对于许多中国人来说，没有什么比每天喝热水更常见的了。但许多外国人对这种习俗感到不解。中国人为什么喜欢喝热水呢？这与文化传统、健康观念和中医理论密切相关。
If you go to a restaurant in western countries, they usually serve you a cup of cold water, sometimes even with ice. And every time when Chinese people ask the waiter if they can change to hot water, actually they may receive a strange look from the waiter or people nearby. Hot water? Seriously? Many Westerners scratch_their heads_at this practice. But for many Chinese people, nothing is more common than drinking hot water every day. Why?
如果你去西方国家的餐馆，他们通常会给你一杯冷水，有时甚至会加冰。每次当中国人问服务员是否可以换热水时，实际上他们可能会受到服务员或附近人的奇怪目光。要热水吗?当真吗?许多西方人对这种做法感到困惑。但对许多中国人来说，没有什么比每天喝热水更常见的了。为什么?
Chinese people all believe that hot food is better to the stomach. Based on the traditional Chinese medicine, cold food may decrease the temperature of your internal organs which causes chill into your body, and makes you easily suffer from cold. But hot water can warm your stomach, making your stomach function well, which gives less chance to gastrointestinal (肠胃的) diseases and is better for digestion.
中国人都相信热的食物对胃有好处。根据中医的说法，冷食可能会降低内脏的温度，使你的身体感到寒冷，使你容易患感冒。但是热水可以温暖你的胃，使你的胃功能良好，降低患胃肠道疾病的几率，有利于消化。
On the contrary, for most Westerners, they believe that drinking hot water may weaken your body protection. If you used to drink hot water, the body is unable to stand water below your body temperature after a long period of time. That is to say, the body endurance (耐力) decline, which goes against to the state of natural survival.
相反，对于大多数西方人来说，他们认为喝热水可能会削弱你的身体保护。如果你习惯喝热水，那么在很长一段时间后，你的身体就无法忍受低于体温的水。也就是说，身体的耐力下降，这违背了自然生存的状态。
In addition to drinking hot water, Chinese people are also accustomed to warm food. This is the reason why waiters always serve you a glass of hot water or hot tea when you are in a Chinese restaurant. While in western countries, they prefer “raw” food, so they also prefer their water “raw”. At the same time, they are fond of hamburgers, cheese and fried stuff, which are all with high calorie. As a matter of fact, they need cold drinks to cool them off.
除了喝热水，中国人也习惯吃热的食物。这就是为什么当你在中国餐馆时，服务员总是给你一杯热水或热茶。而在西方国家，他们喜欢“生的”食物，所以他们也喜欢“生的”水。同时，他们喜欢汉堡包，奶酪和油炸的东西，这些都是高热量的。事实上，他们需要冷饮来降温。
Fitting warm water into our daily routine can be a simple and effective way to support overall health and well-being. And an increasing number of Chinese doctors are encouraging more people outside China to take on the habit of drinking hot water, especially for women during their period, as it is more soothing to the stomach than cold water.
在我们的日常生活中加入温水是一种简单而有效的方法，可以保持整体健康和幸福。越来越多的中国医生正在鼓励更多的外国人养成喝热水的习惯，尤其是女性在经期，因为热水比冷水更能舒缓肠胃。
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