Start Your Day With These Morning Detox Drinks

I’m addicted to warm water with lemon and honey in the mornings. What do you wake up with?

If we were to analyze contemporary eating patterns, diets, and lifestyles, we would find that there isn’t probably a single day when we don’t consume something filled with toxins, whether natural or artificial. Contrary to popular (mis)conception, detoxification has become as necessary as regular exercise today and does not need elaborate time-consuming methods. It is as easy as sipping a cool drink in the morning while watching the sunrise.

The best part about detox drinks is, not only do they make us feel instantly refreshed but also takes care of our long-term health. As I was looking up other options that I could try for a change at times, here are some quick recipes I would love to try out and thought you would love them too.

Let’s begin with behind the scenes of this magic called detox.

Detox: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?

When we break down detoxification, we get what it refers to — getting rid of toxins from your body. Like every other medicinal practice, there are supplements available to do the job, however, detox is largely associated with natural flushing out of toxins by leveraging the healing properties of certain edible substances.

It is seen more as an indirect effect of several reactions that cause detoxification, re-energizing, mood-lifting, and more. Besides the serious health benefits, here are some reasons why you should try detoxification regularly:

• Fighting fatigue.
• Improving immunity.
• Fighting allergies and inflammations.
• Deteriorating skin quality, puffy eyes.
• Poor mood management, irritation, emotional instability.

The benefits are mainly a combined work of the vitamins, minerals, laxatives, anti-oxidants, diuretics, and other compounds in detox diets that can carry out cleansing internal cleansing. And while the results are experienced and lauded by many, there is little scientific research that backs the health benefits of such drinks.

That is why we have collated a list of drinks that are made with ingredients with scientifically proven detox and healing properties.

Top 4 Morning Drinks That Detoxify and Rejuvenate You Internally

The detoxifying properties in a drink come from its ingredients. Since you will find tons of combinations that can make great detox drinks in the morning, here are some of the drinks with key beneficial ingredients.

Orange-Carrot-Ginger Detox

Winter is coming, and it’s only fair to have a chilled detox drink that warms us internally on the top of our list. This orange-colored detox will pump you up with vitamins early in the morning, having you feel refreshed, energized, and detoxed.

Preparation: Use 1 orange and 2 large carrots, add a few drops of ginger according to your spice preference.

How It Works: We all know that carrots are an excellent source of carotenoids. These are compounds with antioxidant properties that can work wonders in protecting your vital organs from free radicals or internal damage. These are also known to be great for cardiovascular health due to their anti-inflammatory properties.

Orange is your go-to supplement for thiamin, citric acid, and Vitamins like C and B. These, combined with ginger’s detoxifying properties can effectively cleanse, energize, and revitalize your body.

Additional Health Benefits: Boosts immunity, reduces inflammation.

Cucumber and Mint Detox

The next one on our list is ideal refreshment for a hot summer morning, a pre-workout energy infuser, or a booster before work. Best effective on an empty stomach, cucumber mint detox is a delicately flavored drink that gives you a dash of nutrients for good skin and digestive health.

Preparation: Slice half a cucumber and add it in a jar full of water with 10-12 mint leaves. Keep it overnight in the refrigerator to let the flavors and nutrients seep in. Add a few slices of lemon for enhancing the taste.

How It Works: Cucumber water has long been associated with weight loss regimes and getting healthy skin. The reason is often attributed to the presence of pantothenic acid or vitamin B-5 in cucumber that helps maintain a healthy complexion and treat acne.

Cucumbers are loved for more healthy properties like reducing blood pressure, oxidative stress, and even slowing down symptoms of cancer thanks to the presence of a dietary flavonoid; fisetin. Mint not only complements the taste of cucumber well but also facilitates the flushing out of toxins.

Additional Health Benefits: Keeps your body hydrated, heals externally to get glowing skin, boosts bone health.

Fruit Infused Detox Tea

Moving on to the warm detox drinks, it’s hard to find a tea that provides as many health benefits as this one. Naturally, the health benefits of this tea increases with the number of berries added, however, you can easily prepare it with a maximum of 3 fruits.

Preparation: Drop in an orange, about 50 grams of berries (preferably red and blue), 8-10 mint leaves, and 2 chamomile tea bags in a pot. Add 2 cups of boiling hot water and let the ingredients infuse. Squeeze a tinge of ginger and lemon to multiply the nourishment.

How It Works: With all the vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and antioxidants that it packs, it’s no wonder that fruit-infused tea is known as ‘nutrient water’. The combined effect of all these nutrients is that your internal systems function smoothly, the inflammation and oxidation are eliminated, and the toxins are flushed out due to sufficient hydration.

Moreover, chamomile tea makes for a crucial ingredient that empowers the healing properties of this detox drink as it is known to be beneficial for helping with serious problems like blood sugar, blood pressure, overall heart health, and even cancer.

Additional Health Benefits: Energizes body and mind and helps elevate mood.

Cinnamon and Turmeric Detox Tea

One of the best anti-inflammatory combinations, this combination tea may not be your first choice in terms of taste, but squeeze a bit of ginger and watch it turn into a spicy, rich, and supremely beneficial detox tea. It is the perfect drink to not only detox but also keep diseases at bay, right from viral cold and flu to serious heart conditions. 

Preparation: Prepare green tea as usual and add a pinch of cinnamon and turmeric each to it.

How It Works: Cinnamon and turmeric are not known to react with each other in this infused detox, rather, amplify the similar properties that they have. Both are known in Ayurvedic medicine as the most powerful medicinal herbs and are potent anti-inflammatory which makes them perfect detox remedies. While cinnamon plays a major role in boosting metabolism and countering insulin resistance, turmeric is proven to be beneficial for everything right from gall stones to menstrual cramps.

Additional Health Benefits: Relieving constipation, improving digestion.

Benefits Of Morning Detox Drinks: Know Exactly What You Are Signing Up For

As long as you’re going for the greens, fruits, and natural drinks, you’re safe and sure to be healthy. Commercially available detox drinks, however, may contain added preservatives that you would rather avoid. Especially lookout for the ‘detox drinks’ that have alcohol in them as they can do more harm than good.

What you also need to look out for, is having false expectations from what you consume. Several detox preparations claim to help you lose weight or get tighter skin. These claims can be misinforming as what detoxification drinks really do is boost metabolism, purify the blood and the digestive system, and promote the development of mood-boosting hormones. The results can only be seen if you make sure to maintain a healthy diet, exercise routine, and sleep schedule along.

That being said, regular detoxification drinks in the morning combined with herbal teas in the evening, is an excellent way to get started to get the best out of all the benefits.