• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Actually, a hot beverage makes you cool down in hot weather. I don’t do it myself though. People who do that usually use tea.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve seen and heard this repeated so often but I seriously struggle to believe it.

      Yeah sure it burns calories watming cold water up inside your body, but whrn you chug cold water on a hot day you can literally feel it inside you cooling you down.

      Drinking hot drinks on a hot day only warms you up further because you’re holding a hot cup and sweating and steamy and basically purposefully making yourselt uncomfortable.

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        1 year ago

        You need to live in a dry climate for it to work. The increased sweating more than makes up for the added heat from the tea.