Eating habits may have a subtle effect on correcting physical fitness. When you eat a lot of hot food, you like to drink some cold water; After eating a lot of cold food, I like to drink some hot water, which is more neutral.
For most people, drinking hot or cold water is caused by childhood habits. People are very adaptable. Most people can accept cold water and hot water. Foreigners don't drink hot water at all Coffee and tea are also very hot. Man is warm-blooded animals. Too cold or too hot water is not good, which will cause many reactions in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that balance is the key, and hot water or warm water is indispensable to balance cold and dampness.
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Reasons for cold water in the west: the western diet is mainly beef and mutton, plus bacon, cheese, butter and milk every day, which produces a lot of calories. Therefore, westerners consume more meat, protein and calories every day than people in China.
Zhu Xinyi, director of the Health Management Center of Zhong Da Hospital affiliated to Southeast University and deputy director of Chinese medicine, said that from the perspective of Chinese medicine, such a diet would lead to "excessive internal heat". When the fire is booming, the sun is booming; Excessive yang needs yin water to balance, and ice water is water with strong yin, which can quickly restore the balance of the body.
Simply put, foreigners like to drink cold water because they usually eat greasy food and need to "put out the fire". Similarly, this is why many people eat a lot of spicy and exciting things, as long as a glass of cold water will feel very cool.
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