Drinking cold water, sitting in harmony makes office people vulnerable

The combination of cold temperatures and cold drinks raises the taste that makes you eat more and your body weight soars.

Dr. Liu Bo En, Mackay Memorial Foundation's President, shared on Health Sina that she once advised a female office worker weighing about 58kg, without any illness but suddenly gained more than 4.5kg within a week. This girl went to the doctor's weight loss clinic for treatment advice.

Patients reported that drinking from 2,000 to 3,000 cc of soft drinks daily. The air conditioner in her office often stayed at 22 degrees C. Dr. Liu commented that the daily routine of drinking 2,000 to 3,000 cc of cold sugar drinks increased the volume of the stomach, making it easier to feel. hunger combined with cold temperatures raises the appetite, making the girl eat more. Since then the natural weight has skyrocketed, even causing edema and delaying the monthly menstruation.

Drinking too much cold sugar will cause stomach strain.(Artwork: Healthsina).

One study has shown that drinking too much sugar-containing cold foods will cause stomach strain. After drinking cold water, the body loses part of the heat, it is imperative to increase heat production in response to heat loss, leading to a short-term increase in metabolism. When the water temperature rises to the same as the body temperature, this temporary metabolism increases.

It is worrisome that in the market the majority of drinks currently contain too much sugar and artificial flavorings, drinking too much can not be refreshing and not beneficial to health. A glass of pearl milk tea 500 cc contains 300 calories, a can of 350 cc of soft drink contains 150 calories, if used for a long time is alarming.

Dr. Liu advises that the air conditioning temperature in the home and office should not be too low. Too low the temperature of the air conditioner to create an "artificial hibernation" effect , which means that the body quickly lowers the temperature and reduces metabolism. Normal body temperature is about 34 to 36 degrees, the researchers showed that a one degree drop in temperature will reduce metabolism by 5%. For example, the room air temperature is 24 degrees, equivalent to a 10 degree reduction, which reduces the metabolism by 50%.

Hot summers make people like to drink ice and sit in air-conditioning so it leads to weight gain. So what to do? Dr. Liu said first to quit the habit of drinking cold water , instead using warm water without sugar. Eat foods like guava and tofu to increase the amount of fiber that promotes gastrointestinal motility. Maintain regular exercise so as not to fall into the summer weight gain nightmare.