There is nothing better than starting your day with a warm cup of tea, especially during winter seasons. Consumption of ginger lemon tea is said to be very beneficial in the winter season as it is known to promote gut health, boost immunity, aid weight loss, improve digestion and keep your heart healthy. Ginger is known for treating issues such as heartburn, bloating, nausea and lowering the blood pressure. Consumption of Vitamin C rich food like lemon is beneficial for boosting immune system functioning, speeding collagen production, preventing anemia and improving digestive health. Where these two ingredients have such powerful effects on their own, let us take a look at what benefits can they provide when combined together.

Read along to know about the health benefits of consuming ginger lemon tea during winters with Karishma Chawala, Functional Nutritionist.

#1. Improves Gut Health

Ginger is associated with some great benefits in terms of your gut health. It helps a person with mortality that means it helps with the movement of food passing through. This helps in preventing the issues of constipation, acid reflux, and incomplete evacuation. In terms of lemon, it helps to increase the stomach acids that helps to enhance your digestive fire that helps in better digestion. Consuming ginger with warm water provides you with a warming effect. 

#2. Provides warmth to the body

Everybody needs something or the other to keep their body warm during the chilli winters. The reason why ginger is associated with the winter season is due to its warm nature. A cup of warm ginger tea can be very beneficial to keep you warm on a cold day. Ginger has a diaphoretic effect which helps to provide warmth to your body from within. 

#3. Boosts Immunity

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When it comes to boosting immunity, ginger and lemon are two foods that can improve your immune system functioning. Ginger consists of strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help to combat inflammation and  increase immunity. Apart from being rich in Vitamin C, antibacterial, antiviral and antioxidants,  lemon is known to reduce inflammation and promote disease fighting mechanisms of the body. 

#4. Provides relief from acidity and heartburn

Heartburn can simply be understood as an digestive issue that tends to cause pain and discomfort in the upper chest region. Consumption of ginger is known to provide relief from these conditions by providing relief from gastrointestinal irritation, reduces inflammation and comes with some other anti-inflammatory properties. Although lemon itself is acidic in nature, small amounts of it can provide alkalizing effects to the body when it comes in contact with digestive enzymes. As a result it helps in neutralizing the acids present in your stomach. It also metabolises the ash of lemon that is alkaline and helps in increasing alkalinity in the body.

#5. Has Medicinal Properties

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Something that comes up in our mind whenever we talk about winter drinks due to its warming properties, ginger lemon tea comes along with medicinal properties. When it comes to winter related conditions such as common cold and flu, this drink is said to come up as an instant cure. As this drink has antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties which is helpful in preventing cold, reducing congestion, reducing inflammation and soothes sore throat

How to Make Ginger Lemon Tea

As of now we have learned all about the health benefits of ginger lemon tea and ways in which it can provide relief from various health issues. Knowing about the benefits is just not enough till the time you know how to prepare and use certain things. Here is a quick and simple ginger tea recipe that you can try to reap maximum benefits of this winter drink.

Ingredients

• ½ a Lemon
• 1 inch ginger
• A pinch of black pepper
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 cup water

Method

• Take a cup of water in a pan and add ginger to it
• Let it simmer for a few minutes and then pour it into a cup.
• Add a few drops of lemon, black pepper powder and honey to it.
• Mix it well and enjoy your lemon ginger tea to keep yourself warm and diseases at bay 

(With inputs from Nutritionist Karishma Chawala, Functional Nutritionist)