Why do Japanese people drink "ice water" all the year round, but their life expectancy ranks first in the world?

Water is an integral part of life, accounting for about 7% of body weight, so people can't leave water!

We have guests at home, and pouring a cup of hot water reflects the family hospitality etiquette. If we can serve a cup of hot tea, it will be a courtesy to the distinguished guests! So, thousands of years of cultural accumulation have formed? Warm and hot tea? Drinking water culture!

do we often use it? Drink more hot water? To comfort the little sisters who are menstruating, friends who have a cold, close relatives with upset stomachs, or other various physical problems, we all hope that they will drink more? Hot water? This has also become the most sincere expression of caring for relatives and friends!

However, our recognized way of caring can't be understood in neighboring Japan, where we are separated only by a strip of water. They treat themselves and their guests with cold water with ice cubes. Even the Japanese convenience store with the best service sells all kinds of water and drinks that are not at room temperature, but almost all of them are ice. Even children carry warm or cold water. This kind of drinking all the year round? Ice water? The way, are you worried that their stomach can't stand it? Are you worried about their spleen and stomach catching cold? Girls coming? My period? Can I also drink ice water? The answer to these questions: of course!

Not to mention that China girls can't drink cold water during menstruation, let alone ice water. Even washing dishes and washing clothes with cold water will be suspended! Both adults and children in Japan drink water with ice cubes all the year round, but according to the statistics of the life expectancy of the world population, the life expectancy of the Japanese ranks first. It seems that drinking ice water is not as bad as we thought!

why do Japanese people drink it all the year round? Ice water? Life expectancy ranks first in the world, but we can't?

Japanese people drink ice water for a reason. Let's understand:

Cultural differences, perhaps in Japanese, water itself refers to cold water, while hot water is called soup, right? Ice water? It's called cold. Therefore, drinking water directly refers to ice water, while soup is used for making tea or coffee, washing dishes, bathing and other purposes. In their subconscious, they can't imagine how hot water can be drunk directly without adding anything. How tasteless is it? Once this culture is accumulated, it makes them feel that drinking ice water tastes better!

infrastructure differences. Japan's household water is filtered direct drinking water, which can be directly drunk, while our household water is tap water, which has not been strictly filtered and can not meet the standard of direct drinking, which also urges us to get used to drinking boiled hot water.

even in Japan, drinking water directly will inevitably lead to some water treatment? Smell? Therefore, adding ice can eliminate the odor and taste better!

In addition, because drinking water is direct, guests come to the house. They receive water directly to entertain guests, which is too casual and rude. Ice is added, which shows the host's intention. Moreover, when the ice-making technology was underdeveloped a few years ago, ice water was used to greet guests as a sign of respect, so it was slowly passed down.

differences in eating habits. Japanese people are used to cold food, three meals a day, and the arrangement is probably cold food-hot food-cold food (simple family meal). If dinner is a formal dinner, it may be hot food. Even hot food contains many cold foods, such as fruits, vegetable salads or desserts. Other cold foods, such as vegetables, sashimi, iced milk and iced drinks, are normal!

That's probably what the Japanese have been drinking. Ice water? As a matter of course, just as we accept that drinking hot water is normal, there is no need to doubt this.

Then why do Japanese people live so long? Lao Hu will simply analyze it with you:

Some people worry that if Japanese people eat too much cold food, it will lead to too much cold and dampness in their bodies. Your worry is unnecessary!

Japan's hot spring facilities are particularly developed. People can not only go to special clubs to soak in hot springs, but also have hot spring facilities in some families. The frequency of soaking in hot springs is very high, so cold and dampness can be better eliminated, and soaking in hot springs can dredge the meridians of the whole body, promote blood circulation and help prolong life!

In addition, as mentioned above, Japanese people like to eat cold food, so they keep the original nutrition of food to the greatest extent, and many beneficial ingredients are not destroyed. Compared with our Chinese eating habits of high temperature, high oil and high calorie, it is more beneficial to our health, and a light diet is worth learning!

Japanese people can better control their food intake per meal. They eat very little of each dish, and most of them are 5% full or 7% full, so they will not eat too full or too full, so they will not increase the burden on various organs. Relevant experiments show that the food intake will be reduced by 2%-3%, and the life expectancy will be extended by about 2 years, which may also be an important reason for promoting Japanese longevity.

Japanese people pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables in their meals, and their nutrition is balanced. There is another unnoticed place, that is, they eat very slowly, chew slowly to absorb food nutrition better, and it will not lead to eating too much, which will undoubtedly contribute to longevity!

Japan consumes the most fish per capita. Compared with other red meats, fish contains more nutrients, and fish contains more high-quality protein and beneficial fatty acids. Relevant experiments show that people who eat fish often can reduce the mortality rate by about 27%.

The above is roughly the main reason for the average life expectancy of Japanese people. Of course, there are many factors affecting life expectancy, which are also related to Japan's developed economic level and superior medical conditions!

To introduce this is not to worship foreign things, but to count it as a popular science. With the opening of culture, we should accept the cultures of different countries with an inclusive attitude. There is no good or bad culture. One side of the soil and water support the other side. We are used to drinking warm water, but we also understand that Japanese people drink ice water in winter. In fact, not only Japanese people do, but many Europeans and Americans also have the habit of drinking ice water all the year round!

Just as we don't have to worry about cows eating grass all day long and wolves eating meat all day long without worrying about fatty liver, there are still differences in regions, cultures and habits about what kind of water to drink, so we can't accept ice water. So take a thermos cup and drink our warm water for health, but remind us that the temperature of hot water should not be too high, not exceeding 6 degrees, otherwise it will really hurt the digestive tract mucosa!

thank you for reading. Do you have any other opinions on drinking hot water or ice water? Welcome to discuss with you below!