Fruits for Health #19: LEMONS

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Find out how nutritious lemon is and how lemons can benefit specific medical conditions.

Lemon has the botanical name Citrus limon and is a good source of vitamin C, at almost twice the daily requirement.

Most citrus fruits contain the flavonoids Hesperetin and Naringenin.

Lemons are sources of the minerals Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, and Potassium.

Lemon contains Vitamin A, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic acid, and Folate.

Bottled lemon juice has additives, less vitamin C and calcium, and more harmful fructose than natural lemon.

Citric acid in lemons helps digestion dissolving kidney stones.

Antioxidants in lemons are Beta-Carotenes, Beta-Cryptoxanthin, Lutein and Zeaxanthin.

Lemons have almost no harmful fructose, which causes many modern ailments.

Lemon cold remedy:
Gently heat a pint of raw honey in a pan.
Chop a whole lemon into a little water in another pan and warm for 2-3 minutes.
Add the lemon water to the honey and warm for an hour.
Strain out the lemon solids.
Cool the mixture.
Seal in a jar and refrigerate for up to two months.

All fruits in this playlist will help people to lose fat, so long not too many are eaten. Many contain sugars. It’s the minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and the phytochemicals they contain that are the real beneficial parts of fruit.

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