health and fitness

 

                       6 Benefits of lemon

One lemon is about 50 grams, contains 6.10 calories, 21% vitamin C, folate, potassium, vitamin B5 and vitamin B2. The juice that comes out of a lemon is not just juice but a magic.

Here we will talk about six benefits of lemon.

 

1)  Helpful in dehydration;

Dehydration is a very bad thing because dehydration causes fatigue, excessive thirst, dry skin, headaches, overheating, constipation, and above all, increased heart rate due to dehydration. To prevent this, you should drink 10 glasses of water daily, but drinking 10 glasses of water is quite a difficult task. If you add lemon to the water and drink it, it will make the water taste better. Not only will the taste be great, but it will also prove to be great for preventing dehydration.

2)  Good source of vitamin C;

Vitamin C has two major features, one is an antioxidant, so it protects us from the things that are destroying our cells, so it is an anti-aging. The second is anti-inflammatories. One of the things that can give us trouble is swelling or inflammation, whether it's at the cell level or any level, it reduces inflammation.

 Vitamin C on one hand synthesizes collagen and on the other hand it helps us in protein metabolism. It works as an antioxidant, reduces some cancers and heart disease, absorbs iron, and helps make hormones. So people who are deficient in vitamin C have more infections, fatigue, dry mouth, sleep less at night and loose teeth, so vitamin C is very important and you see that a lemon contains about 25% Vitamin C of the daily requirement, so if you consume four lemons, you don't need to take anything else for vitamin C.

3)  May support weight loss;

You can also lose weight with the help of lemon. If you want to lose weight, you should drink lemon water. If you drink lemon water on an empty stomach, it will make you feel full and you will eat less. It is a very successful way to lose weight, so it proves that lemon can help you lose weight.

 

4)  Easy alternate to sugar drinks;

Different types of cold drinks, which are available in black and white colors, are called sugar-added sodas, which are very harmful to your health because they can make you diabetic, fat, and heart disease. It can cause kidney diseases and liver diseases, besides it can also damage the teeth. Lemon can be used to avoid cold drinks. If you use lemon water instead of cold drinks, it will save you.

 

5)  Lemon helps prevent kidney stone;

Citric acid is very useful for preventing kidney stones, which is found in lemons, so if you consume more lemons, the chances of kidney stones are very less. If you want to avoid it, you should also use lemon as much as possible.

6)  May aid digestion;

Lemon helps in digestion, According to a 2022 study, it helps in gastric secretion and helps in the breakdown of food in our stomach.