15/12/2024
The health benefits of lemon and lemon juice have been known for centuries.
Rich in vitamin C, copper and iron, lime or yellow lemon, refreshing and stimulating, rich has a healing, astringent, fortifying and antiseptic effect.
Benefits of hot water
Hot water in the morning cleanses the stomach, activates the work of the gallbladder, drains the liver and helps to evacuate toxic waste through stool and urine.
Hot water with lemon
The heat of the water makes it possible to better release the active ingredients of the lemon and makes them more stimulating and more effective.
How to make hot lemon water
Use an organic lemon, not treated with chemicals.
Quickly squeeze half a lemon into a glass.
Pour hot water, not boiling, around 45°C over the lemon juice.
Drink your lemon juice right away
Drink this drink in small sips in the morning, on an empty stomach, before breakfast, but especially without waiting, because the benefits of vitamin C disappear after 30 minutes of exposure to air and light.
Benefits of hot water and lemon
Take hot water and lemon when you wake up to:
1- Have a better digestion
Hot water and lemon stimulates the secretion of saliva, bile and gastric juices necessary for good digestion, and this throughout the day.
In addition, hot lemon water will give you good breath.
2- Detoxify the body
Hot water with freshly squeezed lemon drunk on waking is an excellent cleanser of the organism because it activates the decomposition of fats, toxins and facilitates their evacuation, helps to drain the kidneys and stimulates the secretion of bile in the liver, which will detoxify the whole body.
3- Fight constipation
Hot lemon water will gently open the digestive system and thus help revive the transit of lazy intestines.
To put an end to the lazy bowel problem, drink hot lemon water every morning on an empty stomach.
4- Lose weight
Hot lemon water in the morning when you wake up works effectively in 3 ways to facilitate weight loss:
-It has a significant diuretic effect
– It helps to eliminate fat
– It cuts the hunger.
This drink is therefore an essential ally if you follow a slimming program, but especially if you opt for a healthy and balanced diet.
5 – Fight the flu and colds
Lemon is an antioxidant, an anti-infective and is also an excellent anti-inflammatory.
Thanks to vitamin C, warm lemon water strengthens the body's immune system.
Take warm lemon water when you wake up during a:
– onset of cold
– beginning of flu
– cooling
- sore throat.
6- Stimulate blood circulation
Lemon added to hot water will thin the blood and act as a venous tonic.
In addition to improving blood circulation, hot water with lemon helps fight cholesterol.
7- Give energy
Hot lemon water taken on an empty stomach in the morning largely covers our daily vitamin C needs, so it acts as a natural fortifier that will give you the necessary tone throughout the day.
A daily intake of vitamin C is necessary for everyone, but especially for convalescents, children, the elderly, pregnant women, people under stress and smokers.
8- Slow down aging
Lemon contains large amounts of vitamin C and antioxidants.
The role of antioxidants is to protect our cells and prevent harmful reactions caused by free radicals that attack our body and accelerate their aging.
9- Have beautiful skin
Drinking lemon water in the morning when you wake up will improve your complexion, the quality of your skin, reduce acne and pimples and reduce redness and itching.
10- Calm a stomach ache
Hot lemon water relieves digestive problems, but also via blood stimulation, helps relax tense muscles.
But above all it is antispasmodic, analgesic and relieves inflation.
Take warm lemon water every morning when you wake up to soothe stomach pains or menstrual cramps.
Disadvantages of hot water with lemon
Drinking hot water with lemon is not necessarily recommended for everyone
Ask your doctor for advice if you are:
– Under medical treatment
Sometimes lemon, like other citrus fruits, can cancel the effect of certain medications.
Avoid drinking lemon water:
– Before going to bed,
Lemon rich in vitamin C could disturb your sleep.
Do not drink hot lemon water
– in case of heartburn.
– If you are too skinny
Hot water with lemon cuts hunger and helps eliminate fat, it is not recommended
