| Drinking water is essential to humans.
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| | blood.
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| Adults lose about 10 glasses of water
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| | * It may burn more calories.
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| daily. Some is replenished in the food we
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| | * It has zero calories, unlike other
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| eat, and some is replenished in
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| | drinks.
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| beverages, but most is replenished in the
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| | Myths about Cold Drinking Water
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| form of drinking water.
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| | For many years, people have circulated
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| Some people are claiming that
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| | various myths about cold drinking water.
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| room-temperature drinking water is the
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| | These have no scientific basis, but are
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| only good water. Others claim it should
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| | offered here for your information.
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| be warm - or icy - or cold drinking
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| | * Myth #1: Cold drinking water after
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| water. Who is right?
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| | meals causes cancer by solidifying
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| In "Cool Water", song writer Bob Nolan
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| | ingested fat, slowing digestion, and
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| sings:
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| | lining intestine walls with the fat.
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| All day I face the barren waste
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| | Actually, body heat cancels out any
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| Without the taste of water,
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| | effects of cold food or water.
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| Cool water.
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| | * Myth #2: Cold drinking water after
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| Old Dan and I, with throats burned dry,
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| | eating fruit is bad for you. This one,
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| And souls that cry for water,
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| | around since at least 1923, is probably
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| Cool, clear, water.
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| | based on the truth that too much
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| Cold Drinking Water
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| | beverage, at any temperature, may dilute
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| Old Dan and his rider were dying for cold
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| | digestive juices.
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| drinking water. In fact, a few days
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| | * Myth #3: Cold drinking water harms
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| without water, and both would literally
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| | delicate stomach lining. Currently on the
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| be dead.
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| | Internet, this has no truth. Stomach
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| More than two thirds of a human's weight
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| | lining is extremely robust, as it must be
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| is water. The human brain is 95% water
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| | to withstand the highly caustic digestive
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| and human blood is 82%. Old Dan's rider
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| | acids.
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| would show signs of dehydration if he
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| | For years, health experts have
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| lost as little as 2% of his body's water.
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| | recommended that average adults have at
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| His short-term memory would grow fuzzy.
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| | least eight glasses of water daily. That
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| He would have trouble focusing on small
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| | amount should be increased if you
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| things and experience daytime fatigue,
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| | exercise, if the weather is hot, or when
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| commonly caused by dehydration.
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| | humidity is low. Overweight adults, who
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| They needed drinking water - preferably,
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| | require more water, should add an
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| cold drinking water.
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| | additional glass for every 25 pounds of
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| Why Cold Drinking Water?
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| | excess weight in order to speed
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| You may have heard that drinking water
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| | metabolism.
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| should be taken warm, even in hot
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| | The body needs water, and the most
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| weather. There are benefits, however, to
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| | important question for most people is not
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| choosing cold drinking water.
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| | whether the water should be warm or cold,
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| * It is more refreshing.
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| | but whether they are drinking enough.
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| * It is more easily absorbed into your
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