In daily life, many people like to drink honey, thinking that honey is a health-preserving drink. In traditional medicine, honey is believed to have the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, moisturizing the intestines, and detoxifying. Many people like to drink honey in the morning.

Some people do experience rapid bowel movements after drinking it. Is it true that honey works? From a nutritional perspective, we actually think too much. Some people do have laxatives after drinking honey water, but the effect is not because honey can laxative.

The real reason is that honey contains a large amount of fructose. Some people are born with fructose intolerance and develop allergic reactions after drinking fructose-rich drinks. The function of this substance is to change the osmotic pressure in the intestine, thereby causing the volume of stool to increase.

For most people, if they want to have a laxative effect, honey has no effect. As for the fact that honey nourishes the stomach, no relevant research has been found.

If you often drink honey in the morning, because honey contains more sugar, it will burden your body’s metabolism. Especially for people who drink honey water as soon as they wake up in the morning, a large amount of sugar will enter the body.

At this special moment in the morning, because the body has gone through rest, metabolism and dissipation of water at night, we need to replenish water in time in the morning. There is nothing wrong with drinking water, but what everyone needs to pay attention to is the water source of drinking water, among which honey water is not recommended.

For people with chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia and poor gastrointestinal digestion, drinking honey water frequently in the morning may increase the risk of the disease.

In addition to honey water, it is not recommended that you drink salt water, a large amount of strong tea, carbonated drinks, yogurt just taken out of the refrigerator, etc. in the morning.

They will affect physical health to varying degrees and are not suitable to be consumed as the first glass of water after getting up in the morning.

Is it suitable to drink honey water at night?

Some people drink honey water at night because they have the habit of defecation at night. In fact, this approach is not recommended. Under normal circumstances, it is recommended that most people should not eat or drink high-calorie drinks after 8 o'clock in the evening.

This is because people’s normal bedtime is generally before 11 o’clock, and a better way for gastrointestinal health is not to eat food 3 hours before going to bed, so as not to affect your sleep at night quality.

Therefore, if you want to replenish water resources at night, it is not recommended that you drink honey water. You can choose calorie-free boiled water. As for honey water for defecation, this is also ineffective. People with real constipation still need to take medicine.