We all have our morning to rituals, from a coffee first thing to downing a pint of water before eating your cereal. But according to one nutritionist there is a "magic" drink that gives us the best start to the day.
Aislinn Cambridge, nutritional therapist and Pure Results says lemon and warm water has a number of health benefits and is the perfect beverage for our bodies in the morning, reports the Mirror. She told RSVPLive: "There is one thing that absolutely everyone should be doing from the minute they wake up in the morning and that is drink water, it hydrates your body and lowers blood pressure .
"If you want to have energy and feel good, a warm cup of water with half a lemon squeezed into it. It's like magic."
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And her advice did not end there a she also revealed the best time of day to eat your dinner. The nutritionist said you leave at least three hours between your last big meal and the time you go to sleep so that your body can fully digest your food ahead of resting for the night.
She said: "If you're eating a meal and attempting to sleep an hour or two later it will cause havoc because your body can't digest nor rest and recover, the two cancel each other out.
"Both your sleep and your digestion will be affected and when combined it will have a severe impact on your mood. I recommend leaving at least three to four hours after a big meal."
Her final tip was to avoid artificial sweeteners. She explained: "Some feel it's better to reach for 'sugar-free' options when they're trying to eat healthily, but they're actually worse. So-called 'diet' drinks contain an ingredient called aspartame which our bodies do not know how to process and it has a negative effect on our gut and is far more harmful, inflammatory and corrosive than actual sugar."
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