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Iced Water Will Make You Fat
Thursday, October 15, 2009Traveliztera
How many times have we been hearing the elders tell us "Don't drink cold or iced water because it will make you fat."? You know how the elders would have these "sayings" and if you, being an innocent and curious child, ask them "Why?" they don't know the rationale but despite the unknown explanation, we still listen because we know they know much better? Well, I just wanted to share with you guys the real fact about iced water.
I'm sure that some of you already know this but for the sake of those who DO KNOW but need an explanation, here it goes. Iced water does not make you fat. A lot of people (not just elders--in fact, most of them are of my age) tell me not to drink cold stuff because I'll just gain weight. The truth is, it does THE OPPOSITE. Iced water is much better because your body will try to burn some calories to heat this water until it reaches your core temperature. I've read about this a lot of times and I've always wanted to blog about this but I thought that this was already known by a lot of people. Apparently, I've been told recently to forget about the iced water because I'll just gain weight. Thus, this blog entry was created to at least help those who believe in the famous myth. This iced-water-will-make-you-fat myth should be banished and so I decided to put this here as part of my weightloss entries. Anyway, I'm not saying you should go get a lot of frozen treats to burn more calories (lol). We all know what will happen after that. To at least get your metabolism high, go for an iced water instead of the plain refrigerated water. By the way, according to Women's Health, to increase the effectivity of this iced water fact, drink this after you wake up to jump-start your day's metabolism. Woohoo for iced water!
Now let's free the iced water from being guilty for its charge of making people gain weight!
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hmm, interesting. i wasnt fully aware of the "Iced Water Will Make You Fat" thingie. hihi
ReplyDeletei've never heard of this myth before. hehe. pero ayos! pag tumaba ako... sabihin ko na lumaklak ako ng isang drum ng malamig na tubig! hahaha,
ReplyDeleteI dont know this myth, pero I believe drinking tea after meals (like Japanese and Chinese do) help digest food fast? Haha
ReplyDeleteBtw, our family never drinks cold water. Lahi kami ng mabilis ma-tonsilitis... ;D
My Mom hates it that I drink cold water, all the more when she sees my glass with a lot of ice! She sings kase, that's why. Good post dear. I'm sure people who will read this will learn something new. At least those who keep saying that it's bad will think twice before saying it, hehe. I'm a fan of cold water and iced water ─ nakakawala ng pagod.Ü
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture of iced water. I have heard before that cold water helps you burn calories. Hope so. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeletemanik - hahaha talaga? i've been hearing about this since i was in gradeschool... hahahhaa
ReplyDeletemr. nightcrawler - hahaha kulet
chyng - tsaka ung metabolism increased agad :D kaya i also drink tea after meals hahaha
russ - onga e hahahaha actually i had to deal with that too kasi i also sing and once, i strained myself too much (tuluy-tuloy kasi ung practice & performance for 5 months) that i lost my voice for 3 months. =( sensitive na ako sa iced water ever since. =( sooooo hahahaha medyo paminsan-minsan ko nalang nilalagyan ice ung water ko hahaha--pag kelangan ko talagang ma-refresh. haha. fan din ako ng cold water... wow your mom sings? i bet u have a nice voice too. :D
sandra- No problem! :) TC!
manik - hahaha talaga? i've been hearing about this since i was in gradeschool... hahahhaa
ReplyDeletemr. nightcrawler - hahaha kulet
chyng - tsaka ung metabolism increased agad :D kaya i also drink tea after meals hahaha
russ - onga e hahahaha actually i had to deal with that too kasi i also sing and once, i strained myself too much (tuluy-tuloy kasi ung practice & performance for 5 months) that i lost my voice for 3 months. =( sensitive na ako sa iced water ever since. =( sooooo hahahaha medyo paminsan-minsan ko nalang nilalagyan ice ung water ko hahaha--pag kelangan ko talagang ma-refresh. haha. fan din ako ng cold water... wow your mom sings? i bet u have a nice voice too. :D
sandra- No problem! :) TC!
Interesting... I think your entries will help me in my long time battle in losing more weight.. Gudlak sakin ahahaha
ReplyDeleteinteresting, this is actually the first time that I heard about this myth. anyway, I always drink cold (not necessarily iced) water always, and I'm not that fat, so I guess it really is a myth.
