6 Ways to Use Lemons to Detox Your Body

Lemons provide a variety of health benefits for your body. Because lemons contain very little fruit sugar or fructose , they are very easy to digest and do not cause bloating.
In fact, lemons can also reduce bloating because they are a natural diuretic and contains natural enzymes. Drinking lemon water is basically the simplest way to take advantage of this fruit’s benefits.
Let us take a look at some other ways, that you can get this citrus gem’s therapeutic value.

6 Ways to Use Lemons to Detox the Body:

1. Add Flavor to Your Food

You can add flavor to you meals or salad by squeezing some fresh lemons. Soon enough you will forget about salt.

2. Add to Your Herbal Tea

Chamomile, peppermint, dandelion, fennel, spearmint and rooibos are some of the most common and powerful teas. One way to enhance herbal tea is to put a juice of lemon before you drink it.
If you need to add sweetness, you can add a touch of raw honey or a drop of pure liquid stevia. You can enjoy it hot or cold.

3. Add to Your Smoothie

If you like making smoothies, then you will enjoy this trick. You can squeeze the juice of one lemon into your smoothie and blend as normal.
This will bring not only bring out the sweetness of berries and greens, but it will also promote a healthy digestion and boosts your metabolism.

4. Drink Cucumber-Lemon Water

One way to make lemon water more interesting is to enhance it with cucumber and some fresh mint. Steep a couple of frozen slices of cucumber, juice of one lemon, fresh mint leaf and rinsed lemon peel. Drinking this refreshing tonic will leave you with a flat belly and a naturally cleansed feeling all day long.

5. Make a Paste

Mix turmeric and some lemon juice, to make it into the perfect cleaning solution for your toxin-laden skin.

6. Prepare a Cleansing Lemon Tonic

You can make a cleansing tonic using cayenne, lemons, water, honey, and apple cider vinegar.
Directions:
1. Put 12cl (or one cup) of cold water into a glass jar.
2. Add 1/2 teaspoon of honey, a dash of cayenne pepper, one tbsp of apple cider vinegar and the juice from one lemon.
Note
You can drink the tonic, before a workout or within the first 30 minutes of waking. If you need to add a little more sweetener, you can add some raw honey.

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