When I was young, my elders always told us not to drink ice water on a hot day, so as not to hurt our health. My father also told a story about a Taoist drinking cold water, reminding us not to drink cold drinks when we are panting, which has impressed us so far. In hot summer, sometimes it is raining hard, so how to replenish water correctly is an important key to health.

The story of a woman pouring water and rice bran Once upon a time, there was a Taoist priest who was sweating and thirsty on a hot day. When he passed a house, he asked a woman for a bowl of water.

Although the woman poured a bowl of cold water on the Taoist priest, she spilled rice bran in the bowl when the Taoist priest wanted to drink it. Taoist priests don't understand women's intentions. Although he was unhappy, he could only silently blow away the rice bran in the bowl and drink water slowly.

After the Taoist priest drank the water, the woman explained that she was worried that the Taoist priest was anxious to drink water and get angry, so she added rice bran to the water, so that he had to blow it away and drink it slowly.

Long ago, our ancestors had the idea that we couldn't drink water without breathing. In fact, women's consideration is also based on this. In hot summer, if you drink a lot of cold drinks when sweating, it will easily lead to the contraction of sweat pores and poor perspiration, which will lead to the body's inability to dissipate heat smoothly.

Don't drink plenty of water after exercise. If you are really thirsty, you can be a marathon runner. Generally, only drink a sip of warm water during exercise to avoid physical discomfort.

Abstaining from drinking cold water to prevent epidemic diseases Yuan Zuzhi wrote in19th century that Chinese and Western customs are still at odds: "Middle-earth people abstain from drinking cold water to prevent stomach damage, and Taixi should drink cold water to remove heat; Middle-earth wine must be drunk warmly, and Taixi tastes cool. " In the early days, people in China drank boiled water not only for health preservation, but also for epidemic prevention. By boiling, the bacteria in the water are destroyed so as not to damage their stomachs. This habit has been maintained for a long time.

Drinking habits handed down from the older generation, in addition to drinking boiled water, always remind that drinking ice water is easy to hurt the trachea. In Huangdi Neijing, it is recorded that "cold form and drinking cold will hurt the lungs", which means that exogenous cold pathogens, coupled with cold diet, are easy to cause lung cold and hurt the lungs due to stomach cold. Only by drinking water correctly can we alleviate the thirst of the body and prevent the body from being hurt invisibly.

In hot summer, drinking enough water every day is beneficial to metabolism and helps the body excrete toxins, but how to drink water is also a science. The following are some key points for correctly calculating the amount of drinking water.

Four key points of drinking water correctly: 1, and drinking water in moderation.

Some people regard drinking water as a way to lose weight or detoxify, drinking more than 3 to 4 thousand milliliters a day, but there are hidden risks behind "binge drinking", and drinking too much water can also lead to "water poisoning". The amount of water you usually drink varies from person to person. Healthy people with normal renal function drink "30 ml per kilogram of body weight" every day, which is about 2000 ml. Some patients with heart failure and renal failure should not drink more water, and patients with cold, fever or urinary tract infection should drink more water than usual.

Step 2 drink slowly

"binge drinking" boiled water seems carefree, but it is easy to cause gastrointestinal burden. Usually, you can drink a few mouthfuls of water slowly and swallow several times in your mouth, which can moisten your mouth and throat and effectively quench your thirst.

3. Warm drinks

Warm water warms the stomach and drinking ice water can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort and even diarrhea. In addition, drinking warm boiled water can raise body temperature, help sweating, and dissipate heat through sweat to achieve the real effect of relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Although it is better to drink warm boiled water, we should also pay attention to the water temperature not to overheat, so as not to damage the esophageal mucosa.

Step 4 drink a little

After sweating a lot, not only the water is lost, but also the electrolyte is lost. Therefore, some salt or sports drinks should be supplemented in hot days to prevent hyponatremia or imbalance of body fluids and electrolytes.

There are many things to pay attention to behind seemingly ordinary drinking water. As long as you pay a little attention, drink moderately, slowly and lightly, and avoid cold drinks, you can drink more healthily.