WATCH: Warm up with these drinks

Check out these hot and healthy recipes such as the hot water and lemon infusion.

A cold front is upon us and nothing beats a hot drink to warm up your cold body. But, instead of having the good ol’ cup of coffee or hot chocolate, spice up your winter with these cool hot drinks.

Shape.com provides us with some great hot and healthy recipes such as the hot water and lemon infusion.

Ingredients:
1 to 1 1/2 cups boiling water
Juice of 1/2 freshly squeezed lemon
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
Pinch red chili powder or cayenne (boosts metabolism)
Pinch coarse sea salt
Pinch raw cane sugar like Sucanat

Directions:
Mix in mug and stir well.

Why it works:
This is a family recipe passed down to Anupy Singla, author of numerous cookbooks including Indian for Everyone and the blog Indian As Apple Pie. And the health benefits of this concoction are real. According to Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., and principal at food consultancy Corvus Blue LLC, “this hot drink capitalizes on anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of turmeric, while the hot water and lemon combination flushes the liver and kidneys of toxins.”

Read Shape.com for more recipes.

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