Are you drinking the right first glass of water in the morning? The wrong drink is harmful to health.

Are you drinking the right first glass of water in the morning? The wrong drink is harmful to health.

"It's disgusting that you drink water without brushing your teeth, flushing all the bacteria out of your mouth!"

"Ah? Do you have to brush your teeth before you drink water? But I see some people abroad, directly eat breakfast before brushing their teeth..."

"Why do you learn other people's habits abroad? Listen to me. Brush your teeth before drinking water, or the bacteria in your mouth will be washed into the stomach and intestines."

"All right..."

Many of us may struggle with the question of whether to drink water or brush our teeth first when we wake up in the morning.

Some people wake up with dry, bitter mouth, may drink a cup of warm water; Some people worry that there are too many "bacteria" in the mouth, and drinking water without brushing their teeth will be harmful to the human body... What is the truth?

First, do not brush your teeth in the morning to drink water, harmful to the body?

Some people like to drink a glass of water first thing in the morning, but some people worry that this will introduce oral bacteria into the body, after getting up in the morning should drink water first or brush your teeth first?

Under normal conditions, there are about 700 kinds of bacteria in the human mouth, up to 50 billion.

The mouth itself is a petri dish for superbugs, so bacteria are present day and night, and there are plenty of good ones, too.

As to whether to brush teeth or drink water first, it depends on the oral health condition, such as whether you have diseases such as tooth decay, periodontitis and oral mucosal disease.

If the oral health, prove that the oral organs and oral flora in a normal balance relationship, this time whether it is to brush your teeth first or after brushing your teeth is OK, but brush your teeth first and then drink water can make breath more fresh, let a person feel better.

If the mouth is not healthy, then the oral flora and oral organs are in an imbalance state, this time it is best to brush your teeth before drinking water.

Second, drink water in the morning is exquisite, these two kinds of "water" to drink less

Drinking water in the morning is a healthy habit. When you sleep at night, your body uses up a lot of water through your skin, urine, and breathing, so you wake up in the morning feeling dehydrated.

At this time to drink water can supplement the lost water for the body, but also can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, play a role in preventing constipation.

However, it is important to note that when drinking the first glass of water in the morning, drink less of the following 2 kinds of "water" :

1. Water that is too cold or too hot

For most Chinese people, they have the habit of drinking hot water since childhood. If they have been accustomed to drinking hot water for a long time, once drinking too cold water, it is easy to stimulate the stomach and intestines and cause rapid contraction of the blood vessels in the gastric mucosa, resulting in gastrointestinal discomfort, and even vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.

Of course, drinking too hot water is not conducive to health, because too hot water will burn the esophagus and oral mucosa, long-term easy to induce esophageal cancer. Therefore, it is best to drink warm water in the morning, do not drink too cold or too hot water.

2. "Charging water"

Some people are not used to drinking plain water, so they like to add honey, lemon or salt in the water, so that plain water becomes "added water", but these "added water" is not suitable for drinking in the morning.

Honey water: although contains a lot of nutrients, but contains a lot of fructose, into the human body will be converted into glucose is absorbed and used by the human body, but not suitable for people with high blood sugar to drink, otherwise it will affect the stability of blood sugar;

Lemon water: for people with sour stomach, it is easy to stimulate the stomach when drinking on an empty stomach in the morning, resulting in belching, acid reflux and other symptoms;

Light salt water: it is not suitable to drink in the morning, because the morning is the time when blood pressure rises, drinking too much light salt water may make the blood pressure higher, which is not healthy.

The first cup of water in the morning is recommended to be divided into a small number of times to drink slowly, a drink of water is not more than 100 ml, an hour to drink water is not more than 1000 ml, the water temperature is about 25~37℃ is appropriate.

Third, don't wait for thirst to drink water, 3 misunderstandings as soon as possible to avoid

Although drinking water is very simple, but there are some exquisite, for example, some people wait until thirsty to drink water every time.

But when the body is dehydrated, the kidneys respond by concentrating urine and reducing output, which over time increases the risk of urinary stones and impaired kidney function.

In addition, waiting until you are thirsty to drink water can easily lead to dehydration, headaches, decreased productivity, restlessness and even increase the risk of heart disease, constipation, stroke, high blood pressure, kidney stones, urinary tract infections and other diseases.

In addition, drink water should pay attention to avoid these 3 mistakes:

1. Drink plenty of water during meals to aid digestion

In fact, drinking lots of water with meals doesn't help digestion, it actually affects it. Because large amounts of water can dilute the concentration of stomach acid, reduce the stomach's ability to digest food, but also affect stomach movement, and can even induce gastroenteritis.

In addition, eating while drinking water is easy to lead to insufficient chewing food, reduce saliva secretion, the same is not conducive to digestion and absorption of the stomach.

2. Drink juice or milk instead of water

Although milk and juice are healthy drinks, they should not be used as a substitute for water.

If you drink milk or juice according to the amount of water you drink, it will lead to excessive intake of protein, sugar and fat. These excess nutrients are likely to lead to diabetes, obesity and other problems, affecting human health.

3. Drink plenty of water to help detox

Drinking more water does help to boost metabolism and accelerate waste removal by promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, but drinking too much water will not only affect appetite, but also increase the burden on the kidneys, causing electrolyte disorders in the body.