What is the first thing that comes in your mind when you get up in the morning, ....hmmmmm.... "to have a nice cup of coffee or tea". This is the answer of majority of the people in the world to kick-start their day but do you these sugary drinks have many side- effects if consumed in empty stomach. They can cause dehydration, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, sleep disorder, nervousness, anexity and are addictive too!
These caffinated drink does more harm to our body if taken on empty stomach. The best drinks to be taken in the morning in empty stomach is water or water in the form of lemonade or detox water.
Drinking water in the morning upon getting up has amazing therapeutic effects on various health conditions like pain, constipation, asthma, cancer, Diabetes, lung and heart diseases and many more. It also help in weight loss for people struggling to loose weight.
In ayurveda, it has been long known as "drinking water in the morning in empty stomach purifies your body". It removes toxins from your body which is the main cause of many diseases and help you in natural weight loss. First we will discuss about the health benefits of water and then some best alternative to plain water as drink to be taken in empty stomach in the morning.
Best morning drinks that you can have after just waking up are:
1. Warm water:
Warm water is best to have in the morning as it cleanses your colon making it easier to absorb nutrients. Those who have constipation or digestive problem or weight loss issues, should have atleast 1litre of warm water in the morning on empty stomach.
Those people who don't feel like making any beverage in the morning can have atleast 2 glasses of warm water for amazing health benefits. It improves your bowel movement, increases body metabolism and help in weight loss too. To get maximum health benefit, don't eat anything for atleast 1 hour after having warm water.
If you are not fond of having plain warm water in the morning on empty stomach, other alternative healthy drink which you can have are mentioned below
2. Warm water with honey and lemon:
To make your water drink more interesting, you can add a spoon of honey and juice of a lemon in it. Stir and your healthy morning drink is ready. This is the best morning drink to recharge your body and flush out toxins from your body in the morning. It eliminates harmful toxins from your body, rehydrates and re-energise your body, increases your metabolism, help in weight loss, purifies your blood system.
Honey in water soothes your body, re- energise your body system and lemon is full of vitamins and antioxidents which increases your body immunity to fight infections, help in weight loss, act as a anti-aging agent in our body and makes your skin glow with health. It is the best health drink to be taken in the morning on empty stomach.
Precaution to be taken is after having this honey lemon water on empty stomach don't eat anything for atleast 1 hour to get all its health benefits. Just try this drink in the morning for atleast a month to see the maximum health benefit and the good changes in your body and your mood.
3. Detox water or fruit/vegetable infused water :
This is another healthy alternative of warm water in the morning. You can have this detox water which is infused with the goodness of fruits or vegetables of your choice to get the nutrients which your body needs. You can make it at night, leave it overnight and have it in the morning on an empty stomach. This has all the health benefits of water and the natural fruit or vegetable used to infuse it.
You can make as many combinations and flavours you like of detox water by cutting and putting the slices of different fruits, vegetables in different combinations of your choice. Leave it for overnight so that all the vitamin, minerals and nutritional content of natural fruit and vegetable get infused in the water. Have it first thing in the morning on empty stomach to get all the health benefits and don't eat anthing after it for atleast 1 hour.
These detox water are the best alternative healthy beverage for people trying to loose weight.This drink help in natural weight loss and also recharge your body with essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. It increases your body metabolism and removes all the toxins from your body. To know more details about detox water and how to make it, see my post on detox water or click this link to get more details.
These detox water have now gained popularity for the weight loss by the dieticians and nutritionist. Now a days you can also find detox water in the market as ready made fruit flavoured water but it is always best to make it yourself at home to get all the nutritional benefits, since your hand made detox water is free of preservatives and artificial flavours and sweetners.
You can make them in the night in large quantity, leave it overnight, keep it in the refridgerator and can have it for the next whole day. You can sip it whenever you are thirsty or needs to re-energise yourself.
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