Benefits of Lemon for Skin

Health & FitnessBeauty

  • Author Carol Jackson
  • Published December 1, 2009
  • Word count 520

Lemon has many properties it is an antacid, antifungal, antiseptic, along with aiding in digestion; it is rich in vitamins B and C. Lemon is a blood purifier, improves the body's ability to expel toxins; useful for skin properties like acne and boils. It is one of the most powerful natural styptics: use on cuts and grazes to stop bleeding. With antibacterial and antiviral properties lemons are excellent for halting the progression of infections.

Lemon juice maple syrup is a very simple way to lose weight. It makes a great drink too. Lemon has cleansing properties and helps you remove toxins from your body. Just have a glass of this maple syrup every morning and also before going to the bed. Wondering about the ingredients used in the syrup? This syrup can be prepared by using freshly squeezed lemon, grade B maple syrup, and cayenne pepper.

Cutting Fats, Removing Odors Lemon juice has a chemical behavior of cutting fats and oils, therefore helping with fat metabolism in our body and at the same time aiding liver function. No wonder we find lemon juice in the dishwashing liquids quite often.Traditionally, lemon juice has also been used for removing bad odors from one’s hands (or wooden chopping boards) after handling strong-smelling foods and spices like fish, cabbage, garlic and some others.

Water with Lemon for Weight Loss!

So how does the combination of water with lemon for weight loss work well? Well there's one more good thing about lemons (as well as other citrus fruits). They have a pure concentrated form of citric acid. Due to citric acid's high acidity and ph, it's able to break down your fat molecules. When something in your body is broken down, it goes back into the digestive system and is discarded as waste.

As the lemon contains vitamin P, lemon juice also helps in controlling hemorrhage and preventing capillary fragility. Lemon is highly effective in treating high blood pressure conditions. If you are feeling tired, you should have one glass of lemon juice as it provides you instant energy and improves blood circulation. Soaking your sore feet in hot water and rubbing them with fresh lemon juice is the best way to comfort them.

The Lemon Detox diet contains various ingredients, such as pure water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Water is one of the primary ingredients of this detox diet, since it is a liquid diet. Fresh lemon juice is used for the making of the Lemon Detox diet. Since lemons are known to be the rich source of vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, it is one the most effective ingredient for cleansing the body thoroughly and washing out all the harmful toxins and wastes from the system. This indeed is a scientifically proven fact.

Over time, your body builds up toxins, these toxins are a direct result of the foods and drinks you consume on your normal diet. At some stage it is said to be healthy for you to flush out your system, known as 'detoxification'. These toxins build up within your body and slowly poison you.

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