Cold water

I have heard drinking cold water speeds up metabolism and drinking room temp water helps burn calories lol I drink cold water as it's what I prefer. As long as your well hydrated I don't think it really matters :-)

Quite some time ago, I heard that drinking cold water can burn a few extra calories. For me, if I drink lots of cold water, I get chilly. I mostly drink room temperature water; I can drink more, faster, than cold water.

Your sister and weirdo brother are correct, but so are you. Room temperature water is better for you because it helps digest food better. A galss of water before meals helps you eat less and less quickly and helps your digestion start quicker whil a glass of warm water after meals does help speed things along and also helps some of the bad stuff move thru your inestines quicker therfore not being absorbed.
However you are right in that drinking water - ANY WATER, is better for you. Just drink. In the long run, that is what matters.

My husband said that if you drink lots of cold water, your body has to change it to the right temp. in order to digest it. So if will make you seem fuller longer. Hot water is the same thing but it doesn't take as long. But that's all I know.

Hope it helps(:

drinking cold liquids after a meal can harden the fats you have just eaten, making it harder to digest. drinking a cup of hot liquid after a meal is advised to help push any fatty foods through faster. otherwise, drinking cold water can burn a few more calories, but the other poster is right, water is good no matter what. these are my two cents.

I have read that cold water speeds up your metabolism. But I think that as long as you're drinking water like you should be, it's all good. I personally don't like my water cold.

I have heard drinking cold water speeds up metabolism and drinking room temp water helps burn calories lol I drink cold water as it's what I prefer. As long as your well hydrated I don't think it really matters :-)

I've heard this too, I agree anything is better than nothing!!

I just googled it and found this informtion......

http://www.healthtalkbuzz.com/2010/12/never-drink-cold-water-after-meal.html

and this was was awesome to read

http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/weight-loss/question447.htm

Hope this helps! I drink over a gallon of cold water every day! Happy chugging!

Something I heard when I started on this journey is that drinking lots of COLD water. I heard that by drinking it really cold it helps burn extra calories. One day in a conversation with my sister, she claims she drinks "warm" water (yuck!!) I kind of blew it off because I knew as long as I was drinking water I would be ok. Then yesterday my brother (who is just a weirdo) posts something on facebook about the similar thing my sister had said. The article said that if you drink cold water during/after a meal, that it is bad for you. Anyone else ever heard this? If so, what are your thoughts on it? True or false??

Never saw anything about cold water and food in the stomach.

But drinking cold water does cause the body to lose heat to it, so it must slightly raise metabolism to stay warm.
Same reason being slightly chilled raises metabolism. So better to sleep cooler than warmer. Sadly out of winter now, so that cheap method is gone.

Now - you can't raise the metabolism safely if it's already being suppressed below where it would like to be. That means to stay warm for instance, energy is applied to that effort, and less is available for other functions that the body would really like to be able to do.

So this whole principle of raising metabolism only applies if your metabolism has the energy it needs for all normal functions anyway. In plain language, that means NETting above your BMR daily.