Today, Joe has sent me an article on the same issue.
I'll post it below as opposed to spamming your mailbox.
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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.
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Do you prefer to die of heart attack or cancer?
Hmm...avoiding cold drinks after meal is something I'm trying to do too. But I was thinking more along the line of "higher temperature results in faster chemical reactions of the digestion process".
hmm... how abt we dun eat oliy food.. then we dun have to worry abt cold or warm drinks? or we eat, but dun drink?
Sometimes it doesn't matter whether you drink hot or cold water. Margarine / Butter are already solid at room temp.
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