To hydrate it is a fundamental action for our life. But water not only has the function of hydrating. It is also responsible for transporting food and oxygen to cells, discarding waste, cleaning our kidneys of toxic substances, helping to control blood pressure and much more. The novelty is that for a few years it has been said that drink hot water, Especially in fasting, it is good for health and it is necessary to do it. Although like everything, it has retractors and scientific studies against it. Today we are going to face positions. Do you want to know how to beneficial is really?
Properties of drinking hot water
The action of drinking warm or hot water comes from oriental. Although there are many dieticians and experts in Spain who already agree that this is a good habit. This theory says that drinking a glass of warm water when getting up or before going to bed is the equivalent of a shower inside the body. Also, some of the multiple properties that they are assigned is that it facilitates intestinal movements and digestion, which serves to better cope with colds, or the most controversial, than with it you lose weight.
First, this theory argues that hot water is more effective for cure colds and congestion nasal. Since, according to a study published by the US Public Library of Medicine, that vapor that the fluid emits and that is inhaled when the cup is brought to the mouth helps to clear the nostrils and even relieve headache associated with sinusitis, which cold water does not do.
Second, it is said that hot water improves our digestion when taking it before sleeping. This is based on the fact that the high temperature of this liquid makes it easier to dispose of dinner residues. In addition, it makes the accumulated fatWhile cold water solidifies them and makes it difficult for them to be expelled.
Third, the theory of lose weight it is the one that most confronts those who support this idea and their retractors. Those in favor support it, arguing that taking the hot water first thing in the morning it will increase our body temperature. This triggers the metabolism to kick in more immediately. That in turn speeds up fat burning, which helps to lose weight. But what do those who do not defend all this think?
A false myth
To dismantle the theory that drink hot water makes us lose weight, Daniel Ursúa, dietician-nutritionist and blog author Nutri Habits, He declared in an interview with El Español that "the effectiveness of this measure will depend on what we eat and drink after that first glass and what we understand by fasts."
Later, he gave an example by explaining that if he goes to bed at twelve and gets up at nine, he will take all that time of fasting, so have a glass of hot water and then a croissant with ham and cheese for breakfast, water it will be ineffective. This would dismantle those benefits of the drink, since food is key in the whole process. Because, although water accelerates the burning of fats, it all depends on how much and what fats you have to burn.
Regarding the issue of helping to cure colds and improving the digestion process, the retractors of this claim that hot water does not purify. Therefore, what really works is to follow a correct diet and hydration to help our body's defenses, and not to fill it with hot water that, on occasions, can burn our esophagus and end up being more harmful to our body.
Have always existed stories and legends that have been transmitted from generation to generation and, although some have scientific basis, they contradict each other. Is it maybe drink hot water to improve our health a simple myth? What do you think about this debate? Are you for or against?
