Why Chinese people love to drink hot water while foreigners love to drink cold water or even ice water

Why are Chinese people the only ones in the world who like to drink hot water?

Chinese people have been taught since childhood to drink hot water, or even lukewarm water. Especially in the winter, in order to be able to drink hot water, basically a person hand a thermos cup.

Foreigners, on the other hand, don't drink hot water directly unless it's used to make tea or coffee. Even in the cold winter, they will not drink hot water.

Why is there such a big difference between us and foreigners when it comes to drinking water?

About this problem, there are several arguments:

1. Influenced by China's tea culture

We Chinese people love to drink tea, which is also a well-known thing, right?

Actually, this habit of drinking tea has been around since ancient times, as evidenced by the ancient saying of "replacing wine with tea". Slowly, drinking tea has become a culture and a habit, which has made Chinese families accustomed to using boiled water (for making tea). In fact, in some parts of China, drinking tea means drinking hot water.

2. Physical reasons

The human body has a hot and cold, and most Chinese people are cold.

The Chinese medicine believes that water can nourish yin and heat can warm yang, then drinking hot water can both nourish yin and warm yang. Only by drinking hot water can you get rid of dampness and balance cold and dampness. And cold water is detrimental to the qi and blood, the body itself is cold but also drink cold water, it is equal to add to the problem.

In other words, our body is suitable for drinking hot water.

3. The health said

In this era of popular health, people agreed to drink hot water to support the stomach, drink cold water hurt the stomach.

Cool water on the stomach stimulation is relatively large, will make the stomach vasoconstriction, and then cause gastrointestinal discomfort, and even diarrhea. Over time, it may cause a variety of stomach diseases. The temperature of hot water is closer to body temperature, which can soothe and relax the stomach and intestines.

4. Water quality

Many people boil water to drink because they feel that tap water is not hygienic enough. Boiling water is actually a high temperature sterilization process. It can kill most of the bacteria and viruses in the water, so the water will be healthier. While Europe and the United States do not need to worry about water quality, because their water quality standards are the most stringent in the world, you can drink directly.

As for why foreigners love to drink cold, it is said that it is because they feel that boiled water does not taste good unless it is accompanied by some coffee and tea or something to drink with it .......

Speaking of which, you may be torn --

Is it better to drink hot water or cold water?

After all, the Chinese are the only people in the world who prefer to drink hot water, and most people drink cold water, so does that mean it's healthier to drink cold water?

Oh, well, it's not that much of a stretch to drink a glass of water.

As long as the water is safe to drink, hot or cold, it all depends on personal habits, which is comfortable to drink on which kind of drink.

The most important thing is to drink more, to ensure that the daily amount of water in 1500 ~ 1700 ml on the line.