What do you Drink or Eat First Thing in the Morning?
Drink Enough Water for Peak Energy and Health
It’s important how we start our day. The body has been in repair mode and the digestive system hopefully has had a rest. We have done a mini fast since our last evening meal.
I was at a health talk in 1997 when I learned what to do first thing in the morning.
It is good for the body to drink a cup of warm or hot water first thing without anything in it. It is the best way to break-the-fast from the night and cleanse.
Why and What happens when we drink water first:
- It is important that the water has nothing in it so that is passes through right away. If it contains anything at all, it will stay in your stomach up to one hour so that does not work well.
- The water cleanses, flushing out all in your digestive system and kidney and bladder.
- Drink warm or hot water as it is gentler on the empty stomach.
Over the years I gradually increased my one cup to two cups of hot or warm water. Five years ago when I was at a talk with with a woman from the Indian tradition of healing she asked who in the room drank hot water first thing in the morning? I was in a room full of health-conscious people and all of them put their hands up. Then she asked who drank two cups and I was the only one. Now I drink 3 cups first thing most mornings.
My suggestion is, if you do not do this already:
- Start with one cup of warm or hot water
- Gradually increase it to two cups
- Over time you can increase it to three cups.
- Drink purified water as most tap water is full of chemicals.
- If at any point you feel like you are gagging on the water or feeling nauseous; stop as there is no point forcing. What is happening is your body is cleansing; toxins are being released.
Happy drinking to you! What do YOU do? Please leave your comments and results below so others can benefit.
It is important to Drink Water at the correct times.
Drinking water at certain time maximizes it’s effectiveness on the body:
- 2 – 3 glasses of water after waking up – helps activate internal organs.
- 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal – helps digestion.
- 1 glass of water before taking a bath – helps lower blood pressure.
- 1 glass of water before going to bed – avoids stroke or heart attack.
The above drinking times is according to a cardiac specialist.
Alkaline Clean Safe Water is a good addition to your daily drinking.
Tapp Water Filter for Africa The wonderful thing about this filter is that when I bought one, a family in a developing country got one too.
Lemon Water - AKA Sugar Free Lemon-Aid is a good drink to add after your morning water.
About Diana Herrington
I am the head chef at Real Food for Life and author of the GREEN means LEAN and Balance Your Body e-books. I turned a debilitating health crisis into a passion for helping others with healthy, sugar free, gluten free eating and cooking.
8 Responses to “What do you Drink or Eat First Thing in the Morning?”
Leave a Reply
We post daily to twitter and facebook with lots of great information. Check us out!
I switch up….I drink room temp water; warm water; room temp or warm water w/ fresh lemon juice;room temp ginger root water(usually prepared the night before w/ 8-10 fresh ginger slices and hot water);cool to cold cucumber infused water
Rene,thank you for that. I actually used to do something similar and it is tasty and good for us too.
I start for taking in water in mourning for 4 years known,what i exprience is phonomenon it makes my stomach free n access of free release of waste
That is what happens Mohammed and happy to hear that you are doing that.
Hi.
You could benefit even more, if you drink the water cooked. Cooked water are even more cleansing than ordinary water. But of course you need to let cool down before ingesting!
My brother told me about drinking 3 cups of water before breakfast and i tried 2 and half
and i felt fantastic . thanks for sharing your article it definitely works.
John, that is great! I am always happy to hear about people drinking water first thing.
hi !,i so appreciate this information,it is really interesting to know this but my question is;will there be any side effect in taking cool water in the morning?because i take cool one every morning.