What Ice Water Does to the body

 

Water as we all know is good for the body, because it serves as a natural cleanser to the body, it helps against diseases, digestion and easy bowel movements.
But what many of us don't know is that Cold even though good especially during hot dry season or summer, Ice water posses a lot of danger to the human body. Even though ice has some health benefits,, drinking ice water or cold water can only give temporary relief and drinking ice water regularly has its downside..When we drink ice-cold water, juice, or any ice-cold fluids, we create the basis for chronic diseases.

 Here are some reasons persistent drinking of  ice or cold water is dangerous to the body.

1. Interferes with your digestion: Drinking ice water or cold water hampers the process of digesting food as it causes your blood vessels to shrink. This can slow down the process of digestion and as the food is not digested properly, the nutrients are lost or not absorbed by the body.

2. Robs you of nutrients: The body’s temperature is 37^o C and when you drink something at a very low temperature, your body has to spend energy to regulate its temperature. This spent energy is otherwise used to digest food and absorb nutrients, thereby leaving your body short of nutrition.

3. Increases your chances of getting a sore throat: Drinking cold water can cause the buildup of respiratory mucosa, which is a protective layer of the respiratory tract. When this layer gets congested, the respiratory tract is exposed and becomes vulnerable to various infections and hence the chances of your throat turning sore are high.

4. Decreases your heart rate: Drinking ice water or cold water decreases your heart rate. Studies have shown that drinking ice water stimulates the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and is an important part of the body’s autonomous nervous system that controls involuntary actions of the body. The vagus nerve mediates the lowering of the heart rate and the low temperatures of ice cold water act as a stimulus to the nerve which causes the heart rate to drop.
Now Rita and Company you now know why I take room temperature water, I want to live long.