QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, June 22) – Why drink ordinary water when you can make it more healthy just by adding a sliced lemon in it.
This is not just a fancy way of making your water more flavorful. Drinking lemon water actually have lots of benefits.
First of all, lemons are very nutritious. It is packed with Vitamin C, Vitamin B-complex, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and fiber. That’s a lot!
But drinking pure lemon juice can be detrimental to your teeth. So there’s a need to dilute it in water. Studies also show that to reap the full health benefits, the water should at least be lukewarm.
Make drinking warm lemon water part of your morning ritual!
1. Drinking warm lemon water early in the morning helps waken your liver to flush out the nasty toxins.
2. Speaking of waking up, drinking warm lemon water jumpstarts your digestive tract, which improves the body’s ability to absorb nutrients all day.
3. Lemon juice has lots of pectin, a soluble fiber that aids in weight loss.
4. Drinking lemon water soothes upset tummy!
So wake up to that citrusy, tangy flavor and drink your lemon water today.
(ENS, written by Jay Paul Carlos, with additional research of Lovely Ann Cruz )