Should you have ‘chai’ in
summer?
Tea lovers are
often asked, 'How do you have your chaiunder a scorching
sun?' Well, the answer could be out and simple; hot teas do not make you feel
warm in summer. On the contrary, they may just be helping you feel cooler.
People who understand the body mechanism often see iced teas as a very ill-thought-of replacement for teas during the summer. The thought is also backed by traditional Chinese medicine experts who see stomach as a 'yang' organ. It means that it is hot and needs to be kept so in order for it to be working properly. Water, on the other hand, is 'yin', meaning cold. As your body needs to be in equilibrium of both the energies, having more water in summer should be balanced out with having more hot drinks.
Tea will cool your body down
A fact: The
maximum number of chai, or tea, drinkers belongs to tropical or desert regions.
Many studies have begun to emerge that say that one should actually not skip on
their tea during hot weather. This is because they may help you cool down.
In 2012, a study was published by Ollie Jay which concluded that after the ingestion of warm drink by body, the overall heat storage in the body gets lowered after exercise as compared to the body temperature after having cool drinks.
The explanation for this phenomenon lies in the concept of sweating induced by tea or hot beverages. Once a person has tea, there is increased heat load in his body, making him sweat more. As a result of the increased sweat output, there is more sweat evaporation in the body, making it cool down. For a drink at 50˚C, there is a 570ml sweat loss from the body, increasing heat loss due to evaporation and lowering body heat storage.
25.05.2017
Feeling
appreciated is one of the most important needs that people have
Steve Brunkhorst
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