Where as most of us may find this a little a bit scarstic,wondering how cold water may be harmful to ones,health experts have come up and proved that it’s also indeed harmful and even though ice has many health benefits,drinking ice water or cold water can only give temporary relief and here are some reasons why you shouldn’t drink ice or cold water.
Interferes with your digestion
Drinking ice water or cold water hampers
the process of digesting food as it causes your blood vessels to shrink slowing
down the process of digestion and as the food is not digested properly,the
nutrients are lost or not absorbed by the body.
Robs you of nutrients
The body’s temperature is 37 degrees
celcius and when you drink something at a very low temperature,your body has to
spend energy to regulate its temperature,this spent energy is otherwise used to
digest food and absorb nutrients,thereby leaving your body short of nutrition.
Increases your chances of getting a sore throat
Drinking cold water can cause the build up
of respiratory mucosa,which is a protective layer of the respiratory tract such
that when this layer gets congested,the respiratory tract is exposed and
becomes vulnerable to various infections and hence the chances of your throat
turning sore are high.
Decreases your heart rate
Drinking ice water or cold water decreases
your heart rate,furthermore drinking ice water stimulates the vagus nerve.The
vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and is an important part of
the body’s autonomous nervous system that controls involuntary actions of the
body.The vagus nerve mediates the lowering of the heart rate and low
temperatures of ice cold water act as a stimuli to the nerve which causes the
heart rate to drop.
It negatively affects the spleen
The spleen is considered to need a moderate
temperature in order to function properly.A healthy spleen is essential for
protecting the body from pathogens and fighting off infection therefore taking
cold water may end up affecting the spleen and this may weaken the body since
it won’t be able to fight some infections.
It weakens the immune system
Drinking cold water after a meal creates
excess mucus in your body,which can lead to a decrease in the immune system
function,making it easier to catch colds and illnesses and although its effect
is minimal,to and individual with a weak constitution,drinking cold water could
prove problematic.
Increases existing health conditions
Cold water can increase asthma symptoms in
children,according to a study by the European society of Pedriatric Allergy and
immunology and another study found that 7.6% of the participants experienced a
headache after drinking a glass of ice water and the numbers only go up when
you factor in whether or not a participant had a history of migraine.
