• Destide@feddit.uk
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    16 hours ago

    Maybe a point we’re not used to hot weather but there’s a thinking in the UK that hot drinks help trick your body into making a better effort to stay cool. Often attributed to the desert rats of ww2 excuse to drink tea.

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      12 hours ago

      Well, the British have it all messed up, I think that only works with hot foods that don’t actually raise your bodies temperature

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        11 hours ago

        I think that only works with hot foods that don’t actually raise your bodies temperature

        It feels hot and it affects circulation and stuff. But the physical heating effect is pretty minuscule. If you think about it, a human is more or less like 75kg of water at 36 degrees celsius, if you add 0.25kg of water at 50 degrees celsius (cup of tea) you end up with a body of 75.25kg at 36.05 degrees celsius.