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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Health Benefit of Lemon

Lemon is being known as the smallest among citrus fruits but also the bigger nutrition provider. Lemon fruit has been getting popular for using as a cooking ingredient and as a fresh drink. It is sweet, juicy, acidic, and flavorful. With these natural fleshy tastes that not even makes you feel good but also contains loads health benefits than an orange. For what more than orange, continue reading below.
Lemon juice and its benefits
1. Lemon helps to fight against infection
2. With high amount of antioxidant, lemon can prevent many diseases like stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
3. Reduce the blood pressure and increase the level of good cholesterol
4. Lower the rates of colon, prostate, and breast cancer
5. The juice of lemon is believed to help the skin glow
6. The juice of lemon combines with hot water can clear the digestive system and purify liver as well
7. The dried skin of lemon (dried under the sun) can ground to make into power, and then can be used to apply on the
hair will relieves headache and cool the body.

8. As a natural hair lighter and skin bleach ( reduces the pigment melanin)
9. Helps to treat the gingivitis, stomatitis, and tonge inflammation
10. Cold prevention
11. Prevents of urinary tract infection and gonorrhea
12. Apply the juice of lemon on the sites of insect’s bites to relieve its poison and pain
13. Help to treat colic pain and gastric problems
14. Soothes the dry skin when applied the juice of lemon with little glycerin
15. Uses to kill bacteria of seafood or meat
16. Lower cholesterol levels and low down your weight
17. Lemon juice is recommended to be the best drink for dehydration prevention and in case of serious diarrhea.
18. Can be used as a mouthwash ( removes plaque, whitens the teeth and strengthens the enamel)
19. Relieves throat infection by gargling lemon juice and also used as a treatment for diphtheria.
20. An excellent treatment for dandruff and greasy hair.
21. Applied lemon over the face (removes wrinkles and keeps you young).
22. Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.
Safety Profile
Because of its sour taste contain very low in pH, about 2.0, when taken too much amounts of lemon juice may exacerbate acid-peptic disease and stomach ulcer conditions. So please be carefully with this.

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