Lemons are packed like a clown car with nutrients, including vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. They contain more potassium than apples or grapes!
Because of how hard lemon juice can be on the enamel of your teeth, it's important to dilute it with water of any temperature. Drink it first thing in the morning, and wait 15 to 40 minutes to have breakfast. This will help you receive the benefits of lemon water, which are listed below.
1. Gives your immune system a boost.
Vitamin C is like our immune system's jumper cables, and lemon juice is full of it. The level of vitamin C in your system is one of the first things to plummet when you are stressed, which is why experts recommended popping extra vitamin C during especially stressful days.
2. Excellent source of potassium.
As already mentioned, lemons are high in potassium, which is good for heart health, as well as brain and nerve function.
3. Aids digestion
Lemon juice not only encourages healthy digestion by loosening toxins in your digestive tract, it helps to relieve symptoms of digestion such as heartburn, burping, and bloating.
4. Cleanses your system.
It helps flush out the toxins in your body by enhancing enzyme function, stimulating your liver.
5. Freshens your breath.
It also helps relieve toothaches and gingivitis. Because the citric acid can erode tooth, either hold off on brushing your teeth after drinking lemon water or brush your teeth before drinking it.
6. Keeps your skin blemish-free
The antioxidants in lemon juice help to not only decrease blemish, but wrinkles too! It can also be applied to scars and age spots to reduce their appeareance, and because it's detoxing your blood, it will maintain your skin's radiance.
7. Helps you lose weight
Lemons contain pectin fiber, which assists in fighting hunger cravings.
8. Reduces inflammation
If you drink lemon water on a regular basis, it will decrease the activity in your body, which is where disease states occur. It removes uric acid in your joints which is one of the main causes of inflammation.
9. Gives you an energy boost.
Lemon juice provides your body with energy when it enters you digestive tract, and it also helps reduce anxiety and depression.
10. Helps to cut out caffeine
By replacing your morning coffee with a cup of hot lemon water you feel refreshed and longer have to deal with that pesky afternoon crash.
11. Helps fight viral infections
Warm lemon water is the most effective way do diminish viral infections and their subsequent sore throats. Plus, with the lemon juice also boosting your immune system, you'll simultaneously fight off the infection completely.
How much?
For those who weigh less than 150 pounds, squeeze half a lemon's worth of juice into a glass of water. If over 150 pounds, use an entire lemon's juice. You can of course dilute the lemon juice, more depending on you personal taste.
