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Which is healthier? drinking cold water or warm water? why.

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Dr. Abdus Khan answered

Specializes in Urgent Care

Water is healthy. : So both cold and hit will give you same effect regardless. In warm weather drinking cold water has an added benefit of cooling you down. Similarly in cold weather you feel worse by drinking cold water. So in other words the temperature of water has nothing to do with its effectiveness but has to do with comfort.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/20/2019

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