The way you start your day is, and especially as we get older, very important. And if you dont believe me, why not run a few tests, record your results and see for yourself. There is heaps of data readily available on th net, and this will help to build your own belief system. After all, its your life and it should be done in-line to what you feel speaks to your soul.
We live such hectic lives at times, if not all the time for some. Your morning routine, your thoughts and alignment (or lack of) filter into the rest of your day. Remember the last time you were able to sleep until your body felt ready to wake, the food you ate that day, the thoughts you had, the feelings and experiences that you also had? Wasnt that a great day? You knew with how peaceful you started your day, how rested your body felt, how relaxing your thoughts were, that this day was going to be great. What if you spent sometime with yourself learning how to start everyday like that…interesting thought isnt it.
But if you only have time to make one change to your morning ritual, lets start with drinking warn water and lemon. Or warm water and lime!
Lemons are one of natures most prized posessions. You can cook, clean and use for many home remedies….
1. Boosts your immune system
Lemons are high in Vitamin C and potassium. Vitamin C is great for fighting colds and potassium stimulates brain & nerve function and helps control blood pressure.
2. Balances pH
One of the most important features of lemon, is that once digested, they are an alkaline food. Even if you drink it just before any meal, it will help your body maintain a higher pH than if you didn't drink it. The higher or more alkaline your pH, the more your inner terrain is resistant to minor and major disease.
3. Helps with weight loss
Lemons are high in pectin fiber, and fiber helps keep you fuller for longer, which can help with between meal cravings and sugar rush desires. Lemon water flushes the body of toxins and other unwanted waste materials, it allows the body to digest its food more efficiently and fully, a process that supports healthy weight loss. In addition, we tend to store toxins away from our organs in our fat cells, so detoxifying with lemon helps your body release these toxins and naturally lose weight.
4. Aids digestion
It's atomic composition is similar to saliva and the hydrochloric acid of digestive juices. It helps to flush out unwanted materials, encourages the liver to produce bile, an acid required for digestion.
5. A natural diuretic
Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials because lemons increase the rate of urination in the body. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.
6. Gives your skin a beautiful clear glow.
Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear. A hydrated body with a cleansed digestive tract and lymphatic system means fewer toxins in your body. Toxins tend to be released through our skin so the fewer toxins in your body, the clearer your skin. Watch blemishes disappear and the skin rejuvenate.
7. Hydrates the Body
Warm lemon water keeps your body well-hydrated, which helps the lymphatic system flush out toxins that buildup from stress, poor eating, and other environmental factors. A clean body is a healthy body.
The recipe is really simple – a cup of warm (not hot) water and the juice from half a lemon.
In the comments below, tell me which one of these benefits is going to get you to try this morning ritual. Or, if you are already a lemon water lover, what specific benefits have you noticed?
I will definately try this for 3 reasons:weight loss, duiretic purposes and immune system benefits.