Does drinking cold/very cold water make it harder to digest food/break down fat?

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Does drinking cold/very cold water make it harder to digest food/break down fat?

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Answer 1

Human digestive enzymes (tiny proteins that are designed to scissor up fat, protein and sugars into smaller building blocks) work best at human body temperature…

However, water isn’t going to stay cold for more than a few seconds after you drink it.

Also, since the enzymes responsible for breaking down fat are added with the bile, and that doesn’t happen until food gets into the small intestine…

You only have to worry about water temperature if you’re drinking a lot of water at once, in which case it’s better to drink it lukewarm. Though generally only professional runners and firemen have to worry about that.