LEMON - nature's gift

Lemon is a vitamin C rich citrus fruit that has many benefits for the human body. It increases the immunity of the body, helps clean the toxins from the body, relieves one from many digestive problems, and rejuvenates the skin giving a glowing face. It also contains vitamins like vitamin B, riboflavin and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, magnesium as well carbohydrates.



Nutritional Content of Lemon:
Serving Size: 1 Medium Lemon (58g)
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Amount per Serving
Calories 15 Calories from Fat 0
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% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 75mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 5g 2%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 2g
Protein 0g
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Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 40%
Calcium 2% Iron 0%
Thiamin 2% Riboflvin 2%
Niacin 2% Vitamin B6 4%
Folate 2% Pantothenic Acid 2%
Phosphorus 2% Zinc 0%
Magnesium 2% Selenium 0%
Copper 8% Manganese 2%


GOOD EFFECTS:
1. Lemon has medicinal properties and helps in preventing and curing many diseases. Vitamin C has this effect of increasing the immunity of the body against diseases such as common cold, sore throat as well as many bacterial infections. It also helps in speeding up of healing of wounds.
2 Lemon has this cleansing action, in which it helps clean out the toxins out from the body. Most of the foods that we eat are acidic in nature, and too much consumption can lead to various helath problems. Lemons alkalizes the body and thus are important to consume. As lemon is diuretic in nature, it helps to flush out the toxins and harmful bacteria from the system. Lemons are also believed to hasten the weight loss. Fat cells are considered to be one of the most dangerous toxins and as lemons remove harmful toxins, it removes fat cells from the body.
3. Lemon can help relieve many digestion problems when mixed with hot water. These include nausea and constipation. It aids your liver to digest food by helping it to produce more bile.It is also known to help dissolve gallstones.
4. Last but not the last, lemon has this property of rejuvenating your skin. It prevents acne and gives a fresh and glowing look to your face.


LEMON LEMON LEMON - all day long
1. As they say, good beginning is half the job done, so start your day with a glass of luke warm water with one lemon squeezed into it. Many people mix honey with this combination. This adds only taste to the lime water, and does not speed up the fat loss process as honey is a rich source of carbohydrates.
2. If you cant have lemon in the morning, go for plenty of water.Lemon and water both have clarifying actions in your body. It's important to start your day with water because of the time lapse between sleeping and getting up. Water hydrates your body.
3. Always have lemons at room temperatures. They will provide you with more juice. In order to extract more juice, it is good to roll them a couple of times across a table or kitchen shelf.
4. If possible, pour lemon juice onto your salads.
5. Try to have two glasses of lime water per day.