Can drinking cola help lower body temperature?
Nov 25, 2022
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Yang Shuwen
Introduction
Drinking cola can help relieve heat and lower body temperature, but fever generally refers to an elevated body temperature, and drinking cola does not have a cooling effect for people with fever. During hot summer weather, drinking some cola may help alleviate heatstroke. Cola is a carbonated beverage, and such drinks can carry away some internal body heat, thus providing a cooling and heat-relief effect. However, for individuals with fever, drinking cola might increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and worsen discomfort symptoms.
Drinking cola can help relieve heat and lower body temperature, but fever generally refers to an elevated body temperature, and drinking cola does not have a cooling effect for people with fever.
In summer, when the weather is hot, heatstroke can easily occur. If someone experiences heatstroke, drinking some cola may help alleviate symptoms. Cola can help relieve heat because it is a carbonated beverage; consuming carbonated drinks helps carry away some internal body heat, thus providing a cooling effect. Besides cola, watermelon can also help relieve heat. Watermelon contains abundant water and has diuretic properties, helping eliminate body heat and thereby reducing heat-related discomfort.
Cola is merely a common daily beverage and belongs to carbonated drinks, which have certain stimulating effects. Fever refers to an abnormal rise in body temperature, usually accompanied by symptoms such as hot skin, dizziness, headache, fatigue, and body or limb aches. Fever may also cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Drinking cola might increase the burden on the gastrointestinal system and worsen these symptoms. Moreover, cola has no therapeutic effect on diseases.
Drinking cola during fever cannot normalize body temperature and may even exacerbate the condition.
