1. Helps Heal Acne
Consuming lemon water, helps metabolize the acidic temperament of the body alleviating and preventing acne breakouts.
You can also rub the juiced lemons on your face to help with acne.
2. Appetite Suppression and Weight Loss
The vitamins and enzymes in lemons help regulate blood sugar in order to maintain normal weight levels. Pectin fiber helps fight hunger cravings. Lemon juice is also a digestive aid. It encourages the production of bile, which is what breaks down food during digestion.
3. Flushes Out Kidney Stones
Potassium in lemons helps increase citrate levels in the urine to prevent oxalate from forming.
4. Boosts your immune system
Lemon water is a great support to the lymphatic system, which works in conjunction with your immune system to trap and eliminate pathogens.
5. Gall Bladder Pain
Drinking lemon water while eating has helped some deal with painful gall bladder stones.
6. Cold and Flu Remedy
Lemons are high in vitamin C, a natural antioxidant that enhances the immune system and has antiviral and antibacterial properties.
7. GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
One reader used to go through TUMS like candy and since drinking lemon water, two weeks later, she hasn’t needed them.
8. Harder Finger Nails
Several people mention they feel lemon water has increased the hardness of nails and cleared up white spots seen on them.
9. Fights Off Food-Borne Illnesses
This might be handy while traveling. Drink lemon water to avoid food poisoning.
10. Helps Deal With Fibromyalgia
A combination of lemon water and yoga stretches helps a reader deal with exhaustion due to fibromyalgia.
11. Reduces Inflammation
Lemons have anti-inflammatory properties. They also help neutralize acidity which is the main cause of tissue inflammation.
12. Relieves Sore Muscles After Exercise
Have a hard workout? Squeeze a lemon into a glass of water and feel the pain ease.
13. Reduces Joint Swelling And Pain
Lemon water can help reduce uric acid in our joints, which is one of the main causes of inflammation, especially as related to arthritis.
One reader suffered a compressed vertebrae and the doctors were surprised that she was in less pain than is normal–she credits drinking lemon water.
14. Reduces Alcohol Cravings
Whether you’re in recovery or just cutting back, one reader reports success by drinking lemon water at parties to help kick a craving for alcohol.
15. Helps With Colitis
Colitis is an imbalance of acid/alkaline levels in the body so it’s no wonder that lemons can help with this. Drinking a glass of lemon water a day is a great way to bring your pH levels back into balance and reduce acidity.
Source: Living Traditionally
