Both honey and lemons are super popular foods used for flavouring dishes and drinks. Commonly, the two are mixed together along with hot water for various health benefits, including weight loss, soothing a bad throat, and boosting immunity.

Drinking this "magic” concoction early in the morning provides a lot of advantages, as backed by scientific studies. A few health claims include:

Experts say drinking lots of water, including honey and lemon, can help you lose weight. Various studies have shown that increasing your water intake boosts metabolism and makes you feel fuller, both of which can help in shedding pounds. The drink hydrates you and helps you maintain a healthy weight.

Also, regularly drinking honey lemon water can fill you up before meals, leading to a reduction in overall calorie intake.

Honey has soothing qualities and lemons are a powerhouse of vitamin C—and so drinking honey lemon water is super beneficial when you are feeling under the weather. According to doctors, vitamin C, an antioxidant, plays an important role in keeping your immune system healthy and robust.

Honey is also useful in reducing the severity and frequency of coughing in children with upper respiratory infections.

Hydration is extremely important for keeping your digestive system healthy and robust. Dehydration leads to constipation—a common problem in children, pregnant women, and the elderly. So, it is important to take adequate fluids to keep stools soft and prevent constipation.

Drinking hot honey lemon water eases constipation by hydrating your body. Studies also say honey has positive effects on the friendly gut bacteria that keep your digestive system healthy and in balance.

Even though drinking hot honey and lemon water does have many benefits, many claims have no scientific evidence to back them.

No scientific evidence supports using honey and lemon water to rid the body of toxins. Your body effectively detoxifies itself using the skin, intestines, kidneys, liver, and respiratory and immune systems.

Even though honey does wonders for your skin when applied directly, there is no research-based evidence that honey lemon water helps prevent or treat acne. Experts say that added sugar intake from honey makes acne worse.

The popular claim that honey lemon water “melts fat” is false. The best way to lose excess body fat is by eating a healthy, well-rounded diet and increasing the number of calories that you burn.

It is a popular claim that drinking honey and lemon water improves memory or boosts brain function. However, there is no scientific evidence to back such claims.

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