Many of the benefits obtained from the fruit of the lemon. In addition it is consumed directly or processed in food or drink, used directly or mixed with other ingredients can be made to enjoy the benefits of lemon. Lemon contains around five percent citric acid or about 47 gr/L, so it's reasonable if it tasted sour. The content of vitamin C in lemon is actually higher than that of lemon. In addition, lemon also contains polyphenols, limonene, eriositrin, potassium, and phytochemicals.
Lemon benefits for health
Part of the lemon that are commonly used or taken to tackle health problems is exploited in her Sari. Due to the high content of vitamin C, lemon can overcome the problem of decreased endurance body such as fever, runny nose, cough, or flu. Additionally with antibakterial, the lemon is also used to address the problem of the throat, teeth, and pain in the gums. For digestive problems, lemon can be added to foods consumed daily to launch eksresi system of the body and helps detoxify. It's what makes the lemon is famous as one of the potent ingredients to lose weight. Normally consumption of lemon water for weight loss or honey mixed with warm water. With high food fiber, lemon good to be consumed in the morning, or mixed in water for consumption infused water everyday.
With his nutritional rich lemon, it was also beneficial to lower the risk of stroke and heart disease, even helps protect the body from cholera outbreak by activating the monocyte immune cells. By consuming the juice of lemon, of course lowers cholesterol levels or nasty fat in the body. It is positively improve the quality of the heart and blood vessels, so that we can avoid the inflammatory disorder of the heart or blood vessels. Compound limonene (limonin) in lemon can fight cancer cells that develop in the digestive organs, respiratory, and skin. While the content of iron in lemon is helpful to prevent anaemia, which can also be followed with the disease scurvy due to vitamin C deficiency.
Benefits of Lemon for beauty
In addition to useful to prevent or treat a variety of ailments, lemon is also widely used to solve skin problems as well as used for a beauty treatment. Instead of just lemon juice, lemon rind but can also be used for beauty. As for the use of lemon for beauty include:
- for skin health
After consuming the juice of lemon, the lemon pieces should never be discarded, because it can still be used to deal with the problem of dry skin, usually in the area of the heel, elbow, or knee that blackened or cracked. Its use is by rubbing the lemon pieces on the area of skin that is dry or blackened, and let stand until absorbed by the skin or until it dries, so it does not need to be rinsed. Besides, it can also be used for removing dead skin cells so as to brighten the skin.
- for hair health
The content in the lemon turns out good for treating the scalp and hair, especially that often oily, dandruff and hair loss. The use of this lemon with lemon on the scalp such as massaging the head, then let sit for 10 minutes recently rinsed with clean water. This is done each day before shampooing. Moreover, it can be done by mixing it with warm olive oil and massaged into the head for 15 minutes recently rinsed.
- to Redden the lips naturally
In addition to the face, lemon can also be useful to give red lips naturally, mix it with coconut oil and sugar as a scrub, then rub it on the lips evenly. This is done two to three times a week to give you maximum results.
- to overcome the oily face
By addressing the oily face, we can address the problem of pimples and blackheads on the face. This is because acne and blackheads are actually triggered by a greasy face. Use the lemon with the rubbing of the face that is already cleaned evenly, can reduce oil production. In addition to regular use with lemon juice can pull out impurities from the face, so the blackhead does not appear.
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