Comments on: Does a Cold Stomach Make You Sick? Japan’s Medical Myth

By: Knight in Shinning Armour

Knight in Shinning Armour — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:43:00 +0000

You so cute!!!

By: Jam

Jam — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:06:00 +0000

It definitely has something to do with the climate. I can drink cold drinks and eat ice cream all the time in United States, but in Shanghai its a different story. I imagine Japan climate is similar. Things like air conditioning effects it as well. When you get a “stomach cold” those heating pads really do work. This is from experience.

By: Jamie Snape

Jamie Snape — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:33:00 +0000

Hello!
First time poster and uhhh, well first time lurker too, but sure to be lurkin’ moar!
Would just like to add that Japan isn’t the only country whose people fully buy into this idea, indeed the Chinese people do the same also and to a much more obvious extent.
Source: I live in China, XinJiang Province- the far western one, though the phenomenon I’ve seen throughout the whole country.
For example, in summer here it gets to stupid temperatures and I will walk into a friend’s house or my boss’ office, and cup of boiling hot water forced into my hands. When I ask why we don’t have cold water, they respond either with a look of “Oh, silly westerner…” or tell me that it will “Make your insides unhappy.”
So there you go!

By: daniel so

daniel so — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:15:00 +0000

when my stomach is cold i tend to have indigestion. when i warm it up i poo real nice

By: Mirth

Mirth — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:35:00 +0000

“Temperature is increased after eating or drinking anything with calories. Caloric restriction, as for a weight-loss diet, reduces overall body temperature.” Maybe some of these doctors should brush up on their Wikipedia.

By: Mirth

Mirth — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0000

I remember hearing that. Supposedly eating something cold on a cold day makes you feel warmer, and vice versa for warm drinks. Which makes sense, I guess, from a relative temperature standpoint.