A few years ago, there was a big discussion about “the thermos cup for middle-aged people“. Later, someone concluded that no one can laugh at anyone about this. Because even if there is no thermos cup, the Chinese cup is a big pit with all kinds of strange things, filled with wolfberry, all kinds of tea leaves, fat sea burdock cassia seed chrysanthemum, and all kinds of strange things that you don’t know at all. Everything can be soaked in water to drink, which can be regarded as the truth for centuries.
As for the thermos cup, it is just a carrier, which is convenient to drink these hot water bubbles anytime, anywhere. As a tool, behind it is the trust in “hot”. Whatever is in your glass, drink it hot. The Chinese people are so superstitious about “hot water”, which is actually related to the water quality.
We have to laugh at the ancient Europeans first, because they did not know how to boil water, and Europeans experienced the plagues raging in the Middle Ages. However, after entering modern civilization, Europeans attach great importance to drinking water, and have already reached the standard that tap water can be directly drunk. Japan’s safety testing of tap water is even more stringent. In contrast, China’s tap water standards are obviously not up to the standard of drinking directly.
But the problem is, even if it’s pure mineral water, or a water purifier is installed at home, most Chinese people are used to boiling the water and drinking it hot or cool before drinking it. Some people even go out, even pouring mineral water into the hotel’s electric kettle and boiling it before drinking it.
Many people still have a set of traditional Chinese medicine theories on this matter, such as cold, cold, and deficient. If you tell him that foreigners drink cold water, they will tell you that Chinese people have different physiques from foreigners. If foreigners can drink it, it does not mean that Chinese people can drink it. Besides, if foreigners enjoy drinking now, they will definitely suffer in the future. Others say that foreigners eat hot food all day long, eat steak at any time, and must drink cold water to neutralize it. If you eat cold food and drink cold water, your body will collapse.
If you tell him again, even if you go to Japan in the winter, you will definitely get cold water or even ice water, and everyone is East Asian with similar physiques. In addition, if according to their cold and cool theory, the Japanese eat sashimi all day long, it is said that it is cold, but drinking cold water will not break down. They will tell you that you have to take a long-term view. If the Japanese do this, their health will definitely not get better. Just like a Japanese child with bare legs in winter, he will definitely suffer in the future.

If you continue to tell them that the average life expectancy of the Japanese ranks among the top in the world, they will angrily tell you, what if the Japanese live to be eighty years old? If you insist on drinking hot water for 36,500 days, you can live a hundred years! I figured it out, and it turned out to be true.
In fact, the so-called cold and hot properties of food and the so-called cold and hot properties of the human body are all representative works of metaphysics of Chinese medicine, and have no scientific basis. Of course, you can’t wake up those who are pretending to be asleep.
In fact, the Eastern and Western physique theory is definitely untenable, and the Japanese are a typical example. In addition, it is completely untenable to think that all foreigners eat so-called “hot food”. Not to mention the absurdity of the cold and heat theory itself, the dietary intake of Europeans is relatively more scientific and nutritionally balanced. Although there is a lot of meat, the per capita intake of vegetables and fruits is actually much higher than that of the Chinese, and it is still not enough. Salads that destroy nutrients.
On the other hand, in China, in the past 20 years, the diet has generally been more oily and spicy, and even in areas that are not heavy in oil and spicy, the cooking method of vegetables has put too much emphasis on cooking before eating, which often greatly destroys nutrients. If it is true according to the theory of cold and heat that some people say, in fact, Chinese people are more suitable for drinking ice water.
In fact, the Chinese people drink hot water, which is related to the traditional thinking of worrying about water quality. They feel that they cannot drink it without boiling it. But boiling water is not the same as drinking hot water. The reason why drinking hot water has become a metaphysics that cures all diseases in some people is not only a rumor, but also a manifestation of the popularity of pseudoscience.

The benefits of drinking hot water

1. Maintain gastrointestinal health: Hot water usually refers to boiled water, which means that most of the bacteria or microorganisms in the water have been killed, virtually maintaining gastrointestinal health and reducing the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases. .
2. Improve circulation and detoxification: Drinking hot water helps the body to warm up, which can improve the blood circulation of the body, especially for people who exercise less, drinking more hot water can also help perspire more and urinate more, which is beneficial to The body excretes toxins in a timely manner.
3. Relieve menstrual pain: Women’s dysmenorrhea is caused by uterine sensitivity, muscle contraction and other reasons. Drinking some hot water properly not only helps to soothe muscles, relieve uterine spasm, but also helps to relax mentally.
4. Prevention and treatment of colds: When people have a cold, the content of viruses or bacteria in the blood is higher than when they are healthy. If you drink more hot water, it will help to promote metabolism, help the body to transport wastes out of the body faster, and help Rehabilitation of cold patients.
5. Relieve constipation: Many people have temporary constipation due to excessive dry stool in the body, or lack of power in the intestinal organs. At this time, in addition to the doctor’s advice, you need to drink hot water to help you. Drinking more hot water can help promote intestinal peristalsis and make stool easier to pass.