what exactly does hot lemon water do to the body when you drink it first thing in the morning?
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It hydrates you and tastes a little bit lemony which can be nice. It also gives you that “I don’t even need caffeine to wake up” chic that will certainly impress your family and pets.
Nothing much that cold or luke warm lemon juice and water or even just water alone wouldn’t do. Little hydration, but that’s it.
If your body was so sensitive to temperature that a couple cups of hot water would do something significant to it, we’d be in trouble! Same thing with the lemon juice–it’s not a drug and the most it will do is alter the pH of your mouth for a bit. It’s not great for your enamel to be awash in acid often, but coffee is also pretty acidic and we all get along alright driving that on the daily.
Any time you see people suggesting water temperature as a health aid, put your skepticism meter on high alert.
The acidity of the lemon is not great for your teeth, especially first thing in the morning when your mouth might be dry and you perhaps haven’t brushed your teeth yet.
Lemon water in the morning does way more than hydrates you. The acidity of it kickstarts your stomach acid which helps you digest food when you decide to eat. Hot water also does this too, but not as good as chucking some lemon in it will.
You’re also going to get some amount (albeit small) of Vitamin C from it too.
Also you don’t need to worry about the juice of half a lemon in water once a day doing anything to your teeth.
Worry about the sugars and acidity of coffee, sweets and alcohol that will do a much better job of that 👍
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