So I've been thinking about some of my uninformed thoughts on water this morning and thought, What the heck, I'll share 'em and maybe you can enlighten me.
-- Ever since high school chemistry it's seemed to me that most chemical reactions require H20 and so it has made sense that our bodies would need lots of water to do all its jobs.
-- Taiwanese never drink cold water, just tap water temperature. And they live in a hot, humid place. When I first got there it seemed insane to me; cold water is so refreshing. They also say no cold drinks or foods for women during periods and pregnancies, something about it seizing up the muscles that are already cramping or strained. I kinda followed and kinda understand the warmth during periods, but no cold water? But if a whole nation is doing it, must there be something to it?
-- Someone once told me often we're actually thirsty when our body says "put something in me!" and not hungry. True?
-- Whenever we move or visit a place for a long time my kids experience really bad diarrhea. Once in desperation, we tried giving Wally bottled water instead of tap water, wondering if that was it. And it seemed to work. But it could have been so many other things. But could it be that little bodies have a hard time adjusting to different tap waters?
Ok I'm done. Maybe I'll get a chance to do some research today, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
I can't do room temperature water! Cold water is so much easier for me to drink. I'd be interested to see if there is any science behind why they do that or if it is just tradition. Like in Honduras some indigenous groups have a tradition of a woman not leaving the house for 40 days after having a baby and putting cotton in her ears and only eating certain bland foods.
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