5 Reasons to Drink Warm Lemon Water in the Morning

As soon as I get up, I always chug a big glass of water....it gets me that much closer to drinking half my body weight in oz of water a day. But lately, it's been so cold, I've started to drink the water warm and then as the coffee is brewing, I do a mug with some lemon juice. I've see all the stuff before about lemon water and it's benefits, but I kinda forgot about it until our next door neighbor shared his morning routine with me. I thought, "heck...if Jeff is doing this, I can do that!"

I did a little research because, let's be honest, how many of us have even 30 more seconds in our mornings to cut open a lemon and squeeze it into some warm water...not me, my friends. UNLESS it really does something good for my body.

Let me share what I found out about warm lemon water in the mornings:

• Helps hydrate the body after sleeping (which dehydrates the body)
• Warm water is more quickly absorbed into the system
• Warm water wakes up the digestion system (helps you pee and poop)
• Adding lemon is great because it gives us a boost of Vitamin C...who couldn't use more of that during cold and flu season? 
• Lemon also helps our liver with detoxification...get that bad stuff out of our system

 And now let me share what I have noticed from drinking warm lemon water personally:

• It totally aids in digestion
• I feel a bit more awake (probably because I'm hydrating myself)
• I have yet to get sick (now I probably will because I just wrote that)
• My kids do NOT like the taste, so they leave my mug alone-bonus! ⬇️

Worth it? Totally

Also...there are some interesting health rituals around drinking warm water first thing in the morning. Check out this interesting article for more info on drinking warm water.