Why do the Chinees peopldrink hot water? Does it have any advantage? I want the answer from a Medical Doctor.?

Answer 1

If you will settle for an RN I will give it a shot. China has had chronic problems with the purity of their water. They have dealt with this very nicely by boiling water and then drinking it hot. The same is true in many tea drinking cultures. They tend to have a much smaller rate of water born illness.

Answer 2

My kids grandmother is Korean and has many superstitions she brought from Korea . One of which is that she seems to believe that drinking cold water makes your teeth fall out. She also tried to tell me that I could not drink cold water after having a baby, that something horrible was going to happen. All she would tell me was that it makes you very sick.

I know the body has to work harded to bring cold water to body temperature using extra calories, possibly that poor asian people could not afford and thus making them sick out of general poor health due to lack of nutrition.

I believe that it all started by having unclean water and needing to boil it, therefore drinking warm water or hot water. This I belive morphed into countless superstitions passed around the asian world until some of them were so misguided that they have no idea why they do it but continue to to this day as a cultural habit.

As for medical doctors answering you I have my doubts of the people on yahoo answers who claim to be real doctors. I think many of the people claiming to be doctors are not really doctors. I doubt many doctors have the time or desire to hang out here.

You might have some luck going to the Asian Yahoo answers sites directly and asking some people on there. The links are at the bottom of the pages here.

Answer 3

I am not a medical doctor but I will tell you why the folks in the middle east only drink water that is hot because it kills all germs

Answer 4

Before i answer your question,i would like to introduce myself that i am a nurse in China.Chinese drink hot water which is good to our blood circulation,also warm our body when in winter.some habit in China,like drink tea or mix somedrink,even some Chinese medcine,must drink with hot water which can be more easily be "swoon".
Hope to hear from your discussion!

Answer 5

I am not a Doctor but why don't you try it and see the effects it has on yur bowels....this is why they do it...water is better than any liquid you can use for personal cleansing without medical/medicine help..

Answer 6

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/water.htm

Not a doctor, but the above reading is good stuff. I cited it as a reference on a paper I recently wrote.

Answer 7

You'd better make an appointment then

Answer 8

its called tea