Drinking a Cup Of something Hot After A meal true Or False??

Uhh that sounds a little crazy to me lol

I've heard the same thing as well. I was told that the Chinese ppl only drink hot tea after dinner for the same reason and that's why you hardly see them over weight!

I have no idea if that is true, but I heard that if you drink/eat something cold it burns more calories because your body has to exert more energy to get it to a certain temp to digest it.... no idea if that is true either... this is when google comes in handy :P

I don't know about it "sucking up" the fat but I believe it helps with digesting it. That's why Chinese and Japanese restaurants usually serve tea with their meals. Chinese food is loaded with fat!

I think Dr. Oz said this a few weeks ago on his show. It was the one where he wanted you to do 7 things. I think it was one of them.

I think Dr. Oz said this a few weeks ago on his show. It was the one where he wanted you to do 7 things. I think it was one of them.

I've heard old people telling me something similar. They say to drink something warm - not hot! - which does include something like tea or boiled/microwaved water. The reasons they give me:

- the heat will help melt the grease you just ate from your meal, so that it doesn't cling to the insides of your body. You will be able to digest what you just ate more easily. They tell me that drinking ice cold water after/during a meal will "freeze" the grease and make it tougher to digest. I'm not sure I believe this one.

- it will be less taxing for your body. Your body is always trying to maintain homeostasis, and your insides are always at a constant temperature. Since your drink is already warm, your body will not have to spend energy to warm it up once you drink it. This is especially good for you to do if you are sick, and you need your body to maintain all the strength it can muster.

I think I believe the second point more..nevertheless, I usually drink lukewarm/hot beverages during and after a meal.

Specifically, a very good tea to drink during or after a meal is Chrysanthemum tea (technically it's a flower boiled in water, an herbal tea, not one made from tea leaves). This is known to aid in digestion, or at least that is what my traditional Chinese family tells me Be sure not to drink anything very hot, it's not good for your throat and there have been case studies that show if you drink something TOO hot...like steaming...it may increase your risk for throat diseases. I guess because it damages your throat tissue or something.

It helps with digesting your food..... Which helps in losing weight good digestion... but it does not magically burn your fat...So I've read.....

I did read somewhere today that if you drank all your water (8 glasses) ice cold, it would burn an extra 70 calories per day... that sounds like a lot of trouble for 70 calories though

I think of it as a perk since I don't like lukewarm water anyway. LOL. I have to have ice otherwise it tastes gross.

I heard something similar, the analagy was it's like pouring bacon grease down the sink drain, if you run hot water down after it keeps it melted and flushes it out of the pipe before it solidifies.
I have no idea if the same applies to humans. I'm curious to see what the mfp'ers have to say.

Interesting side note I was told about pouring fat down the sink: If you use hot water, the fat solidifies when it hits the cooler sides of the pipes. If you use cold water, it will solidify BEFORE it sticks to the pipe and wash on through.

I think that's one of the craziest things I've ever heard. Food doesn't "slide" through your gastro-intestinal system… it is processed, regardless of it's "state" (frozen, liquid, hot, cold). Now, maybe there are other benefits to drinking a warm drink after eating, but that certainly wouldn't be it! For example, if my hubby drinks a cup of coffee after dinner, you can find him in the bathroom shortly thereafter. :happy: BUT, that's the PREVIOUS meal, which has already been processed, vacating the premises, not the current meal. Unless, of course, you have an intestinal virus or some other condition that makes your body push food through before it's fully processed.