If You Like Drinking Ice Cold Water Read This

Love Drinking Ice Cold Water

There's nothing quite like a glass of ice water to cool 

down with on a summer's day, but after reading the 

following information, you might want to think 

twice before reaching for the ice tray. When I first 

came across this information, it shocked me, but I 

thought that it was a highly relevant thing to share 

with you - these hidden dangers of drinking ice water 

aren't very well-known. 

Here they are:

Upsets Digestion - Drinking ice water can lead to 

stomach upsets, abdominal pain, gurgling and 

nausea. This is because cold temperatures are 

anti-inflammatory, therefore blood vessels retract. 

Another side effect of ingesting ice water is that the 

stomach contracts and becomes too tight to be able 

to process food efficiently.

Saps Energy - While drinking ice water can make

 you feel refreshed and stimulate you in the short term, 

it actually serves to drain your energy in the long run. 

This is because your body has to use extra energy to 

warm up the water and bring it up to its average 

temperature.

Irritates Throat -  Just as a cold winter's day can 

give you a runny nose and block up your sinuses, 

ice water creates the same bodily response. In other 

words, your body creates mucus as a natural humidifier 

to warm any ingested cold air or liquid. The difference 

is that in the case of ice water, this bodily response is 

unneeded, and it results in extra mucus accumulating in 

your pipes, thus making your throat sore.

Slows Heart Rate - Drinking ice water can cause your 

heart rate to drop. This is because the vagus nerve, 

which runs down the back of your neck, is affected 

by a sudden ingestion of  cold water.  As an emergency 

measure, your heart slows down until your body 

temperature reaches equilibrium once again.

Hinders Hydration - As aforementioned in previous

 points on this list, drinking ice water actually slows 

down your body's rehydration process, rather than 

speeding it up. This is because the body needs to 

bring it up to temperature first before it can use it. 

The only exception to this rule is long distance runners, 

who appear to benefit from the delayed response 

mechanism for maintaining water levels when they're 

on a long run.

Constipation - Although drinking water that's at 

room temperature helps the digestive process, 

drinking ice water has the potential to cause 

constipation. Food solidifies and hardens as it

 passes through the body, while at the same time 

making intestines contract, which can lead to 

difficulty when you need to "go".

Headaches - If you're familiar with "brain-freeze", 

which you get as a result of eating an ice cream or 

lolly, then you should know that ice water can do 

the same thing. It chills many sensitive nerves in 

the spine, and they immediately relay messages to 

your brain, which in turn causes headaches.

It can lead to extra fat - The weight loss tip for 

drinking lots of cold water to force the body into 

doing more work and thus burn more calories isn't 

completely true. This is because cold temperatures 

in the body cause fats to harden and congeal, making 

them harder for the body to digest.

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