For people who are constipated, a glass of cold white water in the morning is an old idea, but you know why it works for some people, you should not think that it is really the role of water, in fact, there is a laxative effect is to benefit from the “stomach – intestinal reflex”. There is already an “upright reflex” in the morning, and with the stimulation of cool water on the stomach, bowel movements will immediately become active. But this trick does not work for people with a weak “gastrointestinal reflex”. What about honey water? This is also a morning lesson for many constipation sufferers, does it work or not? Are there any tips? What is in honey? Honey is a naturally sweet food made by worker bees through the action of amylase in the salivary glands and has high nutritional value. The chemical composition of honey is complex and there are more than 20 known ingredients, of which more than 70% are sugars, mainly fructose and glucose, and other ingredients include proteins, amino acids, vitamins, organic acids, pigments, bee pollen, hormones, trace elements, etc. What is the cause of Tong Po? It is a sweet, mild tasting honey that belongs to the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians, and has the ability to moisten the lungs, relieve cough, nourish the middle energy, and detoxify the body. The common characteristic of different types of honey is that the sum of fructose and glucose accounts for 85% to 95% of the sugar content of honey, and in most types of honey, fructose is dominant. When people consume honey they can experience malabsorption of sugars, especially incomplete absorption of fructose. The incomplete absorption of fructose causes it to be broken down in the colon by bacteria that break down sugar to produce low molecular organic acids, which lowers the pH value in the intestine, increases the osmotic pressure in the intestine, wets the stool and makes it easier to excrete; at the same time, an acidified intestine speeds up intestinal peristalsis and accelerates the excretion of feces. What is the method to increase the effectiveness? 1, choose some cold nature of the honey species into what brewed, like acacia honey, loquat bar and yellow honey. 2, low-temperature brewing, cool white water is best, if you are afraid of stomach discomfort, you should also apply forty degrees below the warm water. 3, drinking time is best to get up early in the morning on an empty stomach and before going to bed at night, if constipation is serious, an hour or so after lunch can also be. You should drink plenty of water while drinking honey water, and eat some fruits and dishes with more coarse fiber. 4. While drinking honey water, you should increase the consumption of high-fat foods, such as sesame, peanut rice and walnuts etc. What do you mean by drinking? 1. The recommended dosage for adults is 0.89g/kg and the total daily amount is limited to 50g. Consuming too much honey for a long time can cause a sudden rise in blood sugar, leading to insufficient pancreatic secretion and inducing the risk of diabetes, so it is not recommended for diabetic patients to consume honey. Patients at high risk of cerebrovascular accidents drinking honey before bedtime tend to increase blood viscosity, which is not good for accident prevention. 2. Honey should be stored in a cool, dry, clean, ventilated place at a temperature of 5-10°C. If you eat it in your mouth is sour, it proves that it has deteriorated. Good honey should be sweet in your mouth, and your mouth and throat will feel sour after a while. 3, honey is weakly acidic, careful to use metal water cup brewing honey water, with glass, ceramic, plastic type water cup safer will not occur chemical reaction. 4, honey water with leeks, tofu with food can lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction and diarrhea. 5. Babies under one year of age should not drink more. Honey is susceptible to contamination by Clostridium botulinum during brewing, transportation and storage. Infants, because of weak resistance, ingesting Clostridium botulinum, will multiply in the intestinal tract and produce toxins that cause poisoning.