Warm water vs Cold Water?
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chenie1994
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I've never really had an issue with drinking my required intake of water. Like most people I just stuck to drinking cold water, but I've heard that warm water has way more benefits than cold water when it comes to health and weight loss.
I mean if its better than I'll immediately drop cold and switch to warm.
Do you guys drink warm water or cold?
I mean if its better than I'll immediately drop cold and switch to warm.
Do you guys drink warm water or cold?
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What would those benefits be? How would it work?4
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They say it improves digestion, metabolism and it hydrates you faster than cold water does.kommodevaran wrote: »What would those benefits be? How would it work?
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chenie1994 wrote: »
They say it improves digestion, metabolism and it hydrates you faster than cold water does.kommodevaran wrote: »What would those benefits be? How would it work?
I don't know about any of those but cold water needs to be heated to body temperature so it burns a few calories to do this21 -
The temperature of your water doesn't affect your health or metabolism. It's a matter of personal preference.4
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Who are they, and what are their credentials?chenie1994 wrote: »
They say it improves digestion, metabolism and it hydrates you faster than cold water does.kommodevaran wrote: »What would those benefits be? How would it work?10 -
Unless water has calories in it, it won't affect your weight loss.2
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Lol.7
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chenie1994 wrote: »
They say it improves digestion, metabolism and it hydrates you faster than cold water does.kommodevaran wrote: »What would those benefits be? How would it work?
I don't know about any of those but cold water needs to be heated to body temperature so it burns a few calories to do this
This is about the only thing it could do extra for you but my guess were talking 1 or maybe 2 calories to heat up to body temp so don't think that is a long term plan.3 -
I like my water hot with a tea bag in it.
It has never done anything for my weight.5 -
It does nothing of consequence. Drink your water however you like.
There is no magic secret for weight loss. Not warm water, not lemon water, not apple cider vinegar, not raspberry ketones, not [insert whatever you've heard here].
Eat fewer calories than your body uses. That's it. The end. Seriously.12 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »It does nothing of consequence. Drink your water however you like.
There is no magic secret for weight loss. Not warm water, not lemon water, not apple cider vinegar, not raspberry ketones, not [insert whatever you've heard here].
Eat fewer calories than your body uses. That's it. The end. Seriously.
But I heard that eating 1/5 of a pizza is the only way to lose weight.......15 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »It does nothing of consequence. Drink your water however you like.
There is no magic secret for weight loss. Not warm water, not lemon water, not apple cider vinegar, not raspberry ketones, not [insert whatever you've heard here].
Eat fewer calories than your body uses. That's it. The end. Seriously.
This^^ all day long. The stuff you see in articles and blogs and what people say around the workplace are mostly nonsense. There is no secret hack that makes all the difference. Eat less than you burn. That's it.3 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »It does nothing of consequence. Drink your water however you like.
There is no magic secret for weight loss. Not warm water, not lemon water, not apple cider vinegar, not raspberry ketones, not [insert whatever you've heard here].
Eat fewer calories than your body uses. That's it. The end. Seriously.
But I heard that eating 1/5 of a pizza is the only way to lose weight.......
Would that still work if I ate an entire pizza cut up into 1/5th? Or does it have to be exavtly 1/5th?4 -
sschauer513 wrote: »chenie1994 wrote: »
They say it improves digestion, metabolism and it hydrates you faster than cold water does.kommodevaran wrote: »What would those benefits be? How would it work?
I don't know about any of those but cold water needs to be heated to body temperature so it burns a few calories to do this
This is about the only thing it could do extra for you but my guess were talking 1 or maybe 2 calories to heat up to body temp so don't think that is a long term plan.
We can do some math and find out exactly. A 12 oz. glass of water is 355 ml. It takes 1 calorie (small "c") to heat 1 ml of water 1 degree Celsius. Heating that water from an ice-cold 0 C to a body temperature of 37 C is 13,135 calories. But a dietary Calorie (big "C") is actually a kilocalorie, or 1,000 calories, so that's about 13 Cal to warm up that water, and that's an extreme example (a normal glass of cold water is probably going to start at a temperature of about 4 or 5 C). Not enough to make a measurable difference.8 -
chenie1994 wrote: »I've never really had an issue with drinking my required intake of water. Like most people I just stuck to drinking cold water, but I've heard that warm water has way more benefits than cold water when it comes to health and weight loss.
I mean if its better than I'll immediately drop cold and switch to warm.
Do you guys drink warm water or cold?
It really doesn't matter...there are no magical benefits of warm water.2 -
There are no magical effects of drinking warm water... I drink hot water in winter because it keeps me feeling warm and ice cold in summer to keep cool
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If you are doing endurance cardio where your ability to absorb water from the stomach is reduced anyway - then cold is better for getting it there.
http://www.velonews.com/2009/12/training-center/nutrition/coaches-panel-which-is-better-warm-or-cold-water_101908
Once there though, doesn't matter.
So unless you are pressing the edge of body performance for endurance - don't worry about it.
Ugh, warm water, just made me not want to drink my next cup.2 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »
But I heard that eating 1/5 of a pizza is the only way to lose weight.......
I ate three pieces of chocolate cake last night and was down .6 pounds this morning. Imagine how much you could lose with chocolate cake AND pizza.
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"In a study published in "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism" in 2003, researchers monitored calorie burning after participants each drank 500 milliliters of water, which is just over 2 cups. They found that the water temporarily boosted metabolism, causing participants to burn an extra 24 calories. So drinking one 8-ounce glass of water burns about 12 calories. By drinking 2 liters of water per day, you could burn nearly 100 calories."
- https://www.livestrong.com/article/296653-how-many-calories-does-drinking-one-glass-of-water-burn/
Pretty consistent with poster above. About 12 calories per glass.3 -
"In a study published in "The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism" in 2003, researchers monitored calorie burning after participants each drank 500 milliliters of water, which is just over 2 cups. They found that the water temporarily boosted metabolism, causing participants to burn an extra 24 calories. So drinking one 8-ounce glass of water burns about 12 calories. By drinking 2 liters of water per day, you could burn nearly 100 calories."
- https://www.livestrong.com/article/296653-how-many-calories-does-drinking-one-glass-of-water-burn/
Pretty consistent with poster above. About 12 calories per glass.
Which is 0.2lbs a week or roughly a lb a month so not to be sniffed at
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