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Top 10 Reasons to Drink Lemon and Warm Water
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You’ve probably heard about all the health benefits about lemons. It protects your immune system so it keeps infections and viruses at bay; it has calcium, vitamin C and pectin fiber. It purifies the blood, has antiseptic properties as well as potassium.
Drinking a glass of warm water, mixed with the juice of one lemon, is one of the best things you can do for your body. You may think you have too many things going on in the mornings to be bothered with this little routine, but don’t skip out on one of the best things you can do for your body.
With less than 25 calories per glass of juice, on top of all these nutrients, this little yellow fruit packs a lot of wallop for its size. Making it a part of your daily diet can really make a big difference. Take a look at our list of the top benefits of drinking lemon juice in a glass of warm water every morning.
1. Lemons Hydrate Your Lymph System
Drinking lemon juice and water in the morning is a great way to avoid dehydration as well as adrenal fatigue.
Your adrenal glands help regulate hormones for your stress response as well as regulating the water levels within the body.
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2. An All Natural Diuretic
Diuretics help flush out toxins and other unwanted wastes from the body.
Lemons are a super all natural diuretic that can keep you from getting urinary tract infections as it cleans toxins out of your body quickly.
Read also about 10 terrific foods that detox the body.
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3. Beautiful Skin
The abundance of vitamin C in lemon juice will help clear up acnes as well as decrease the amount of wrinkles.
Lemons also purify the blood, which keeps your skin clear and fresh looking.
Find out how to get your skin ready for summer.
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4. Boosts Your Immune System
Because lemons are high in both potassium and vitamin C, they help your immune system fight off viruses and infections.
Potassium stimulates your nerves, as it helps control blood pressure.
See more top foods that can help relieve headaches.
5. Balances the PH
Although lemons are acidic on their own level, they are actually an alkaline food.
Once inside the body, they become alkaline.
If you are into health foods and healthy eating, you know that keeping your body alkaline is the key to super health.
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6. Promotes Weight Loss
Lemons are full of pectin fiber, which helps curb those cravings as well as quells hunger pangs.
Also, studies have shown that people who keep a more alkaline diet tend to lose weight faster.
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7. Helps with Digestion
Warm water (not hot water) stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, which helps keeps things moving within your intestines.
Lemons are full of vitamins and minerals which will help keep the toxins in your intestines moving along and out of your body, if you know what I mean.
It also encourages your body to produce bile.
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8. Reduces Inflammation
Lemons help reduce the pain and inflammation in the joints, especially the knees, as it dissolves uric acid in the body.
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9. Helps Liver Function
Lemons juice helps strengthen the liver by providing much needed energy to the enzymes within the liver should they become too diluted.
It also helps to balance the oxygen levels as well as the calcium levels inside the liver.
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10. Replaces Body Salts
After a hard workout, your body sweats out quite a lot of salt.
Lemon juice helps to replenish those much needed salts without adding sugar or a lot of other artificial ingredients that are in most energy drinks.
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wolchak
Jul 18, 2014 at 1:38 pm
Do you have to juice a WHOLE lemon or are 2 wedges in 2 glasses per meal helpful ? @ $.69 apiece, a whole one a day is quite costly.
Donald Perry
Jul 19, 2014 at 3:20 pm
Does lemon concentrate in warm water have any value?