Wondering, what is the heavenly juice of summer? It is right there in your kitchen. Yes, lemon. Lemon is the heavenly juice of summers’. Lemon juice has awe-inspiring benefits on your health and if drunk in summer it is pure heaven.
Let’s Have a Glance Over the Benefits of Lemon Juice
Skin Care
Need a glowing and healthy skin? Lemon is right there for you. Just slice a lemon and gently rub it on your skin. It will exfoliate, reduce skin tan and give a good glow to your skin. You can also get rid of body odour by squeezing a lemon in your water bath.
Helps in Digestion
The acidic nature of lemon helps to ease digestive problems. The vitamin C in lemon juice releases digestive juices which help in digestion. Just drink a glass of lemon juice and say bye to constipation and piles.
Reduce the Risk of Cancer
Having a glass of lemon juice can stop the growth of various cancer cells preventing colon, breast, pancreatic and blood cancer. It also helps in eradicating cancer cells in some cases.
Weight Loss
The main cause of weight gain is an accumulation of excess fat. The citric acid present in lemon juice is an excellent fat burner. Drink a glass of lemon juice made from warm water every morning to reduce excess fat in the body
Hair Care
Applying lemon juice to the scalp has tremendous benefits like shiny, healthy and dandruff-free hair and scalp. Apply lemon juice to your hair and expose it to sunlight for an hour. Then, rinse it. This will make your hair 2 – 3 shades lighter.
Prevent Kidney Stones
The citric acid in fresh or concentrated lemon juice helps remove or prevent kidney stones. This is done by increasing urinary citrate and urine volume. It flushes the stones, if present and helps to get rid of it.
So, these were the amazing benefits of lemon juice. Try it out at home for amazing results. Lemon juice can also be called as an allrounder juice as it has its benefits on hair, eyes, skin, digestion, excretion and also acts as an anti- disease formula in certain cases.
Make Lemon Juice in Just 2 Steps
• In a small saucepan, combine 1 ¼ cups of sugar and 8 cups of water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Boiling kills the harmful bacteria from water and also aids in dissolving sugar. Let this mixture cool to room temperature.
• Mix ginger and mint leaves with little water and grind to form a fine pulp. Add 1 ¼ cups of lemon juice and the sugar solution prepared before to this mixture. Stir well.
Your refreshing lemon juice is ready, serve it with ice or store it in the refrigerator.