Many people in life have the habit of drinking hot water, feel that drinking hot water can maintain stomach health, but also play a role in keeping warm, and usually do not choose to drink cold water, otherwise it is easy to hurt the stomach.
But most foreigners usually like to drink ice water, even in winter, will choose to add ice to the water, many women in special periods will choose to drink ice water, but there is not much physical problem.
According to the data, in the mainland in 2020, the number of cases of stomach cancer is as high as 480,000, and the mortality rate is as high as 360,000, why do Chinese love to drink hot water, stomach diseases will be high?
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Why do Chinese love to drink hot water, stomach diseases are high, foreigners love to drink ice water, but the stomach is fine?
Chinese usually choose warm water when drinking water, and some people prefer to drink hot water, especially hot tea, in fact, often drink some piping hot water is not right, if the water temperature is too high easy to appear hot mouth, but also to the mouth and esophagus, gastric mucosa damage, easy to cause inflammation.
In the Chinese's cognition, it is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach by drinking ice water, otherwise there will be diarrhea and stomach discomfort, but most foreigners will drink ice water for a long time, but there are few gastrointestinal diseases.
Foreigners do not drink hot water at ordinary times, but choose to drink cold water, there is not much problem for the stomach, the main reason is related to the hygiene of water.
Especially in some remote areas of the mainland, water resources are not effectively cleaned, and some pathogenic bacteria will appear, while European and American countries have a very strong awareness of environmental protection, and pay special attention to the safety of water resources, so drinking tap water is particularly safe.
Foreign tap water purification level strictly implements the legal standards, especially some pregnant women who have just given birth, will also choose to drink ice water, people in European and American countries will usually choose to eat some high-protein, high-calorie food, drinking cold water can play a role in reducing fire.
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What are the reasons for the high incidence of stomach diseases in mainland China?
Eating and drinking sparingly
Many young people maintain unhealthy eating habits at ordinary times, often overeating, hungry and full, and do not eat breakfast on time, but these habits are very harmful to the stomach, which will cause gastric mucosa to be easily inflamed, gastrointestinal function declines, and then easy to cause stomach problems.
Mental stimulation
If you maintain tension, anxiety, and depression for a long time, it will affect the cerebral cortex, cause autonomic dysfunction, cause a decrease in gastric secretion, easily cause decreased appetite, indigestion, and gastritis.
Gluttony for alcohol and tobacco
Cigarettes contain a large number of harmful substances, which will cause adverse stimulation to the gastric mucosa, excessive gastric acid secretion, easy to cause gastritis or gastric ulcer; After alcohol enters the human body, it will also stimulate the gastric mucosa, making the gastric mucosa easy to hyperemia and edema, which in turn causes gastritis.
Drug damage
Some people in life take drugs incorrectly, which will also irritate the gastric mucosa, causing damage to the gastric mucosa, and it is easy to cause chronic gastritis over time.
Helicobacter pylori transmission
If infected with Helicobacter pylori, it will easily cause gastritis and stomach ulcers, especially if family members share dishes and chopsticks, it will also cause Helicobacter pylori transmission.
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Is the illness related to drinking hot and cold water frequently?
Some people are prone to diarrhea after drinking cold water, so they feel that drinking cold water is not good for the body, especially for women who are menstruating, they should avoid drinking cold water, is this really the case?
Generally speaking, the temperature change in the stomach is about 0.3 ° C, and drinking cold water will make the temperature in the stomach drop for a short time, but after a few minutes, the temperature will return to normal.
Some people drink cold water will have diarrhea, because the smooth muscle of the intestine is particularly sensitive to cold water, so there will be intestinal cramps when drinking cold water, and drinking cold water diarrhea may not have anything to do with low water temperature, but related to the quality of water.
Foreigners often drink cold water in normal times, but stomach problems are relatively rare, which may be related to eating habits, and their bodies have adapted to this way of drinking water, in addition, the quality requirements for drinking water are also very high.