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**VDAu5p33** · 06-15-2006, 08:00 AM

During our Peace Corps training they always told us to drink hot tea. I always thought this was nuts because my "instincts" told me to do the opposite. They never told us why. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.

Later in Chiangmai we went to the two large air-conditioned shopping centers a lot when the heat was too unbearable. We saw a lot of movies,

Another explanation for drinking hot beverages I heard a while ago was that if you drink a cold beverage your body needs to 'heat up' to make the cold fluid the same temperature as your body (about 37 degrees). Therefore your body is generating even more heat..not sure if it is true though, but its sounds plausible.

06-15-2006, 08:00 AM	#1
VDAu5p33 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	During our Peace Corps training they always told us to drink hot tea. I always thought this was nuts because my "instincts" told me to do the opposite. They never told us why. Your explanation makes a lot of sense. Later in Chiangmai we went to the two large air-conditioned shopping centers a lot when the heat was too unbearable. We saw a lot of movies, Another explanation for drinking hot beverages I heard a while ago was that if you drink a cold beverage your body needs to 'heat up' to make the cold fluid the same temperature as your body (about 37 degrees). Therefore your body is generating even more heat..not sure if it is true though, but its sounds plausible.
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