Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Lifestyle: 7 Benefits of Starting Your Day with Lemonade Water- Elizabeth Aluko



Hello blog fans, on healthy lifestyle today. I bring to you the importance of drinking lime/lemonade water first thing in the morning before diving into your daily routine. 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’re stressed, which is why experts recommended popping extra vitamin C especially during stressful days. 

7 Benefits of Lemonade Water.


1. Aids digestion.
Lemon juice not only encourages healthy digestion by loosening toxins in your digestive tract, it helps to relieve symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, burping, and bloating.                     

2. Cleans your system
It helps flush out the toxins in your body by enhancing enzyme function, stimulating your liver.

3. Helps you lose weight.
Lemons contain pectin fiber, which help cut craving. So a glass of lemon water will help cut that sweet or food cravings. Thereby helping you reduce your food intake and by large reduce weight gain.

4. Gives you an energy boost.
Lemon juice provides your body with energy when it enters your digestive tract. this is why it is recommended before starting your workout exercises and it also helps reduce anxiety and depression. (Even the scent of lemons has a calming effect on your nervous system!) 

5. Freshens your breath.
It also helps relieve toothaches and gingivitis (yeah!). Because the citric acid can erode tooth enamel, 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 blemishes, but wrinkles too! It can also be applied to scars and age spots to reduce their appearance, and because it’s detoxifying your blood, it will maintain your skin’s radiance.

7. Helps fight viral infections.
Warm lemon water is the most effective way to 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.

Quantity Recommendation 

For those who weigh less than 75kg (150 pounds)  squeeze half a lemon’s worth of juice into a glass of water. If over 75kg (150 pounds, ) use an entire lemon’s juice. You can of course dilute the lemon juice more, depending on your personal taste.
Not only are the benefits of lemon water endless, it’s one of the most substantial yet simple changes you can make for your healthy lifestyle. 

until next week, have a great day.

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