Comments on: Fluid Temperature has No Effect on Hydration http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/ a digest of fun and interesting academic research; all signal, no noise Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mzhuddles http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-16749 mzhuddles Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:34:35 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-16749 I actually prefer drinking cold water during the summer and warm water during the winter. Drinking a cup of warm water during the winter actually helps me keep from drinking lots of hot chocolate which are like covert calories to me as I'm just trying to keep warm! And curiosity killed the cat.... cold v. hot? it's like asking "how should i sleep at night?" even though we all need sleep to function just as every person needs water. Sometimes it's just fun to ask and learn. I actually prefer drinking cold water during the summer and warm water during the winter. Drinking a cup of warm water during the winter actually helps me keep from drinking lots of hot chocolate which are like covert calories to me as I’m just trying to keep warm!

And curiosity killed the cat…. cold v. hot? it’s like asking “how should i sleep at night?” even though we all need sleep to function just as every person needs water. Sometimes it’s just fun to ask and learn.

]]> By: Chad Haering http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-16310 Chad Haering Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-16310 While warm water may hydrate you just as well as cold water, a study from the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine proved that cold water is more palatable. Therefore, under VOLUNTARY hydration, people tend to drink more cold water than warm water, thus staying more hydrated. Consumption of flavored water was favorable compared to unflavored warm water. Szlyk, P. C., Sils, I. V., Francesconi, R. P., Hubbard, R.W., Armstrong, L. E., “Palatability of Drinking Water: Effects on Voluntary Dehydration,” USARIEM, March 1998. While warm water may hydrate you just as well as cold water, a study from the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine proved that cold water is more palatable. Therefore, under VOLUNTARY hydration, people tend to drink more cold water than warm water, thus staying more hydrated. Consumption of flavored water was favorable compared to unflavored warm water.

Szlyk, P. C., Sils, I. V., Francesconi, R. P., Hubbard, R.W., Armstrong, L. E., “Palatability of Drinking Water: Effects on Voluntary Dehydration,” USARIEM, March 1998.

]]> By: Patrick Bristow http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-14587 Patrick Bristow Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:04:50 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-14587 I have to say I agree with many of the other commentors... does anyone actually drink warmer or cooler fluids with the hope it hydrates them better? I just drink cold water 'cause it feels good (and warm cider 'cause that's just how cider is meant to be drunk). To Bri-Lee: I once saw a chemist break down the numbers for how much ice you would have to eat to lose a pound of fat (loosely related to what you're talking about)... the numbers are astonishing. You can drink all the cold water you want for a year... you'll gain all the calories back by chewing one stick of juicy fruit :) I have to say I agree with many of the other commentors… does anyone actually drink warmer or cooler fluids with the hope it hydrates them better? I just drink cold water ’cause it feels good (and warm cider ’cause that’s just how cider is meant to be drunk).

To Bri-Lee: I once saw a chemist break down the numbers for how much ice you would have to eat to lose a pound of fat (loosely related to what you’re talking about)… the numbers are astonishing. You can drink all the cold water you want for a year… you’ll gain all the calories back by chewing one stick of juicy fruit :)

]]> By: Bri-Lee http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-11571 Bri-Lee Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:49:11 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-11571 You would be 100% correct “Fluid Temperature has no effect on hydration”. However, I am sorry to say, mike (regarding: ‘preferred cold water on a hot day because it helps you cool you’), that is incorrect. Drinking cold water causes your body to work harder, to warm up the cold water, to digest it. As a result, you will not cool down but the contrary. Furthermore, if you drink something warm such as tea, hot chocolate (my favorite), or coffee, it will cause you body to sweat, hence cool you down. But I encourage you to research this, because I am sure you will not take my word for it, you seem like ‘fairly certain’ individual. You would be 100% correct “Fluid Temperature has no effect on hydration”. However, I am sorry to say, mike (regarding: ‘preferred cold water on a hot day because it helps you cool you’), that is incorrect. Drinking cold water causes your body to work harder, to warm up the cold water, to digest it. As a result, you will not cool down but the contrary. Furthermore, if you drink something warm such as tea, hot chocolate (my favorite), or coffee, it will cause you body to sweat, hence cool you down. But I encourage you to research this, because I am sure you will not take my word for it, you seem like ‘fairly certain’ individual.

]]> By: audrey http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-9327 audrey Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:16:10 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-9327 sure, it takes an Einstein to figure that out. I read the opposite, that cold water is better for hydration, in one of those wellness brochures from my doctor. it sounded fishy. I'm going to start reaching for lukewarm water on hot summer days. sure, it takes an Einstein to figure that out. I read the opposite, that cold water is better for hydration, in one of those wellness brochures from my doctor. it sounded fishy.

I’m going to start reaching for lukewarm water on hot summer days.

]]> By: mike http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-6508 mike Thu, 24 May 2007 18:03:59 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-6508 I'm fairly certain I, and most people, have preferred cold water on a hot day because it helps cool you, not because there is any perceived improvement in speed of hydration. I’m fairly certain I, and most people, have preferred cold water on a hot day because it helps cool you, not because there is any perceived improvement in speed of hydration.

]]> By: Timmy Jose http://tastyresearch.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-6391 Timmy Jose Tue, 22 May 2007 07:30:25 +0000 http://tastyresearch.wordpress.com/2007/04/28/fluid-temperature-has-no-effect-on-hydration/#comment-6391 Doesn't take an Einstein to figure that out now. Does it?!? Doesn’t take an Einstein to figure that out now. Does it?!?

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