Cold drinks cause belly fat.
Iced drinks are simply the best for cooling down. Besides enjoying them in hot weather, an iced drink is the first thing that comes to mind after exercise, or when eating hotpot or barbecue.
However, iced drinks can easily cause a build-up of cold in the body, leading to spleen and stomach deficiency and affecting health. Imagine the body as a pot of boiling water; if you constantly add cold water, the water will never boil, reducing the body's yang energy.
When you drink an iced beverage, your body temperature drops suddenly, and your blood vessels constrict. When the body receives signals of hypothermia, it instinctively tries to keep warm. Fat in the abdominal area tends to thicken to provide protection, especially in women, where fat accumulates in the lower abdomen to keep the uterus warm.
Many people only focus on clearing heat in summer, but it's even more important to pay attention to yin-yang balance. Although yang energy thrives in summer, it can easily be expelled from the body through sweat. Combined with consuming cold foods, it's therefore necessary to nourish yang in summer.
The "Huangdi Neijing - Suwen" also states, "Nourish yang in spring and summer, and yin in autumn and winter," emphasizing yin-yang balance and adapting to nature and the weather to harmonize the body.
There are many ways to nourish yang. There's a common saying: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, no need for a doctor's prescription." Between 7 AM and 11 AM, when the stomach and spleen meridians are active, drinking a cup of ginger tea made with 5 slices of ginger can help regulate the spleen and stomach, dispel cold, regulate qi, and reduce the burden of cold foods on the spleen and stomach.
Ginger, pungent in taste and warm in nature, acts on the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians; it induces sweating to release the exterior, warms the middle and stops vomiting, and warms the lungs to stop coughing. It can treat spleen and stomach deficiency cold or disharmony of stomach qi.
However, iced drinks can easily cause a build-up of cold in the body, leading to spleen and stomach deficiency and affecting health. Imagine the body as a pot of boiling water; if you constantly add cold water, the water will never boil, reducing the body's yang energy.
When you drink an iced beverage, your body temperature drops suddenly, and your blood vessels constrict. When the body receives signals of hypothermia, it instinctively tries to keep warm. Fat in the abdominal area tends to thicken to provide protection, especially in women, where fat accumulates in the lower abdomen to keep the uterus warm.
Many people only focus on clearing heat in summer, but it's even more important to pay attention to yin-yang balance. Although yang energy thrives in summer, it can easily be expelled from the body through sweat. Combined with consuming cold foods, it's therefore necessary to nourish yang in summer.
The "Huangdi Neijing - Suwen" also states, "Nourish yang in spring and summer, and yin in autumn and winter," emphasizing yin-yang balance and adapting to nature and the weather to harmonize the body.
There are many ways to nourish yang. There's a common saying: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, no need for a doctor's prescription." Between 7 AM and 11 AM, when the stomach and spleen meridians are active, drinking a cup of ginger tea made with 5 slices of ginger can help regulate the spleen and stomach, dispel cold, regulate qi, and reduce the burden of cold foods on the spleen and stomach.
Ginger, pungent in taste and warm in nature, acts on the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians; it induces sweating to release the exterior, warms the middle and stops vomiting, and warms the lungs to stop coughing. It can treat spleen and stomach deficiency cold or disharmony of stomach qi.