The issue of drinking cold water while eating has been a topic for debate for a long time now. The cool sensation provided by cold water can not be denied, the soothing relief we get from drinking cold water after being devoured by the heat of the day is mind relaxing.
Drinking cold water while eating is known to be unwise, because fatty foods tend to solidify when mixed with cold water, making digestion more difficult.
As Nigerians most of our dishes are basically oily, from our simple Egusi soup to Efo riro and even beans all have great oil level. So many people believe that a perfect plate of food like the ones mentioned should be pushed down with a cold bottle of water or beverage, not knowing the harm this combination brings to their health.
Imagine two plates of oil on your table, imagine you pouring cold water into the first plate of oil, and pouring warm water into the other plate of oil, a clear difference comes to mind.
Imagine what the colon looks like when we ingest cold water on oily food.
Also imagine your kitchen sink where you wash your oily plates daily, sometimes when water fails to run through the sink properly we pour in hot water to make room. Same goes to our body system.
Apart from solidifying fat cold water also slows down digestion. Nothing is better than living healthy if warm water opening doors for nutrients to circulate our body why go against it.
So the next time you are seated to eat a plate of pounded yam and egusi soup demand for a bottle of warm water and not cold water.
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