Thursday 4 September 2014

Amazing benefits and uses of Lemon




Lemon is a citrus fruits and the most popular one for its numerous uses as flavoring agent and beauty enhancer. It has many nutrients like vitamin C, potassium, calcium, pectin, antioxidants, etc.
Here are some of the amazing uses that help you become healthier and beautiful.

1.   Aids Digestion and relieves constipation: Drinking lemon juice mixed with warm water helps body to produce stomach acid and thus make digestion more effective and improves bowels.

2.   Anti Cancer : It has been discovered that Lemons has many anti cancer agents.

3.   Removes intestinal worms: Taking lemons juice destroys intestinal worms.

4.   Treats Scurvy: Abundant amount of vitamin- C present in lemons cures from scurvy.

5.   Treats Kidney Stones and detoxifies liver: The citric acid in lemon helps to dissolve gall stones, kidney stones as well as calcium deposits. You can get this benefit by simply taking one glass of water with freshly squeezed lemon every morning.

6.   Effective anti-ageing properties: Lemons are rich source of anti -oxidants, which helps in removing free radicals from the body.

7.   Helps in dissolving uric acid
These were some of the amazing health benefits of including lemon in your diet plan.
Along with this lemons also contains beautifying agents. Lets take a look:

8.   Treats Acne: Apply freshly squeezed lemon juice to the acne area regularly and feel the change. This will not only reduce the acne problem but will take care of acne marks.

9.   Natural Astringent: Ditch chemical and use use this natural astringent.

10.   Antioxidant: being a rich source of antioxidants make lemons a perfect choice to throw out free radicals and other toxins from the body and keeps you young and wrinkle free. The antioxidants present in lemon are extremely favorable for your scalp too. Hence, drinking lemon water in a regular manner is useful for treating dry scalp and dandruff permanently.

11. Lightens blemishes & age spots

12. Conditions dry hairs: use lemon juice with oil oil and yogurt to treat dry hairs.