Should I drink salt water or boiled water in the morning?

It is okay to drink salt water or boiled water in the morning, because drinking water when you get up in the morning can promote metabolism, excrete the metabolites produced by digestion overnight, and play a role in cleansing and lubricating the intestines. However, drinking salt water in the morning will cause the body to become dehydrated, mainly because the human body has not drunk water all night, so it is recommended that you drink boiled water, and drinking boiled water has many benefits.

It is right to drink water in the morning, and fresh boiled water is the best choice.

Drinking salt water will aggravate water loss: Studies have shown that people do not drink a drop of water during a whole night of sleep, but breathing, sweating and urination are still going on, and these physiological activities will consume and lose a lot of water. Drinking salt water will aggravate the body's dehydration and make people feel dry mouth. Moreover, morning is the first peak of blood pressure in the human body, and drinking salt water will make blood pressure higher. This is harmful to normal people, and is even more dangerous for elderly people with high blood pressure.

Boiled water is natural water that has been boiled after multiple layers of purification. The microorganisms in the water have been killed by the high temperature. Drinking plain water has many benefits for your body:

1. Improve digestive function and prevent various digestive system diseases. Drinking water as soon as you wake up in the morning can stimulate gastrointestinal motility and prevent habitual gastrointestinal diseases. Drinking water on an empty stomach can dilute bile, making it difficult for cholesterol crystals with bacteria to deposit, thus preventing gallstones and cholecystitis. Drinking water on an empty stomach can also dilute gastric acid and prevent bile from flowing back into the stomach, reducing irritation to the stomach, thereby preventing gastric and duodenal ulcers and chronic diseases.

2. Help detoxification and beautification. Many people are afraid of getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and affecting their sleep, so they dare not drink much water before going to bed. However, the toxins metabolized and decomposed the previous day accumulate in the body, which is bound to be detrimental to your health. Therefore, drinking some water after waking up in the morning can quickly produce the urge to urinate, promote the excretion of toxins, and help purify and circulate the blood, moisturize the skin, and make the skin look supple and radiant.

3. Prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. Drinking water in the morning can quickly excrete the salt eaten the night before, preventing cardiovascular disease; and drinking water in the morning can help dilute the blood quickly, thereby reducing cholesterol and preventing high blood pressure.

4. Prevent and treat urinary tract infections and stones. Drinking water on an empty stomach in the early morning has a very obvious effect. Generally, you will feel the urge to urinate after 15 to 30 minutes. It can prevent urate from crystallizing and depositing, and can prevent urinary stones or infections.

Salt water refers to salt water with a lower concentration. Mammals require a saline concentration of 0.9%, birds require a saline concentration of 0.75%, and amphibians require a saline concentration of 0.65%.

Effects:

1. Detoxification and beauty

Generally, food residues after dinner stay in the intestines for a long time. If you don’t drink water overnight, the bacteria and mold in the intestines will ferment and produce harmful substances. Some people often feel nauseous or have a bad taste in their mouth after getting up in the morning. This is caused by the decayed food residue produced in the stomach. After getting up in the morning, drinking a cup of warm, light salt water on an empty stomach can clean residues, disinfect and sterilize, prevent constipation due to excessive water absorption by the colon, prevent chronic gastritis, and enhance one's immune function, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone.

It is best to drink 500 ml of light salt water at a time (1/10 of the amount of table salt in an ordinary spoon will do), and the water temperature should be between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. People with normal blood sugar levels can also drink a glass of warm honey water at night, which will be more effective in preventing constipation.

2. Remove bad breath

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bad breath is mostly caused by heat accumulation in the lungs, spleen, and stomach, or undigested food. If these things accumulate in the body for a long time and cannot be discharged, they become toxins. Bad breath is mostly caused by the long-term accumulation of toxins in the body. Therefore, to eliminate bad breath, you need to fundamentally regulate the body. Do not rush to use drugs that are highly irritating to the gastrointestinal tract.

3. Sterilization and anti-inflammatory

It can prevent gingivitis, stomatitis and tooth decay.