Many people believe that drinking a glass of water on an empty stomach in the morning is good for your health. It can rehydrate your body, detoxify your body, and even help you lose weight. Is this view correct? How should people choose the first glass of water in the morning?
A glass of boiled water (Cui Zhongwen/People's Daily Online)
According to "Qianjiang Evening News", drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning is good for people's health. After a night's sleep, a person's body will lose a lot of water. Drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning can help replenish water in time, stimulate the intestines, and clear the meridians. In addition, after water is absorbed by the intestinal mucosa and enters the blood, it can also reduce blood viscosity, promote blood circulation, and even prevent and alleviate strokes, cardiovascular diseases, etc.
"Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News" also reported that drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning can wash and clean the intestines and stomach, dilute gastric acid, enhance digestive function, and keep the intestines and stomach in optimal condition; stimulate gastrointestinal motility, moisten the intestines, Soften stool, promote stool excretion, prevent constipation; eliminate waste from the body and garbage from the blood. At the same time, replenishing water after getting up in the morning can also enhance people's liver metabolic function, beauty and beauty, quickly restore the brain to a awake state, and improve the body's disease resistance.
When drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning, you should choose suitable water to drink. Xinhuanet reminds that it is best not to drink juice, cola, soda, coffee, milk and other beverages on an empty stomach in the morning. Most carbonated drinks such as soda and cola contain citric acid, which will accelerate the excretion of calcium during the body's metabolism and reduce the calcium content in the blood. Long-term consumption will lead to calcium deficiency in the human body. Most other drinks are beneficial to the body's urination. Drinking these drinks in the morning will not only fail to effectively replenish the body's lack of water, but will increase the body's demand for water and cause water shortage in the body. It is also not advisable to drink ice water in the morning. Drinking ice water can easily cause vasoconstriction of the gastric mucosa, affect digestive function, and even cause intestinal spasm, leading to abdominal pain and diarrhea. In addition, drinking boiled water and salt water that has been left for a long time on an empty stomach in the morning will also have adverse effects on human health.
How to drink water scientifically in the morning? The Hubei Channel of People's Daily Online suggested that it is best for people to choose boiled water with a suitable temperature when drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning, because it does not contain any calories and can help the gastrointestinal tract recover from dormancy as soon as possible without increasing the burden on the intestines; for long-term constipation Lemon water is the best choice for people because the vitamins it contains are easily absorbed by the body, and it can also increase people's appetite and enhance digestive function. However, you should rinse your mouth as soon as possible after drinking lemon water to avoid damaging your teeth. Cause damage; honey is a nutritious natural nourishing food. Honey water is called "milk for the elderly". The glucose and fructose it contains are easily absorbed by the body. For middle-aged and elderly people, drinking honey water on an empty stomach in the morning can help to achieve better health care effects. (Cheng Ziliang)
This article was scientifically reviewed by Peng Guoqiu, director of the Bayi Building Outpatient Department of the First Affiliated (304) Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital. His current research fields are health preservation, clinical medicine, and psychological medicine. wait.