5 reasons to start your day with hot water & lemon

How often do you think about how you start your day? Do you find some days are better than others? Well what you do first thing in the morning matters! It can kick start the way the rest of your day will go!

Starting with exercise is a great way to kick start your day, but that is another topic! We are all busy in the mornings, getting ready for work, feeding/dressing kids, checking emails, trying not to be late – but if there is ONE thing you should do each day, before you have breakfast is to squeeze about half a lemon into a glass, add some hot/warm water and drink it!

Here are 7 reasons why you should be drinking hot water with lemon (or Lime if you prefer) every day!

1. Balances your pH levels

Many people think that Lemons are an acidic food, however its actually the opposite, well sort of. Lemons are acidic on their own, but when they hot our bodies, they turn alkaline. And you want an alkaline body to ensure good health!

2. Helps with weight loss

How you ask??!!! People who have a more alkaline diet, tend to lose weight faster. But also, lemons are high in pectin fibre, which can help fight hunger cravings. Also think about when you start your day in a positive healthy way, I’m sure you will want to be ‘good’ for the rest of the day – choosing healthy snacks over sugar filled ones!! Take the other half of the lemon to work and have another hot lemon in the afternoon when you would usually get a sugar craving!

3. Gives your immune system a boost

Lemons are high in Vitamin C, which is great for fighting colds & flu.

4. Helps your digestion

Drinking warm water with lemon of a morning can help your digestion in 2 ways – Lemons are packed full of vitamins and minerals that help loosen toxins in the digestive tract, and the warm water stimulates the gastrointestinal tract and the muscle contractions in the intestinal walls that keep things moving nicely!

5. Great for detoxing

Lemon juice helps to flush out any toxins in the body by increasing the rate of urination in the body. Also with the toxins leaving your body at a faster rate, it will help to keep your skin clear as well!

Its an easy habit to get into, so why not start it tomorrow. Do it for a few weeks and see how much better you feel.

174 Comments

- - levismumma said
  - 04 Jul 2014
    2:34 pm
will be adding this into my daily routine

- - eestigirl said
  - 28 Jun 2014
    5:39 am
Thanks : ) I got interested in alkaline diet but couldn’t get into leaving out normal healthy “acidic” foods. A hot lemon drink would suit me fine since it has so many benefits.

- - Pielow said
  - 31 May 2014
    8:43 pm
Great article. I have a teacher who is suffering from breast cancer. She drinks lemon water all the time to keep her body alkalised, so to create a difficult environment for cancer cells to live in.

- - mom57522 said
  - 30 May 2014
    10:03 pm
Used to drink warm lemon juice, have fallen out of the habit.

- - kazh said
  - 14 May 2014
    5:08 pm
Okay, I’m convinced. I just wish my lemon tree was a bit more productive.

- - sweetbell said
  - 11 May 2014
    3:24 pm
I’ve tried this many of times and it’s great it helps with your weight and expecially when your sick it really helps. Love this and tastes good to.
- ginoula5 replied
  
  21 Aug 2014 , 1:38 pm
  I swear by this, every single morning without fail and completely agree, helps when I’m sick or ready to come down with something.
- - scottie said
  - 05 May 2014
    10:23 pm
I find it yummy too

- - no1ladydj said
  - 02 May 2014
    1:17 pm
I’ve heard a lot about this, but I’ve never tried it. Our lemon tree is weighed down with fruit, so I will definitely give it a go, as the old saying goes “There’s no harm in trying”. I’d love something to kick-start my metabolism and help me lose weight and fight sugar cravings.

- - shazzbot said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    11:29 am
Good to know it helps with weight loss, will have to give it a go. Thanks for sharing this.

- - priyachirag said
  - 19 Mar 2014
    2:58 pm
Try as I might I can’t swallow warm/ hot fluids early in the morning without it making me sick & coming out the wrong way shortly.

- - linda197 said
  - 14 Mar 2014
    6:33 pm
had not heard this before I drink it during the day but not as my first drink will give it a try
- linda197 replied
  
  16 Mar 2014 , 9:38 am
  day 2 of doing this going to keep it up
- - torien said
  - 03 Mar 2014
    11:39 am
Every nutritionist and health guru agree that this is the number one way to kick start your day.

- - memo said
  - 14 Feb 2014
    11:19 am
Reinforces why I should be having a lemon drink to kick-start my day.

- - josa12 said
  - 13 Feb 2014
    11:36 pm
Thanks for sharing! I will start drinking this tomorrow 🙂

- - vikram77 said
  - 30 Jan 2014
    6:21 am
Thanks a lot for sharing. I enjoyed reading it.

- - ljsalomon said
  - 23 Jan 2014
    8:42 pm
Interesting read -thanks for sharing

- - bubble6369 said
  - 11 Jan 2014
    1:43 am
WOW i didnt know any of that! good to read about not just general health but weight loss too

- - ilees68 said
  - 08 Jan 2014
    7:51 pm
This sounds nice . .

- - kathryn said
  - 30 Dec 2013
    8:43 pm
In warm weather will it work to have cold water with lemon ice cubes?

- - sizzlingcool said
  - 29 Dec 2013
    8:30 pm
I used to drink hot water and lemon juice, I need to get back into it again.