Why should you drink a glass of fresh lemon and honey in the morning?

I often suffer from constipation, I heard people recommend using lemon juice mixed withHoney in the morning has the effect of reducing fat, preventing constipation, and beautifying the skin. However, I have used it for half a year but have not seen any effect. Can you advise me on how to use it effectively? Thank you, doctor!

Le Thuy Nga (Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong).

Master, Doctor Vu Thi Ly Na, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City - Facility 3, consults:

About the uses of fresh lemon and honey:

Fresh lemons are rich in citric acid and vitamin C, which help draw water into the intestines, softening stools. Lemons also contain other vitamins such as B1, riboflavin, etc. However, the sour taste of lemons can affect people with stomach problems due to increased acid levels.

According to traditional medicine, honey is sweet, neutral, and non-toxic. Honey has the function of nourishing the spleen and stomach, increasing vitality, nourishing blood, moistening the lungs, laxative, treating chronic coughs, coughing up blood, clearing heat, detoxifying, and preventing bacteria. Honey also has the effect of beautifying, healing wounds, and detoxifying the body.

In addition, honey has long been known as a natural laxative. The prebiotics and enzymes in honey help support food digestion. Therefore, drinking warm lemon and honey water every day will strengthen your digestive system and help treat constipation.

Lemon juiceHoney in the morning has the effect of reducing fat, preventing constipation, and beautifying the skin.

Lemons help aid digestion because the acid in lemons stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid, which helps digest food. Drinking a glass of warm lemon water in the morning is good for the stomach or when feeling full will help reduce symptoms quickly. However, people with existing gastritis or reflux should be careful when using fresh lemon juice.

Regarding your use of honey lemon water to treat constipation without seeing any results, I would like to share some medical information about constipation so that you can understand better.

Constipation can be manifested by one of the following symptoms: fewer than 3 bowel movements per week; difficulty in passing stools; hard, dry stools; feeling of incomplete emptying of the bowels.

Constipation has many causes and factors ranging from an unhealthy diet to serious illnesses. In general, the causes can be divided into the following 3 groups:

- Slow stool transit: Factors that slow stool transit include a low-fiber diet, not drinking enough water, and taking certain medications such as pain relievers and antidepressants. More serious causes can include intestinal obstruction due to strictures or tumors.

- Neurological disorders: Neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease can affect bowel movements.

- Pelvic floor dysfunction: Weak pelvic muscles that reduce the movement of stool through the rectum can contribute to constipation.

Therefore, to improve constipation, we need to supplement enough fiber, drink enough water (about 2-2.5 liters of water/day), exercise regularly and avoid holding in bowel movements.

In case you still do not see any results, you can consult your doctor about your current medical condition, if any, and whether the medications you are taking cause constipation or not, and add other factors such as eating enough fiber, drinking enough water and exercising more. If the symptoms persist, you should see a doctor soon to find the causes, if any, and prevent complications such as hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse./.