Lately I’ve been starting out every morning with a big mason jar filled with water, lemon juice and cayenne pepper. It’s kind of like the master cleanse lemonade, but with no sweetener. When I drink it, I feel like I start my day with a clearing dose of detoxifying goodness.
Lemon cayenne water is a great way to cleanse your body regularly even when you’re not “on a cleanse.”
Drinking spicy water may sound gross to you, but with the lemon, you’ll actually start loving it. There’s a reason to include the lemon and cayenne in there.
- Lemon juice and cayenne pepper both have anti-fungal, immune boosting, and detoxification properties.
- Lemon juice is great for digestion, destroying bacteria and cleansing the system – it supports the liver and kidneys to get rid of toxins.
- Cayenne pepper increases metabolism, stimulates the circulatory system, aids digestion, helps regulate blood sugar and more.
Put them together and you have a very powerful cleansing drink!
- About 24 oz of water
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- Pinch of cayenne (enough to feel the heat but not so spicy that it’s hard to get down)
So, give it a try! It may become part of your new morning routine.
XO, Kimberley
I have tried on and off to lemon drink water to rehydrate first thing in the morning. I don’t know why it has been so hard for me to establish a routine, even when doing so makes me feel so much better. This morning I added the cayenne for the first time – it was delightful! Maybe this is the thing that will kickstart my routine until I can get it more firmly established.