Lemon water in the AM

Drinking 1 or 2 glasses of water as soon as you wake up gets your organs going. Not sure about the lemon but it couldn't hurt! Maybe add a little artifiicial sweetener to it. (unless you are anti-artificial sweetener). I make my own lemonade at restaurants like that.

I was once told that ice-cold water works best in the AM before breakfast. Not sure why, but hear that it "shocks" your body and helps you feel full.

No idea if there is truth to it, but I drink water in the morning and feel good

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16 Health Benefits of Lemons:

1. Lemons are alkalizing for the body: Lemons are acidic to begin with but they are alkaline-forming on body fluids helping to restore balance to the body’s pH.

2. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and flavonoids that work against infections like the flu and colds.

3. Your liver loves lemons: “The lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dissolvent of uric acid and other poisons, liquefies the bile,” says Jethro Kloss in his book Back to Eden. Fresh lemon juice added to a large glass of water in the morning is a great liver detoxifier.

4. Cleans your bowels: Lemons increase peristalsis in the bowels, helping to create a bowel movement thus eliminating waste and helping with regularity. Add the juice of one lemon to warm water and drink first thing in the morning.

5. Scurvy is treated by giving one to two ounces of lemon juice diluted with water every two to four hours. In 1747, a naval surgeon named James Lind cured scurvy with fresh lemons. To this day, the British Navy requires ships to carry enough lemons so that every sailor could have one ounce of juice a day. In the past, lemons were replaced with limes; this is where the English got their nickname “limeys.” Watch this video: “Scurvy Pirates and the Lemon of Love”

6. The citric acid in lemon juice helps to dissolve gallstones, calcium deposits, and kidney stones.

7. Vitamin C in lemons helps to neutralize free radicals linked to aging and most types of disease.

8. The lemon peel contains the potent phytonutrient tangeretin, which has been proven to be effective for brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

9. In India, Ayurveda medicine values the lemon as a fruit and for its properties. It is sour, warm, promoter of gastric fire, light, good for vision, pungent and astringent.

10. It destroys intestinal worms.

11. When there is insufficient oxygen and difficulty in breathing (such as when mountain climbing) lemons are very helpful. The first man to reach the top of Mt. Everest, Edmund Hillary, said that his success on Mt. Everest was greatly due to lemons.

12. Lemons have powerful antibacterial properties; experiments have found the juice of lemons destroy the bacteria of malaria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid and other deadly diseases.

13. Blood vessels are strengthened by the vitamin P (bioflavinoids) in lemon thus prevents internal hemorrhage. Also, making it useful in treating high blood pressure.

14. The symptoms of eye disorders, including diabetic retinopathy have been shown in research to improve due to the rutin, found in lemons.

15. Lemons contain 22 anti-cancer compounds, including naturally occurring limonene; oil which slows or halts the growth of cancer tumors in animals and flavonol glycosides which stop cell division in cancer cells.

16. According to The Reams Biological Ionization Theory (RBTI), the lemon is the ONLY food in the world that is anionic (an ion with a negative charge). All other foods are cationic (the ion has a positive charge.) This makes it extremely useful to health as it is the interaction between anions and cations that ultimately provides all cell energy.


Lemon Nutrition:

Lemons contain vitamin C, citric acid, flavonoids, B-complex vitamins, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and fiber.
Lemons contain more potassium than apples or grapes. Potassium is beneficial to the heart.
See the table below for in depth analysis of nutrients:
Lemon (Citrus limon), fresh, without peel
Nutrition Value per 100 g
(Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)

Principle Nutrient Value Percentage of RDA
Energy 29 Kcal 1.5%
Carbohydrates 9.32 g 7%
Protein 1.10 g 2%
Total Fat 0.30 g 1%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Dietary Fiber 2.80 g 7%
Vitamins
Folates 11 µg 3%
Niacin 0.100 mg 1%
Pantothenic acid 0.190 mg 4%
Pyridoxine 0.080 mg 6%
Riboflavin 0.020 mg 1.5%
Thiamin 0.040 mg 3.5%
Vitamin C 53 mg 88%
Vitamin A 22 IU 1%
Vitamin E 0.15 mg 1%
Vitamin K 0 µg 0%
Electrolytes
Sodium 2 mg 0%
Potassium 138 mg 3%
Minerals
Calcium 26 mg 3%
Copper 37 µg 4%
Iron 0.60 mg 7.5%
Magnesium 8 mg 2%
Manganese 0.030 mg 1%
Zinc 0.06 mg 0.5%
Phyto-nutrients
Carotene-߸ 3 µg –
Carotene-a 1 µg –
Crypto-xanthin-ß 20 µg –
Lutein-zeaxanthin 11 µg –


Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/16-health-benefits-of-lemons.html#ixzz2OW60qImE

Hi I have been having lemon in hot water in the morning now for 15 years, I was told to try this when I was diagnosed with Rhuematoid Arthritis. I find I feel better, my skin is better and I don't bloat as much when I have this, I have periodically not had it if I don't have fresh lemons and within 48hrs my skin breaks out. I don't know if it has helped my arthritis but at the moment I'm off all drugs to control it and am functioning and walking Ok. Some days are better than others but that's life. Try it and if it helps good if not stop.

^^ from someone in medical school with a science background, most of that Google list is useless junk - the facts may be true, but lemons would only have an effect on you in these ways if you were severely malnourished- like scurvy! notice how nobody gets scurvy these days, almost everyone gets enough vitamin C. and extra vitamin C supplements have been shown to do absolutely nothing except make your pee more expensive. repeat after me: EXTRA VITAMIN C DOES NOTHING FOR COLDS. and your liver doesn't need "detoxifying." I am so so so tired of hearing that "detox" word- it's a ridiculous concept. The body detoxes itself all day long.

I don't know if it's true, but I drink lemon water all day long because it's damn tasty. It's certainly helped me drink loads more than I would if it was just plain old water.

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