Vegetable - Lemon - Health Benefits

Lemon

1. Alkalising :Lemons are acidic to begin with but they are alkaline-forming on body fluids helping to restore balance to the body's pH.
2. Acids in Lemon :The citric acid in lemon juice helps to dissolve gallstones, calcium deposits, and kidney stones.
3. Anti-cancer compounds :Lemons contain 22 anti-cancer compounds, including naturally occurring limonene; oil which slows or halts the growth of cancer tumors in animals and flavonol glycosides which stop cell division in cancer cells.
4. Strengthens Blood vessels :Blood vessels are strengthened by the vitamin P (bioflavinoids) in lemon thus prevents internal hemorrhage. Also, making it useful in treating high blood pressure.
5. Rich in vitamin C :Lemons are rich in vitamin C and flavonoids that work against infections like the flu and cold.Vitamin C in lemons helps to neutralize free radicals linked to ageing and most types of disease.
6. Lemon water :Lemon water extracts body wastes,bad odour and sweat.
7. Fights eye-disorders :The symptoms of eye disorders, including diabetic retinopathy have been shown in research to improve due to the rutin, found in lemons.
8. Eradication of Brain diseases :The lemon peel contains the potent phytonutrient tangeretin, which has been proven to be effective for brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease.
9. Lemon in Ayurveda :Ayurveda medicine values the lemon as a fruit and for its properties. It is sour, warm, promoter of gastric fire, light, good for vision, pungent and astringent.It destroys intestinal worms.
10. Liver loves lemons :Lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dis-solvent of uric acid and other poisons, liquefies the bile. Fresh lemon juice added to a large glass of water in the morning is a great liver detoxify.
11. Antibacterial properties :Lemons have powerful antibacterial properties; experiments have found the juice of lemons destroy the bacteria of malaria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid and other deadly diseases.
12. Anionic :Lemon is the ONLY food in the world that is anionic (an ion with a negative charge). All other foods are cationic (the ion has a positive charge.) This makes it extremely useful to health as it is the interaction between anions and cations that ultimately provides all cell energy.
13. Cleans your bowels :Lemons increase peristalsis in the bowels, helping to create a bowel movement thus eliminating waste and helping with regularity. Add the juice of one lemon to warm water and drink first thing in the morning.

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