It is no secret that hot lemon water when consumed first thing in the morning is extremely beneficial for health. But do you know what benefits you get from this highly underrated drink? Find out!
1. Excellent cleanser
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Lemon is one of the most cleansing fruits in the world. A virtue shared with other cleansing fruits such as in the case of oranges, which binds to benefit its diuretic action, thanks to its citric acid content. It is, therefore, an ideal way to remove toxins and impurities that have accumulated in our body, in addition to positively helping in the regulation of our metabolism. For these two main reasons, it becomes an ideal drink after rising in the morning. In addition, by providing antioxidants, it is ideal to prevent and avoid the negative action of free radicals.
2. Digestive qualities
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Lemon juice helps to regulate the pH levels of our digestive system so if you also combine it with a little hot water, it is ideal to relieve many common digestive disorders such as gas and bloating, heartburn, nausea and heavy indigestions. Moreover, it is also known to help the natural cleansing process of the intestine so that, as we indicated earlier, it also acts to remove toxins.
3. Ideal to purify the liver
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Warm water with lemon is a wonderful liver debugger so it becomes an ideal beverage for those who need to purify the liver quickly. It is a natural remedy, an action that is advisable to carry out at least once a year. Therefore, this remedy is interesting for those suffering from liver problems, such as fatty liver, which is the accumulation of fat in the liver, either by regular consumption of alcoholic beverages or overweight and obesity. This quality is bound to its ability to promote the production of bile so it is equally useful in removing gallstones.
4. Prevents diseases and infections
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Since hot water with lemon helps when debugging and cleanses the liver and promotes bile production, it is an ideal remedy that helps prevent diseases since it is a wonderful blood purifier. As indicated in the above lines, being a beverage rich in antioxidants, it helps to protect our cells from specific diseases such as in the prevention of certain cancers.
5. Immune system booster
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There is no doubt that lemons are especially rich in vitamin C. In fact, 100 grams of lemons provide 53 mg vitamin C. It is a fruit that helps stimulate the immune system and so is particularly useful to strengthen the immune system and increases our natural defenses completely.
6. Lemons and oranges – rich in vitamin C
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Unlike what has always been thought, this vitamin does not prevent or cure the flu or a cold, but it is effective in reducing the duration and relieving the symptoms. However, it does provide lemon saponins, which contribute to the prevention of the most common and diseases of autumn and winter antimicrobial action.
7. Useful for alkalizing the body
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Lemon is ideal for alkalizing the body, being an acidic food that enters our body and, helping naturally to alkalize the blood and balance the pH levels of food.
Therefore, starting each day with lemon juice and hot water is a superb practice to be healthy and combat diseases and infections.
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