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Drink cold water

patentguru
patentguru Posts: 312 Member
edited January 14 in Food and Nutrition
I was bored so I did some calculations. Correct the calculations if they are wrong.

One calorie of food is the amount of energy to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water 1 degree celcius. We are supposed to drink 2 liters of water a day (which is a little less than 8 cups).

If you drink 2 liters of water at room temp (72F = 22.2 C) your body must warm the water up to body temp (98 F = 36.7 C), which is 14.5 degrees x 2 (liters) for 29 calories. However, if you drink cold water (40F = 4.4 C), the body must raise the temp by 32.3 degrees x 2 (liters) for 64.6 calories.

Over 1 year - 2 liters of water a day at room temp = 10,585 calories or 3 pounds of fat (3500 calories).

Over 1 year- 2 liters of ice water (40C) = 23,579 calories or 6.7 pounds of fat.

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  • Qcrazy
    Qcrazy Posts: 19
    You were really bored!
  • slimzandra
    slimzandra Posts: 955 Member
    I see a method claim in your future...
  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
    edited October 2014
    There's a problem.

    A Calorie as we refer to it actually is a kilocalorie = 1000 calories. So your results are swayed a thousandfold. In a year's time we're talking about 10.5 and 23.5 Calories from warming up room temp and cold water, respectively.

    Conclusion: it makes no difference, but good try anyway.

    Edit: I fail. Nevermind, you said one liter to one degree celcius. Still, not much of a difference.
  • MADTennisLifestyle
    MADTennisLifestyle Posts: 27
    edited October 2014
    cold... ice cold water on an empty stomach helps a lot with burning fat! But don't overdo it or your inner organs will be sulky.
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