Old Wives' Tale Nutrition Medicine
BUSTED Comprehensively false

Drinking Cold Water with Meals Prevents Digestion

Water temperature doesn't significantly affect digestion

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Drinking cold water with food clogs your digestion and prevents nutrient absorption.

✓ What is actually true

Temperature of consumed water has minimal impact on digestion. The stomach maintains constant temperature regardless of what you drink. Cold water may temporarily cause slight constriction of blood vessels, but this doesn't impede digestion. Traditional medicine claims about cold water interfering with fat digestion lack scientific support.

Believed Since 1900
Year Revised 1980
Why Changed Discovery
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

5/10
4/10
The receipts 2 sources
  1. Water and Digestion - Nutrition SciencePRIMARY
  2. Snopes: Cold Water DigestionREFERENCE

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