Why shouldn't you drink a hot drink when you're cold?

It is a natural reflex. When it is cold, we want to warm up by drinking a hot drink, tea, coffee or hot chocolate for example. Unfortunately, that's a bad idea. Certainly, in the moment and for a short term, one feels a sensation of warmth, but it is immediately counterbalanced by a counterproductive phenome. When we drink, the hot drink gives the sensors on the mouth and tongue a false information: the body is hot. As a result, the brain reacts immediately by adjusting its internal temperature. To do this, it activates perspiration, which cools the body. This leads to the exact opposite of the desired result... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.