There is growing evidence that drinking hot water with lemon in the morning is helpful to digestive health and immunity and even helps stimulate weight loss. New research suggests that this practice will help clean out the digestive system, improve metabolism, and give the body a shot of immunosuppressive vitamin C first thing in the morning.

Hot water in the morning may lead to weight loss

Drinking hot water in the morning helps to prepare your intestines or to clean your intestines, avoid bloating, and reduce extra water weight. It also raises the central body temperature and allows the body to spend energy to lower its temperature back to normal. The energy expenditure improves metabolism.

Hot water promotes hydration

Water should always be your key source of hydration, particularly if you are an athlete. If you lose so much sweat, you can add salt or electrolytes to the mixture to help you replenish your body's electrolytes, particularly when you're working in the sun. If the water tastes bland or you don't want to drink it for whatever reason, adding lemon to your bottle can improve your flavor and automatically make your body want to drink more.

Drinking hot water helps to improve circulation and may even relieve muscle pain

Drinking hot water circulates blood through your arteries and veins. Hot water is a vasodilator, which ensures that the blood vessels are opened up. Blood flow increases, and blood pressure decreases, allowing the muscles to relax.

Drinking hot water is healthier for your teeth

Next time you go to the dentist, ask the specialist if you need to clean your teeth with cold water or room temperature or warmer. Your dentist is likely to recommend that you brush with warm water because using very cold water will damage dental work by causing materials to break loose. This excludes lemon water as the one downside to the lemon is the acid that can dissolve the tooth enamel.

Hot water on an empty stomach vs. after a meal helps digestion in different ways

Timing matters: if you drink hot water on an empty stomach, it dilates blood vessels in the gut, making you feel fuller. This improvement is more evident when hot water is consumed at the beginning of the day. Drinking hot water after a meal emulsifies fats that aid digestion. Drinking hot water before bed will improve satiety and reduce the need to eat in the middle of the night.

The amount of lemon juice in lemon water depends on the preference of the person. Some people like it cold, too. Whatever your choice, make sure that this little habit is combined with a healthy and active lifestyle.