The World Of Medicine

In the heat, ice really is nicer to your body

- Samantha Rideout

University of Montana, USA, scientists monitored people walking briskly on a treadmill in a temperature of 31°C. During the three-hour test, they alternately refreshed themselves with ice water slurries or lukewarm water. Exercisers had to drink twice as much warm water as ice water to maintain a healthy heart rate, core body temperature and skin temperature.

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