Drinking honey water at night really helps you sleep.
Drinking a cup of honey water before bedtime helps you sleep. There is a famous saying in Chinese medicine, "Salty water in the morning, honey soup at night." It means: drink salt water in the early morning on an empty stomach, and drink honey water every night before going to bed. The glucose and vitamins in honey can regulate the function of the nervous system, relieve nervous tension, promote sleep, and have no side effects. Drinking a glass of honey water before going to bed can help you soothe your mood and improve the quality of sleep.
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The right time for honey water:
1, after meals, a cup of honey water digestion helps digestion. Honey has a regulatory effect on gastrointestinal function, which can normalize the secretion of gastric acid. After eating, especially after eating, the digestive function of the stomach is easy to decline, the peristalsis of the large intestine becomes weak. Honey has the effect of enhancing intestinal peristalsis and can promote the normal secretion of gastric acid, which can significantly shorten the time of defecation and eliminate the accumulation of food after a large meal.
2, a cup of honey water before meals can inhibit stomach acid. Honey has an important effect on gastric acid secretion. When too much or too little stomach acid is secreted, honey can play a regulatory role in normalizing the activity of stomach acid secretion. If you eat an hour and a half of honey before meals, it can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid, thus reducing the stimulation of food on the gastric mucosa.
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