Drinking Cold Water Causes Cancer

 

Friday's Urban Legend: FALSE

This one was sent to me a few days ago.

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about heart attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life.

So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.

Snopes.com checked it out and guess what? It's not true [Cold Comfort].

The email message originated only two years ago (February, 2006) so it's a relatively recent urban legend.

One of the tests I recommend when you receive free medical advice on the internet is to ask yourself whether your doctor gives out the same advice. If so, then it may be true. But you would already suspect that since your doctor told you.

If your doctor never told you about the email warning then there are three possibilities ...

1. Your doctor doesn't know about this important problem that could cause cancer but all your friends and neighbours do know about it.


2. Your doctor has heard the story but knows that it's false.


3. Your doctor knows that cold liquids cause cancer (or whatever) but for some reason doesn't want you to know this so she won't tell you.

Ask yourself which possibility is most likely?

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