Room temperature water is not better for you when it’s hot out [Video]

CLEVELAND — With summer weather here, people are sharing all kinds of so-called extreme heat safety tips on social media.

Today we VERIFY one post in particular shared in a Cedar Point fan group that has more than 85,000 members on Facebook.

THE CLAIM

A user posted claiming that drinking room temperature water is better for you than cold water when it’s hot outside.

SOURCES

To VERIFY whether this is true, we checked with:

EXPLANATION

In the article, they have an entire section telling people to drink “cool fluids.” When you expand that section, it speaks generally about staying hydrated with water and fluids, and never mentions anything about room temperature water being a better choice in extreme heat.

The only real distinction references fluids containing alcohol or caffeine, which ODH says to avoid drinking when it’s …