Temperatures have dropped dramatically this week. However, there are people who don’t give up on “ice cold drinks” even in cold weather. The word ‘Eoljukah’ represents them, which means to eat only ice even when frozen to death. However, drinking only frozen drinks can actually be a sign of an illness beyond personal preference.
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If you crave “ice cold drinks” too much, you should suspect an iron deficiency
The recommended daily intake of iron is 10 mg for adult men, 14 mg for women and 24 mg for pregnant women. However, 25% of the world’s 8 billion people are iron deficient. Anemia is a typical disease that occurs when there is a lack of iron in the body. The amount of iron needed for the production of red blood cells is low and blood circulation is not regular, resulting in anemia.
Researchers from the University of Minnesota in the United States have published a study showing that approximately 60.5% of patients with iron deficiency anemia are addicted to ice. Iron deficiency causes symptoms such as tongue needles, dry mouth, taste disturbance and stomatitis. Indeed, when anemic patients were given iron supplements, the symptoms of ice poisoning ceased.
Iron deficiency can also cause pica. Pica is an eating disorder characterized by an unusual craving for non-nutritious foods such as chalk, hair, and ice. When there is a lack of nutrients in our body, there is a reaction to replenish it. It may be that the craving for cold drinks is due to pica due to iron deficiency.
Do you insist on saying “Ah” because of excessive stress?
Due to the effects of stress, you can only stick with cold drinks. This is because eating cold or spicy foods stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and relieves stress. The sympathetic nerve is a nerve that breaks down glucose and oxygen, which are sources of energy stored in every tissue of the body, and sends them to various parts of the body so that the body can respond quickly in an emergency.
However, if the sympathetic nerve is overly activated, problems such as dilated pupils and a rapid heartbeat can result. The enlarged pupil causes excessive glare, which can cause diseases such as glaucoma or cataracts, and increases heart rate, cardiac output, and blood pressure, which can cause acute myocardial infarction or hypertension. In cold weather, the sympathetic nerve is activated, and if you drink a cold drink and activate the sympathetic nerve too much, the above problems can occur.
The temperature keeps going down… It’s bad if you insist on cold drinks
Water has a high thermal conductivity, so when you drink cold water, your body temperature drops much faster. Even if you wear layers of clothes and turn on the stove to warm up, drinking an ice-cold drink will easily lower your body temperature. In the cold winter, the basal body temperature drops. Furthermore, even if the temperature drops by 1 degree, immunity decreases by 30%, and systolic blood pressure increases by 1.3 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure by 0.6 mmHg. If you drink an ice drink when your physical condition is poor due to the cold, it can stimulate the stomach and cause indigestion, abdominal pain, stomach pain, etc.
Rather than insisting on “Eoljugi”, it is good for your health to raise your body temperature by drinking warm water or a warm drink in cold weather. Drinking warm water not only speeds up the metabolism in the body but also helps strengthen immunity.
Finally, if you experience symptoms of iron deficiency, such as dizziness, chronic headaches, tingling hands and feet, loss of appetite, constipation, or nausea, and keep thinking about cold drinks, it’s a good idea to get iron from ironing. test. As a result of the test, if you have an iron deficiency, you can take oral iron supplements or improve your eating habits. Take iron supplements or supplements, or eat iron-rich foods such as spinach, peanuts, almonds, and red meat. It is common for iron levels to return to normal within 1-2 months when taking iron supplements, but you need to take them continuously for 3-4 months to continue producing the required amount of red blood cells.
If you keep reaching for cold drinks due to stress, drinking warm herbal teas like chamomile tea and lavender tea that reduce excitement and anxiety and relieve tension rather than iced coffee or cold drinks will help relieve your stress.
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