Warm water

[LostAngeles]

My sis-in-law's pediatrician told her not to bother heating up her baby's bottle because as soon as it got inside it would be heated up to body temperature. I'm happy to report my niece is alive and well and going to the Homecoming Dance this Saturday night.

By the logic used in the OP, one should eat all of one's food and drink at body temperature (which would be dangerous, BTW). Hot food has to be cooled down to body temp and cold food has to be warmed up. Warm beverages can have a laxative effect, which could be the lubricating the bowels silliness.

Off-topic: Just so I'm clear, you heat the bottle to sterilize it, don't you?

 

[Broes]

I did once eat 20+ ice popsicles in about 1.5 hours when it was scorching hot outside...
Yes my tummy didn't like that...
Started complaining alot, my tummy did...
Then I thought to make it feel a bit better by drinking some warm water...
Then I almost passed out...

So don't eat 20+ ice popsicles!

 

[fuelair]

I am told , some reliably, that if you put a sleeping person's hand in lukewarm/warm water they will lose a few ounces.

 

[arthwollipot]

Isn't this fundamentally ridiculous? The expended energy from drinking a cold glass of water is so minute it is irrelevant. Instead of drinking warm water, you could put on a hat for ten minutes, or a jacket, or a heavier shirt; or move closer to the radiator for a few seconds; or eat something slightly warm; or walk around for a few seconds. It won’t matter. There are many, many more things that affect your body that make the temperature of a glass of water insignificant.

I thought it was ridiculous myself, which is why I checked with the most experienced skeptics I know before getting to the debunking.