How Lemons Benefit Your Health
By Sara Butler
If you’re looking to add a little zest to your life, you might want to consider adding more lemons to it. Lemons are nearly the perfect fruit because they’re filled with all kinds of vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Plus, they taste pretty good in almost everything you add them to! Here are some of the health benefits of lemons that may inspire you to eat more of them.
Brain Boost
Lemons don’t just wake up your taste buds, they actually help to give your brain a boost. They are filled with potassium and Vitamin C, both of which play a role in your nervous system health. Plus, they can benefit your immune system and help you fight off illness due to that punch of Vitamin C.
Clear Your Skin
Lemons aren’t just good for you inside, but your outside too. If you add some lemon to your water it can help improve your skin by fighting off free radicals with powerful antioxidants. This helps reduce wrinkles by helping your skin to form collagen.
Reduce Stress
Stress is right up there with death and taxes when it comes to things you can expect from life, and while lemons won't do your taxes they can help fight stress. If you’re feeling stressed or anxious, the Vitamin C in a lemon can help. Plus, the lovely scent of a lemon makes for some great aromatherapy to help you relax and feel calm.
Reduce Indigestion
If you’ve ever had heartburn or indigestion, you know it’s an uncomfortable and unpleasant experience. Lemons help to calm your digestive system and help to flush unwanted things out of your body. Adding lemons to your meals or your water might help you to not feel the burn.
Go for Lemon Water, Not Lemon Juice
Lemons have a lot of great qualities, but they do have one caveat. If you ingest lemons and their juice at too high of a concentration, the natural acids in lemons can harm the enamel on your teeth. So, make sure you dilute the lemons you’re using with water or other liquids. This will help it to taste better and won’t make you pucker up when you take a drink. Plus, adding it to water may inspire you to drink more of it!
Lemons are inexpensive and easy to find, so consider adding more to your diet. And now you know what do to when life gives you lemons!