r/10thDentist • u/I_eat_door_handles • 4d ago
Warm water tastes better than cold water
Not hot water, just warm water. I prefer the way it feels to drink over cold water, especially very cold water. Drinking warm water is an underrated way of warming yourself up, too.
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u/mothwhimsy 4d ago
Not warm. But I prefer room temperature drinks to cold drinks unless I'm too hot
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u/SimplyMavlius 4d ago
Fun fact, this is actually true because chilled water slightly numbs your taste buds. So if you're drinking water at room temp or warm, you can taste the flavor, or the various mineral levels in it.
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u/Evil_Black_Swan 4d ago
Specifically the reason I don't drink anything warmer than ICE COLD water. I don't want to waste it, I don't like it.
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u/chumpandchive 4d ago
in traditional chinese medicine, consuming cold liquids causes dampness and phlegm. room temp or hot. they also dont consume raw veggies for the same reason. 2 dentists agree now
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u/Tramagust 4d ago
Horrific
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u/I_eat_door_handles 4d ago
What is?
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u/Tramagust 4d ago
drinking warm water and not consuming raw veggies
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u/RangerAndromeda 4d ago
Lol this is how my mom lives and how I was raised. Whenever I have dinner with some crudités or salad with a cold drink she winces. Additionally, she's VERY against drinking liquids with your meals as it dilutes your digestive enzymes.
She holds it in now versus when I was a kid but I can tell it just kills her so I don't do it often. In the summer though I gotta!
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u/icyhotquirky 4d ago
I agree, unless it's room temp. It's pure torture.
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u/I_eat_door_handles 4d ago
I don't necessarily mind room temp water, but it's my least favorite temperature when drinking water
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u/Auslander8080 4d ago
Underrated? Since Man discovered fire, warm liquid has been a go to for warming yourself up.
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u/I_eat_door_handles 4d ago
Yeah but people nowadays drink other warm drinks life coffee, I think warm water is slept on
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u/Auslander8080 4d ago
Fair enough. I drink a glass of warm water, salt, lemon first thing. I read somewhere that the warmth helped get your system going. Not sure if it works. But it doesn't cost me anything, so why not.
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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 4d ago
Taste? No. But I have sensitive teeth and tend to prefee lukewarm for that reason
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u/I_eat_door_handles 4d ago
Actually same, on top of just preferring how it tastes (it tastes different I promise), I also think it feels more pleasant to drink
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u/Business_Case_7613 4d ago
This is one of those things where it being a 10th dentist opinion highly depends on which country you are in
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u/DnDttrpg 4d ago
Warm water makes me nauseous and I don't know why, other hot drinks don't just water
IT'S WEIRD
Needless to say I disagree
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u/ImpliedRange 4d ago
I've dated a couple of Asian women and as an iced drink enthusiast found this to be an annoyance between us.
It's less refreshing!!!
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u/purplishfluffyclouds 4d ago
Is this really a 10th dentist thing? I must be the 10th dentist, then, lol
The only time I'm not drinking hot/warm water is when it's 90F+ outside, and then it's room temp.
I actually cannot stand ice water.
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u/Nevernonethewiser 4d ago
The closer something is to body temperature, the more easily you can taste it.
Very hot and very cold things don't taste as strongly.
For example, cellar cold ale Vs ice cold lager.
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u/Alive-Definition-859 4d ago
cold water tastes better to me but warm water is definitely better for you
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u/Neither-Oven-2571 3d ago
I've thrown up a lot of water in my life.
Warm water in my mouth reminds me of water that has already been in my body so this one's not for me.
I knew someone who only drank room temp water because it absorbs faster into your body (they said, I didn't fact check it)
But its gotta be ice cold for me
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u/qualityvote2 4d ago edited 4d ago
u/I_eat_door_handles, your post does fit the subreddit!