people think that a hot drink cools you down. is it true?


Question:
tea and coffee contain caffeine which is a diuretic.

Answers:
Initially it will cool you down by making you sweat more, however, sweating means you lose water. Not a good thing, obviously, so it's far better to have cold drinks, cools you down AND rehydrates, bargain!

Other Answers:
It's true. Hot drinks make you sweat. The purpose of sweating is to cool you down
no , drink water with ice in it
Go and boil a kettle, tip it over your head and then come back and tell us if you're feeling a bit nippy !
yes it does...the hot drink causes an increase in tempreture which sends a message to the brain to cool you down even more....by dilating blood vessles near the surface of your skin
yes its true
Yes it is. A hot drink in hot weather will cool you down. You sweat more, therefore reducing your body temperature much quicker.
this question again, what a surprise. and it is true, hot drink do coll you down
no, this isn't true. hot drinks in hot weather make you more dehydrated. you're supposed to drink something like 4-6 litres of water a day in heat like this.
On balmy days like these, there's nothing better than a Phaal curry and a steaming hot mug of coffee to put ice in yuor veins. Either that or your will keel over with heat exhaustion.
Yes they do say that but in the hot weather you should drink cold drinks and not hot drinks as you dehighdrate more with hot drinks ask your doc or someone else they will tell you the same thing
A cup of tea is supposed to cool you down,You can buy DE-caff tea and coffee
yes it does...the hot drink causes an increase in temperature which sends a message to the brain to cool you down even more....by dilating blood vessels near the surface of your skin
No hot drinks heat up your body. Why do you think people drink hot chocolate on a cold day. When you swallow a hot drink you can feel the heat of the drink as you swallow going down in your throat.
yes it is true.


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