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What’s So Great About Lemons – Everything!

 

1) More people are looking to natural, environmentally friendly, inexpensive remedies.

2) Lemons have been used since ancient times as remedies to ward off poisons and in modern times we use them for a variety of healing applications. At some Jewish baby-naming ceremonies the child is given a touch of sugar and a touch of lemon so they understand the sweet and sour of life.

3) Many people are dissatisfied with the side-effects and sterility of traditional medicine. Lemons are not a replacement for most meds, but as a complementary supplement they can offer so many benefits without side-effects and with the bonus of being inexpensive and in your refrigerator

4) Lemons seem sour and inedible, but like a lot of things in life once you get past that they have so much to offer. That expression “turn lemons to lemonade” could also be “turn lemons into healing remedies.”

5) Lemons are part of earth’s bounty.

6) Healing things lemons can do:

a. Help soothe bug bites

b. Counter anxiety and fatigue

c. In studies the smell of lemons has been shown to uplift moods and decrease anxiety

d. In the same way lemon juice breaks through grease on dishes, lemons are good detoxers, lemon juice can help clean out the liver and gall bladder—nice to start the morning with some flushing lemon water

e. Lemons have anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties, so drinking hot lemon water helps with cold and flu. lemon water can also help with weight loss.

f. Lemons are the only natural substance on earth that can destroy your tooth enamel, so don’t brush your teeth for at least an hour after eating it (lemons are powerful in harmful ways too….)

7) They remind us of spring and summer year-round with their fresh bursting scent and bright, cheery color—yellow has been show to uplift moods too. And this year many big home paint companies are featuring lemon yellow as a popular color this year