in moderation, it is good.

don't believe it in being bad
no scientific proof
complete bullcrap

i drink cold water like an elephant.

No, no and no.

Fever = hyperthermia = body's natural reaction to infection; viral or bacterial. Simple.
Tonsilitis = caused by infection, not cold water.

Yeah, exactly man. What is it with some of you people listening to your mamas and grandmamas and aunties? There's NOTHING wrong with cold water for goodness' sake. Geez!!

ehmm i heard to.. cold water yang make our bone weak.. huuhh so afraid..

Those who want to state cold water bad please give some facts to support your points la. Not just say it was told by the elders. Our elders/seniors sure correct meh. We got own brains to think ourselves.

This post has been edited by seeseng: Mar 19 2006, 12:58 PM

So all those of you who believe that cold water can cause cancer and shit, your house don't have cold water issit?

So how do you drink your coke then? warm?

"boss, coke suam satu!"

is living in Canada during winter time bad for your health?

so.. no scientific reason cold water bad foru our health???

according to my own theory
u cant eat nasi lemak, then sudenly drink water...
this's because, nasi lemak's sambal got oil.. so if u mix the oil and the water in ur stomach... just imagine u put oil in glass of water... huuhh.. it all mix up... so, maybe that cause the pain...
so, if u eat hot food, esapcially the sambaled one.... dont drink rite after finish the meal.. wait till one minute for ur stomach to rest
peace

well..... anyone wanna add somemore bout cold water??

this might be offtopic but i think drinking cold orange juice in the morning can help prevent smelly breath as well. some ppl still got smelly mouth eventhough they brushed teeth already, this might help them.

hmm i always drink cold water... weather here is so friggin hot, dats y i drink cold water... morning, afternoon, night always cold water... pros, it cools u down cons, rite now, i always feel my body 'banyak angin'... hahaha...

maybe the acid from the orange juice kill the morning germ... the mahal way is to gargle listerin

errr.. banyak angin ?? sendawa or fart a lot???

hahhaa i've stop drinking cold water..... i dunno the diff yet.... maybe it's a long term cons

what i think is that, from a biological and physiological view.
cold water means water below our body temperature...that's why when we touch it, we felt it's cold because it's absorping heat from our body.

okie..what pro: can be use to suppress pyrexia( fever)... can be use to cold compression is stoping bleeding or injured joints...
cold water also useful in factory is cooling down their 24 operating machine...many many more...go and find out ...

cons...

from a physiological view,
about the nasi lemak things ler... i think because of the drop of temperature of your gatric secretion in digesting food.our gatric contents somehow got many enzymes that function optimum at 37C and pH 2...when u drink cold water...especially in large volume, the temperature of the gastic contents tends to goes down..below 37c..and the acidic level also tends to goes up due to dilution of the gastric contents...

now here's the problem when u eat nasi lemak...
what you'll face is a uncomplete digestion of the food...that's why u get stomachache lol...

other than that ler...is some other problem related to to your blood vessels which will constrict due to low temperature...when u drink cold water...your nasopharyngeal tract's blood vessels tend to constrict...
then what will happen is lack of secretion from your throat ...when not enough mucus...then easy to irritate by foreign bodies...will willl initiate cough...sneezing...blar blar....too deep la this one...

u medic student arr??? huhuh good explanation...
huhuh then my theory bout nasi lemak, oily food and cold water wrong laa ekk

me always drink cold water even my family members always sindir2.. always cold drink even at 4am (sahur time).. but in the morning i must drink other than plain cold water otherwise my stomach buat hal.. stomach ache in the morning.. can you imagine visiting the toilet several times while others enjoying their dream.. they also say that cold water is bad for athma people like me.. but no reason given..

Water, cold or hot, is GOOD for health as long as it is drinkable...at least drink 1,5L a day and more if you practice sport...never forget that human body is 90% of water...it is also advised not to drink the same mineral water all the time...just change brand...

try drink cold icy water during the half time of football or basketball match....i bet u cant continue the second half.....u'll feel damn weak after that

if you're a vocalist, drinking cold water is not advisable. unless u sing for rockband.

never had a real basket ball match with pro's but i've had a few friendly matches with friends and we always had cool drinks to drink after each quarter, i also drink cold water while running, no problems here so i dont think its that big of an issue.

unless you're so worn out after each half/quarter that expanding a few calories to warm up water brings you down you shouldnt have any real issues with drinking a cool drink while participating in a sport and if you're that tired already after a quarter/half you probably wont make it through the next quarter/half anyway so it doesnt really matter does it?