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Types of water you should not drink right after waking up

Drinking water in the morning is very good for your health. But some types of water will be harmful if you drink it right after waking up.

By Ken DaklakPublished about a year ago 4 min read

Drinking water in the morning is very good for your health. But some types of water will be harmful if you drink it right after waking up.

Types of water you should not drink after waking up

Boiled water left for a long time

Fruit juice, carbonated drinks

Saline

Drink water straight from the tap

Ice

Hot water

Types of bottled water

Overnight tea

After a long night, a certain amount of water in the body is released through the respiratory tract and excretion, so drinking water when you wake up is a very healthy habit. However, many studies confirm that not all types of water can be drunk early in the morning.

Boiled water left for a long time

Boiled water left for more than 24 hours can be harmful to the body if consumed early in the morning.

According to health experts, water should be boiled at 100 degrees Celsius to disinfect it. However, about 2 hours later, bacteria will reappear and after 24 hours, bacteria will increase even more.

In addition, the nitrogen in boiled water will continuously decompose into nitrate, which will adversely affect the blood's ability to transport nutrients. Therefore, you should only drink water within 24 hours of boiling.

In addition, bottled water, purified water, mineral water should not be drunk after three days of opening.

Fruit juice, carbonated drinks

According to Girls Talk In Smack, many people have the habit of drinking fruit juice in the summer morning. However, this is a harmful mistake. These drinks mainly contain citric acid, which can speed up calcium metabolism, reduce calcium levels in the blood, leading to calcium deficiency in the long term.

Besides, consuming carbonated drinks, soft drinks, tea, coffee... right after waking up will hinder the absorption and digestion process of the stomach, adversely affecting the digestive tract.

Consuming carbonated drinks right after waking up will hinder the absorption and digestion process of the stomach.

Furthermore, soft drinks often contain a lot of fructose, consuming them beyond the allowable limit can easily lead to obesity and increase the risk of diabetes.

Saline

Drinking salt water in the morning is good for health is a misconception of many people. While sleeping, a certain amount of water in the body escapes through the respiratory tract, excretion... causing the blood in the body to tend to be thicker than normal when waking up in the morning. Therefore, drinking salty water only makes your mouth dry and your body more dehydrated. Besides, salt water can be harmful to people with high blood pressure.

Drink water straight from the tap

Nowadays, many modern devices can help you filter tap water for drinking without boiling. However, after one night, the metals in the water pipes combined with the water will become pollutants. Microorganisms in the water also grow strongly at night, so tap water will become harmful and contain many bacteria.

Therefore, to protect your health, you should not drink tap water as soon as you wake up, instead you can drink a glass of boiled water less than 24 hours old.

Ice

After waking up in the morning, many people have the habit of drinking a glass of ice water to wake up their body. However, do you know that this is harmful to your health because when you first wake up, cold water or ice will cause the blood vessels of the stomach lining to constrict, affecting the digestive system, and can cause diarrhea.

Especially for women during menstruation, if they drink ice water when they wake up, it can cause menstrual disorders and menstrual cramps. If the damage to the uterus is prolonged, it can also cause infertility. Meanwhile, for men, drinking ice water that is too cold will affect the development of sperm, causing rhinitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, colds, etc.

Hot water

Doctors also advise against drinking water that is too hot. Because drinking hot water in the morning can cause direct damage to the esophagus and stomach. In particular, drinks that are hotter than 65 degrees will cause esophageal cancer by damaging the mucous membrane cells of the mouth and stomach.

Bottled water

Nutritionists advise that you should not drink industrially produced drinks right after waking up in the morning.

The reason is because these drinks often contain soda or carbonated substances as well as citric acid, so during the metabolism process, it will speed up calcium excretion at the exact time when blood calcium levels are low.

Regularly drinking bottled water will lead to serious calcium deficiency causing osteoporosis and other disorders. In addition, these types of water not only do not replenish water but also make your body dehydrated causing water and electrolyte disorders.

Overnight tea

Many people like to drink tea when they first wake up, especially the elderly. However, drinking tea on an empty stomach can increase stomach acid, leading to stomach pain.

Not to mention, many people do not have the heart to throw away the old tea from the previous day. Because after 1 night, the nutrients in the tea have been lost a lot, the tea is also easily spoiled. Drinking tea overnight at this time will increase the burden on the body and damage many organs such as the stomach and kidneys.

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  • Alyssa wilkshoreabout a year ago

    Thanks for the recommendation

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