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Originally Posted by katkitten
... it just annoys me when people authoritatively say things that they cant back with proof. And this one especially annoys me because I hear it stated both ways.
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When it comes to health and weight loss this is so prevalent you have to learn to "let it go," or you'll drive yourself absolutely bonkers because there are ALWAYS people saying authoritatively unproven and contradictory statements.
For that matter, I'm not sure there's a topic on the planet in which people aren't always saying authoritatively unproven and contradictory statements.
I'd even wager that most of what ALL OF US "know as fact" actually isn't fact at all, but opinion.
I even catch myself doing it, stating opinion as if it were fact. It's just what humans DO. Because if we didn't trust the validity of our opinions, we wouldn't HAVE an opinion on the subject in the first place.
One of my own pet peeves, is people arguing that "efficient digestion" is a good thing when it comes to weight loss. They'll argue that one should eat foods that are easily or efficiently digested... that makes no sense for weight loss - because the more "efficient" digestion is, the more calories are absorbed and the fewer that are burned.
This is the first thing I thought of when reading the OP. Wouldn't one want inefficient water absorption, because the body would have to "work harder" (that is burn more calories) to accomplish the desired result?
Whenever I hear anyone state any questionable fact (on weight loss or any topic), I have to ask myself "Is this important, and does the "truth" really matter to me?"
If I didn't ask that question, I could spend all day online or even in person, "correcting" people. Not only would that drive me to murderous insanity, it would do the same to the people I "corrected."
My hubby is a GREAT guy, but he's a lousy speller and he misuses words CONSTANTLY both in spoken and written language. He'll often substitute a similar sounding word. I know the word he actually means, and in my head I have to say "he means x, not y".
I had very little patience for such mistakes before my fibromyalgia symptoms manifested severely. My cognitive symptoms (the cognitive difficulties often called fibrofog) during a flare now interfere with my own logic circuits. At it's worst I will spell phonetically (even crazy stuff that I've never mispelled like was, becomes wuz), I will misuse words (all day on Easter, I kept calling it "Thanksgiving"), and I'll even slur words.
As a result, I'm no longer the grammar **** that I once was (I didn't often correct people out-loud, but I did do so mentally).
Grammar and word choice may not seem to be the same issue, but it's only one "mistake" people make that used to drive me crazy. Any inaccuracy or myth-taken-as-fact would drive me bonkers (and because people make the mistakes so frequently, I was spending way too much time bonkers).
There are issues that are hot-buttons for me. They're important enough that I feel the desire to educate, which is why you'll see me repeatedly weigh-in on the artificial-sweetener and water-drinking debate. Because the myths and mythunderstandings (misspelling and bad pun intended), on these topics, very few people (probably including me) will admit that their opinions are not facts.
I can state my opinion, and the multitude of EVIDENCE supporting it, and some people are still going to argue that I'm an idot and that only THEY know the real facts and they know their statements are fact because Dr. Oz or some other celebrety says so (because we know celebrities are always right).
The only thing more accurate than a celebrity "expert," apparently is an urban legend conspiracy theory, especially if it is dispersed by email.
In the scheme of things, how fast water is or is not absorbed (and what that has to do with anything) just isn't on my radar of potential inaccuracies to care about. Now if it was being argued that there was some amazing health benefit to a particular absorption rate, maybe I would care.
So unless a specific water temperature produces incredible weight loss, cures cancer, somehow triggers immortality, or some other spectacular health benefit, I don't really care how quickly water is or isn't absorbed.
ok...seriously folks...warm or cold water?
Aren't they both absorbed the same, but just force your body to slightly raise or lower its internal 'thermostat' to compensate? I think only water with electrolytes would hydrate you faster, but I'm not sure if that's what you meant by absorb.
Drinking cold water does make a difference in burning calories but not a significant one. I wasn't able to find anything about absorption.
