Someone once told me that your body has to turn the liquid hot when it reaches the back of your throat. True or false?
2007-11-30 02:41:26 · 17 answers · asked by mapizrap 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Yes, cold liquids will force your body to burn calories. Not enough to be significant, though.
2007-11-30 02:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a true statement.
However, don't get too excited about all the calories burned, you will not see any benefits from the minuscule amount of calories you are burning from drinking cold water.
What happens is that the cold water will gently come up in temperature when in contact with your body, until the temperatures of your body and the water you drank reach a happy meduim. That miniscule temperature difference between the happy medium and normal body temperature will be negated when your body generates a tiny bit of heat to maintain normal body temperature.
I think the actual number for an 8 oz glass of ice water will burn something like 15 calories or so.
2007-11-30 02:50:26 · answer #2 · answered by Monkeyman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are very right about body temp warming fluids and that it will burn calories. Many people have come up with this idea that you could loose weight simply by forcing the body to use a lot of calories to heat water. The problem is that the heat your store in your body is "wasted" energy. It is a byproduct of your body burning the calories it takes in. It is not a product that your body needs so much as to grow. It would take a tremendous and sustained thermal adjustment while you were at work actually burning calories for this theory to work with any efficiency. If you use this method, drinking vast volumes of water, then I suggest that you station yourself as far away from the toilet as possible. Every few steps you take would burn more calories than would lowering your temp while sedentary.
2007-11-30 03:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure - calories are a measure of heat energy. if you drink cold water, heat of your body is used to warm up the water to your body temperature. Thus your body has to work to do that. It's not a lot of calories, but every bit helps. Drink a lot of water, and use a lot of hot sauces and tobasco, park in the farthest parking spot at the store/mall and walk, walk to the store rather than drive, etc. -- every little extra bit of movement and everything that burns an extra calorie is one more calorie closer to weight loss.
2007-11-30 02:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be as the others said, but don't try drinking cold water all the time to lose weight !
2007-11-30 02:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by nick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true, but it's not enough calories to make any difference as far as weight loss.
2007-11-30 02:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by cashmaker81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sweetie, not true.
Speed your metabolism by:
Not eating late at night.
Eat 4 small meals a day
Jog, or walk daily...
Thats the only way to burn...
2007-11-30 02:45:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've found several sites on the web that confirm this, but the best person to ask if a dietician.
2007-11-30 02:46:32 · answer #8 · answered by Love My Hubby - Hate His Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that your body has to use energy (calories) to
warm up ice water to digest it. I don't think the expenditure of calories is that substantial though.
2007-11-30 02:45:13 · answer #9 · answered by Heather Z 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Odd but true
your body has to warm up the water and burns calories.
Not many but true.
2007-11-30 02:43:22 · answer #10 · answered by Fuzzybutt 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