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According to this article, it mention that

Cold water empties faster from the stomach and is therefore absorbed faster.

So, does drinking cold soup help our body to absorb better since cold soup are actually a form of cold water and also cold soup are usually contain more nutrition than normal cold water (as one can add ingredient such as chicken, ginger and so on to it) and therefore would be better to be left cold so that it can be absorb by the body faster?

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No, the job of the large intestine is to absorb water after the other parts of the GI tract have digested the food and absorbed nutrients. If you rush your food past the early part of your GI tract then those parts can't do their job. – RedGrittyBrick Dec 3 '12 at 17:37
"therefore would be better to be left cold so that it can be absorb by the body faster", how would that be better? Better for what? Whether the nutritional content is absorbed 10 minutes after eating it or an hour after eating it you're still absorbing it. And I rather doubt that you schedule your next meal based on the rate of your metabolism... – Ian Dec 4 '12 at 15:56
Lacks notability, closing – Sklivvz♦ Dec 10 '12 at 23:03

closed as too localized by Oddthinking♦, Sklivvz♦ Dec 10 '12 at 23:03

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