In the world there are drinks that have gained wide popularity among the population of the entire planet. Here, for example, green tea with lemon and honey includes certain antioxidants and has healing properties. Citrus juice (lemon, orange, lime with grapefruit) allows these antioxidants to remain after the digestion process. This makes such a combination of starting products multiply enhancing the action of each other.
Scientific background
Modern researchers have compared the effects of various beverage additives, including citrus juices and creams, on catechins, the naturally occurring antioxidants found in tea. They found that drinking green tea with lemon and honey increases the amount of substances available for absorption by the human body.
Catechins demonstrate their healthier qualities brighter and provide the undoubted medical benefits of green tea, such as reducing the risk of cancer, heart attack, or stroke. However, the problem, according to scientists, is that catechins are relatively unstable in non-acidic environments such as the intestines, and only less than 20 percent of their total amount remains after the digestion process is completed.
Green tea with lemon and honey: benefits
Citrus juices allow these antioxidants to not decompose. A study found that lemon juice, in particular, caused 80 percent of tea's catechins to remain. The next most important fruit, according to the researchers, from the point of view of stabilizing ability, was orange, then lime and grapefruit.
In addition, regularly using a combination of green tea, lemon, honey for weight loss, you get another undoubted health benefit: the drink really helps to lose weight. Another obvious plus: lemons are filled to capacity with vitamin C to fight the common cold. And honey reduces coughing and soothes a sore throat.
Indications
The drink actively contributes to the cure of many diseases. Also, some nutritionists note that, regularly using it, you can improve the condition of the skin of the body. Green tea with lemon and honey works well if stones are found in the gall bladder or kidneys. Effective for scurvy and vitamin deficiency, anorexia, helminthic invasions, gout and increased nervous irritability. They are used for metabolic disorders and rheumatism.
However, it should be noted: the daily intake of a healing drink is no more than half a liter per day for adults and 200 ml for children. Also, in the case of "children's" use, it is necessary to brew not too tight so that the child does not overexcite.
Green tea with lemon and honey should not be diluted with raw water. Otherwise, the drink may lose its basic properties. They are also not recommended to add ingredients to boiling water immediately, otherwise they lose active substances.
Contraindications
Due to the high content of acids, this drink has contraindications. These substances can cause allergies and irritation of the stomach and intestinal tract, exacerbation of some chronic ailments. You do not need to drink this tea drink and on an empty stomach, especially for diseases such as gastritis, high acidity, allergies of various kinds, stomach ulcers, gallbladder malfunction, asthma, heart disease, myocarditis, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis and pancreatitis. It is not recommended for hyperglycemia. If there is even one of the diseases listed above, you should postpone the use of honey-lemon tea and consult your doctor. He can adjust the dosage or even ban him from drinking.
Useful Tips
- This drink is recommended to be consumed only fresh. But if you make a honey-lemon mixture (without tea, in the form of syrup, so that you can add it to the brewed drink afterwards), you should store such a product in the bottom of the refrigerator for a whole month - in a glass dish with a twisted lid.
- If in doubt, can you use honey with lemon, consult your doctor.
- Tea with honey and lemon is recommended to drink a cup in one sitting. And put the lemon-honey mixture in a cup, one large spoon.
- To lose weight, tea is drunk on an empty stomach, 30 minutes before breakfast. If you use it as an adjunct treatment, then drink during (as an option - after) meal.
- The frequency of drink depends on the tasks. If it is necessary to treat a disease, they drink honey-lemon tea up to three times a day. For weight loss, use the morning and evening reception (on an empty stomach - be sure!). The course of losing weight is usually up to a week, of course, subject to low-calorie diets.
By the way, about calories
According to dry facts, when counting calories per 100 grams of honey, there are 328 of them in a spoon. About 32 in a spoon. If you compare with the sugar index, the conclusion is not very comforting. But honey is much more useful, it is well absorbed. Green tea is a low-calorie product. Indicators - up to 1 kcal. The same can be said about lemon juice. In general, we get the picture: the calorie content of green tea with lemon and honey is from 40 to 50 kcal for every 100 grams of product. However, in the unanimous opinion of nutritionists, an empty stomach drink still contributes to weight loss.
How to make green tea with ginger, lemon and honey
The drink has many variations. The most powerful is traditionally considered green tea with lemon and honey: the fight against viruses, the overall energy effect. We’ll tell you how to cook it.
- We clean a small ginger root (fresh).
- We pour lemon over boiling water.
- We cut both products smaller (you can grind them with a blender).
- Mix with half a glass of natural liquid honey. By the way, you can store such a mixture in the refrigerator.
- We make green tea in the traditional way (water temperature - not higher than 80-90 degrees).
- Add a spoonful of the mixture to tea in a glass of drink. Bon appetit to all.