What are some facts on drinking iced water? What effects does it have on us?

You might want to read these links.Not sure how factual they are
Water-Induced Thermogenesis Reconsidered: The Effects of Osmolality and Water Temperature on Energy Expenditure after Drinking -- Brown et al. 91 (9): 3598 -- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
And
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Drinking Cold Water Causes Cancer

Water has no calories, when drinking iced water, your body has to warm it up to use it efficiently, which takes energy, which burns calories.
So, one effect would be that drinking ice water causes the body to burn more calories than drinking room temperature water.

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Originally Posted by jtshimizu

What are some facts on drinking iced water? What effects does it have on us?

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Water flushes our system and removes toxins. Ice cold water makes your body heat it up and this uses energy (calories) to do this. (Thermogenic effect). You can burn up to an extra 100 calories a day drinking a gallon of ice cold water with exercise. 2 Liters of water speeds up your digestion and elimination process.

What about sore throats by drinking iced water?Is it related in anyway?

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Originally Posted by firmbeliever

What about sore throats by drinking iced water?Is it related in anyway?

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Haven't heard anything about getting a sore throat by drinking ice water. I myself try to get in the whole gallon, or at least as close as possible, but have never been affected by any thorat problems. :rolleyes:

Well if your into a exercise program that's slighlty extreme, resistance training/weights, biking, aerobics and swimming, I work out for 1-2 hrs a day, you need close to that to replace what you sweat, I guess now that I review, in the normal person, the norm is about 8 cups, a day, which is 64 oz, more like 1/2 a gallon, Another formaula is half your body weight at least in water, (i.e. 140 lbs = 70 oz. or approximately 9 cups of water). When you start drinking closer to a gallon you also have to make a lot (!) of bathroom runs... I hope this makes more sense firmbeliever

Thanks lspa,
Sorry Op(jtshimizu)...