This week’s culture topic in the newsletter is fantastic. I don’t know how I would be able to live in Latin America for too long without being completed dehydrated. I’m fairly picky when it comes to my water. It has to be a certain temperature, so cold that it’s nearly forming an thin ice layer on the top. So if I were to go to Latin America, I would definately ask for ice in my beverages. However, they may be on to something. Not only have we heard from Latinos not to drink cold water, I have also heard from doctors that you shouldn’t drink really cold beverages with a meal. The ice cold temperature that reacts with your meal actually slows down the digestion process and creates a ‘sludge’. The ‘sludge’ then lines the intestinal wall and turns to fat and eventually can lead to cancer. The Japanese drink hot tea with their meals. I may be the only one, but I’m seriously considering a change in beverage with my meals. What do you think?