ReplyDeletejepoy - i know you'll make it :)
ReplyDeletebadong - hahaha nice one :D living proof ba? haha!
buong akala ko pa rin talaga eh masama ang malamig na tubig pagkatapos kumain. kasi naninigas daw yung mga oil na kinain. thanks for this info. parang pwede ka na nga yatang sumali sa Discovery Channel's Myth Busters. hehehe.
ReplyDeleteHahahha Kuya Rj... Drink cold water lang after waking up or before meals but after meals, it's much better na medyo ung tama lang (as in ung hindi iced) kasi according to some sites, yes, nagsosolidify ung fats, making them harder to digest.
ReplyDeletePero!!! (hahhaa) Sabi ng ibang articles, ok lang daw since pagpasok naman sa katawan nung water, our body adjusts the temperature of the water (actually, everything that we have swallowed) so the fats that had been initially solidified will go back to its form before the water came in. :) Tsaka our stomach is going to make sure to get rid of those solid lumps before passing them on to our intestines... un ung nabasa ko a... :D
pwede magpapak na lang ng yelo?
ReplyDeletehindi? sorry na. halols.
Alam ko may iba pang hindi magandang implications ang pag-inum ng malamig na tubig eh... Yung sa pagtaba dito ko lang narinig yan...
ReplyDeletePero yun nga, may iba pang bad implications... Try mo search...
saminella - hahahaha cge masaya unnn hahaha
ReplyDeleteaxel - yup nagsearch na aq before... may interaction un sa fats pero may ibng articles na cinocontradict un... nbsa mo rep ko ky kuya rj? :) un... basically, nasa process pa ng research un e kc nagcocontradictahan lhat...
@Samin >> mahilig din ako ngumata ng yelo...
ReplyDelete@Traveliztera >> oo tama, yun nga yun... especially kapag mga oily foods kinakain mo...
oo boy... iniisip ko nga pag nagmasteral ako, gawin kong thesis un e hahaha. hirap implication non hahaha matagal-tagal ang pag-aaral non loooool
ReplyDeleteganun, eh yung mga theories nga ng iba hindi pa maayos tapos balak mo pang gawing thesis... goodluck!! hehehe
ReplyDeletehahahahaha ako magpoprove ng lahat loooooooool. para bigatin hahaha. nah. thesis ko si maja
ReplyDeletenaks, sige abangan ko yan... kung need mo help sa thesis sama ako... ahahaha...
ReplyDeleteuy uy
ReplyDeletepwedeng pwede sakin to.
lalo na maganda yung may ari ng blog na ito. hahaha
axel - hahaha sige ba... nice one... tawagan nalang kita a hahahha!
ReplyDeleteefbee - hnlabooo haha...
wow really? That's good info girl..Love iced water
ReplyDeleteThank you chubbymommyme... :) Wake up and drink iced water ! :D
ReplyDeleteyay
hi sis! yup i heard about this myth many times from our neighbors and some of my friends, and i also don't believe it hehehe. some even say that it can bulge your stomach. i really don't see any rationale about it except until i received an email that drinking cold beverages (and not just water) after a meaty (and fatty) meal could cause the fat to somewhat "solidify" because of the cold temperature.. hmmm... makes sense but i'm not so convinced about it as well. i've been drinking cold water after dinner all my life and i never got any fatter hehehehe! :D
ReplyDeleteVeronica - Hahaha yeah... I'm glad you've heard about this one cos a lot of the other bloggers haven't heard about this yet... Lol... Regarding the fat + cold water thing, there are studies that are still undergoing since a lot had been contradicting the fact that the fat will solidify once inside the stomach. they said that even inside the stomach, that iced water will soon adjust its temperature to our core's and the fat will no longer be in solid form... haha. So good luck to them. Hahaha... Yeah, iced water and its wonders lol.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard that in my life.
ReplyDeleteI have heard, "Don't drink cold water because it will give you cramps."
My wife tells me, "Don't drink cold water, it will give you terrible gas." (which I'd never heard before meeting her).
It likely comes from confusing ice cold carbonated sugary drinks (which will make you fat) with water. Let's face it, carbonated (and sugary) drinks taste best cold.
Richard- It's one of the "reminders of the elders" thing here in our country... lol... Probably that's why you never heard of it. :)
ReplyDeletewhoa! tlga?? then di pla yun totoo. so i can drink iced water w/o worrying. Yun din kasi sabi ng mama ko, cold water makes ur tummy big daw..
ReplyDeletethanks for this post, very informative! ^_^
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