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six benefits of drinking lemon water in the morning

lemon for lemon water

Growing up my mom was a stickler for making sure I finished everything off of my plate before doing anything. I used to hate coming home after school because like any normal kid, I hated vegetables. But your girl got smart. I signed up for any and every possible afternoon activity so I could stay on after school. I took knitting for Heaven’s sake! This meant my lunch would consist of Simba chips (a South African potato chip brand), a sandwich and Fanta orange. Would my mother really send me to school with spinach? Of course not!

When my mother moved to South Africa for work I was left in the hands of my grandfather. The benefits of being raised by a man are eating and drinking whatever you want. The downfalls of being raised by a man are eating and drinking whatever you want. It wasn’t until the 9th grade when my best friend Natasha transferred to my high school did I start doing the water thing. Every single day she had a liter of water with her. I don’t remember growing up particularly parched, but I decided this was something I was gonna do.

I’m assuming at this point in my life my body was made up of 75% Fanta orange. I didn’t know how to drink this flavorless beverage so I decided I would consume an entire chilled liter in one sitting. My reasoning being, if I got that out of the way I wouldn’t have to think of water till the afternoon or so.

I don’t really have to tell you this was a bad idea because I threw up all that H20.

lemons on a cutting board for lemon water

My relationship with water has since changed. If I don’t start my day off with a glass of room temperature alkaline water with lemon, I feel like something is off.

Why I drink lemon water first thing in the morning

  1. Lemon water is high in vitamin C so it boosts your immune system.
  2. It wakes up your digestive system and stimulates your liver to produce bile.
  3. It alkalizes your body. When you start feeling crappy, it’s because your body’s pH is off.
  4. It’s a diuretic so it makes you pee and removes toxins from the blood.
  5. It rehydrates the body. You’ve been asleep for hours and need water, Bad.
  6. Your skin will look so much better (Have you seen my skin lately on Instastories? Glowing!)

Unless an alcoholic beverage such as Henny is present, I barely drink soda, and the only juice I buy is cold pressed, and that’s when I’m too lazy to juice for myself.

I used to think drinking 2L of water a day was enough. To be honest, I don’t think that’s conducive to our lifestyles anymore. There’s just too much thirst out there guys. On a “bad” day I drink 3L on a great day I drink over a gallon!

I took that “L” literally years ago so I could tell just how much drinking water, especially with lemons, is good for you.

lemon for lemon water

Be better than me. Drink your water.

Do you drink your water straight or do you infuse it with any fruits or herbs?

Best,

 

 

P.s. – If you don’t feel like cutting and squeezing lemons you can do what I do, and purchase a bottle of lemon juice usefully located in the juice aisle. You’re welcome!

P.s.s – How awesome do the singular lemon pics look?! Shot by Tammii and edited by myself. I love that she gets my vision for my pics just like she did here. She’s sweet, funny and easy to work with!

Thanks for stopping by, I can’t wait to share my thoughts on What The Health with you next week!

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