Hot Water : Triggers a body-wide detox
By flooding the GI track with heat, it promotes peristalsis- muscle contractions that encourage the movement of toxins from the liver and lymph system into the digestive tract, stimulating their elimination from the body.
Lukewarm Water: Suppresses appetite
When lukewarm water enters the stomach, the organ registers fullness more quickly than with hot or cold water.
Cold Water: gives your body a workout
Your digestive tract has to work harder to heat cold water before the water can be absorbed and used by cells.

Read more : The Water Prescription by Christopher Vasey, N.D.

Also for those of you out there that re use their bottles of water STOP!! per an article in the Canadian Press: “While people may think they’re doing a good deed for the environment when they reuse water bottles for anything from orange juice in a bagged lunch to a week’s worth of water refills from the office water cooler, researchers say they could be risking their health. Dangerous bacteria and potentially toxic plastic compounds have been found in the types of water bottles typically reused in classrooms and workplaces countrywide.”
Check out the full article: http://www.ghchealth.com/people-who-frequently-reuse-their-water-bottles-may-be-risking-their-health.html

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