Water?

You may have heard that drinking water should be taken warm
even in hot weather. There are benefits
however
to choosing cold drinking water.

* It is more refreshing.
* It is more easily absorbed into your blood.
* It may burn more calories.
* It has zero calories
unlike other drinks.

Myths about Cold Drinking Water

For many years
people have circulated various myths about cold drinking water. These have no scientific basis
but are offered here for your information.

* Myth #1: Cold drinking water after meals causes cancer by solidifying ingested fat
slowing digestion
and lining intestine walls with the fat. Actually
body heat cancels out any effects of cold food or water.

* Myth #2: Cold drinking water after eating fruit is bad for you. This one
around since at least 1923
is probably based on the truth that too much beverage
at any temperature
may dilute digestive juices.

* Myth #3: Cold drinking water harms delicate stomach lining. Currently on the Internet
this has no truth. Stomach lining is extremely robust
as it must be to withstand the highly caustic digestive acids.

For years
health experts have recommended that average adults have at least eight glasses of water daily. That amount should be increased if you exercise
if the weather is hot
or when humidity is low. Overweight adults
who require more water
should add an additional glass for every 25 pounds of excess weight in order to speed metabolism.

The body needs water
and the most important question for most people is not whether the water should be warm or cold
but whether they are drinking enough.