Health Benefits of Lemon

Lemon (citrus or limon)is a small evergreen plant native to Asia with yellow color. Lemon commonly used for culinary, like juice. The pulp and rind of lemon can be used in baking and cooking. The lemon juice is about 5% to 6% citric acid with a sour taste. The sour taste of lemon is the key ingredient in drinks and foods, like lemonade. Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) of lemon, such as: Carbohydrates 9.32 g, sugars 2.50 g, dietary fiber 2.8 g, fat 0.30 g, protein 1.10 g, etc. But behind the sour taste, turns lemons have many health benefits for the human body. Like:

• Lose weight. Lemon juice combined with honey is a healthy drink that can be used to help you lose weight. If taken regularly, lemon juice able to burn fat in the body. 
• Digestive problems. If you have digestive problems, such as:  acid stomach. You can drink lemon juice mixed with hot water. 
• Infection. One of the benefits of the lemon is to increase the body's antibodies which are useful for fighting bacterial diseases and infections. Lemon is able to kill micro-organisms that cause infections.
• Fight free radicals. Free radicals that enter the body through the food or air can cause cardiovascular disease and cancer. Lemon with high antioxidant can fight free radicals and also cleanse the system in the body.
• Healthy heart.  Lemon can reduce high blood pressure and bad cholesterol in the blood. Lemon also can be used to increase good cholesterol as well. This is one of the secrets of the benefits of lemon.
• Prevent cancer. Lemon is a carcinogen or anti-cancer. It works by lowering the risk of colon cancer, prostate, and breast cancer.
• Cleansing toxins naturally. Piles of toxins in the body can be harmful to health. Consumption of lemon juice on a regular basis is one way to get rid of these toxins, and your skin will shine again.
• For beauty. Lemon is good for your skin and beauty hair. The substance inside the lemon works to remove acne, black spots on the skin, hair loss, dandruff and itchy scalp.                                   

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