More and more experts are recommending healthy habits to extend the life of human beings as much as possible. One of them is to drink water with lemon regularly.a quite popular home remedy that can have numerous benefits for health.
Characteristics
This is because lemons are vitamin sources ca powerful antioxidant. In fact, one squeezed lemon provides about 21% of the daily value (YOU) of a person, according to ‘Medical News Today‘. Like other citrus fruits, they are rich in flavonoidscompounds that help fight diseases.
Beyond that, lemon water contains very little protein, fat, carbohydrates and sugar and comprises small amounts of other vitamins and minerals, such as potassium, folic acid and some B vitamins. The nutritional value of each glass of water with lemon depends of the amount of lemon juice it contains.
Benefits
Among the benefits most notableit is worth noting the following:
- Prevents iron deficiency anemia.
- Reduces fluid retention.
- It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
- It has vasoprotective properties, that is, it improves our circulation.
- Promotes hydration.
- It increases the amount of citrates in our body, helping to prevent and treat kidney stones.
- It makes it possible to start the digestion process in the morning.
- It is good for the skin due to its high antioxidant content.
- It produces satiety and helps intestinal transit.
To take into account
However, Fatima Fernandez de la Cerdagraduated in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, specialized in Food Safety and current nutritionist at Serunion, has declared in ‘Zero Wave‘than the consumption of water with lemon It is not recommended for those people with gastric ulcers.
The reason? It is clear: increases the secretion of acids in the stomach, aggravating heartburn and ulcers. “In addition, because lemon is a food with a acidic pHcan damage the enamel of our teeth,” concluded the specialist in the aforementioned media. We must be careful.
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