Lemons have several benefits to our health. They don’t only add that zing to our taste buds but they also compound many processes that are excellent for our bodies. Below are a few of the added benefits of this God given fruit we call lemons.
1. Lemons are natural diuretics
Diuretics remove excess fluid by increasing the rate of urine produced to prevent signs of fluid overload. How is this information useful?
Well if you have hypertension, which means you have a high blood pressure, lemons can help you lower down your pressure reading by promoting urine voiding decreasing the risk for stroke and heart attack.
If you have a kidney problem, this may also effect the general fluid circulation around your system which can add unnecessary workload to your heart and cause it to work harder which we don’t want. Drinking lemon juice will promote urine voiding helping your kidneys and helping your heart too.
2. One lemon fruit is equivalent to 83mg of vitamin C
Vitamin C provides many benefits. Lemons are a great source of vitamin C. If we include this fruit regularly in our diet, there so many plus factors that are advantageous to our health namely:
- Wound healing: It promotes wound healing through collagen formation. Taking vitamin C is good if you have cuts, wounds and burns. Your cuts will heal faster!
- Enhances the immune system: Vitamin C has the ability to enhance the immune system of our bodies against the common cold. The enhancing affect of Vitamin C has been fairly well established and has shown to improve and increase macrophages which are our body’s first line of defense against bacterial infections.
- A source of antioxidants: An antioxidant is a substance that has the ability to give up an electron to a free radical and balance out the unpaired electron, which neutralizes the free radical. Most antioxidants we get are from vegetables and fruits like lemons. Vitamin C is water soluble and is therefore the best antioxidant to target free radicals within the blood stream and plasma.
- Cures scurvy: Vitamin C deficiency produces bleeding lesion of scurvy in the liver. Adding lemons to your diet can correct this deficiency quickly.
3. Lemons are used to lift people’s mood
Many manufacturers today produce several products with lemon scent into it. You have disinfectants, sanitizers, shampoos, laundry powder, air fresheners, liquid detergents, and balms, even candies and juices. Want to know the rational behind it? Studies have shown that lemon scent has a mood lifting effect. It is a great remedy for mood swings caused by depression and even for the menopausal. No wonder manufacturers use it a lot. It has this soothing, relaxing and non threatening scent that allows us to buy their stuff continually in a good and up lifted mood. Brilliant lemon psychology!
4. Lemons have antiseptic effects
Because of its citrus properties, lemons have been found to be a good method of cleaning and disinfecting small wounds and cuts. The citrus is a powerful antioxidant as well as an acid that kills microbic pathogens that are present on our skin. It may sting a little bit but that actually is good for you. Grandma was right when she says use a lemon.
