Lemon For Weight Loss: The Fruit Weight Watchers Can't Do Without

By Teresa Cheong, RightEatingHabits.com

I USED to love waking up in the morning to the aroma of French-pressed Arabica coffee. Now, I skip the coffee and start the day with a simple weight loss regimen: drink a tall glass of lemon water or lemon juice. I will normally squeeze half a lemon into a glass of water and drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

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Lemon for weight loss? Does it work? Yes, lemon is one fruit weight watchers can’t do without. Drinking lemon water or lemon juice is a cheap, effective and natural way of keeping our bodies cleansed and hydrated.

The Power Of Lemon

What’s so special and powerful about this yellow citrus fruit with bad skin?

Lemons Lower The Glycemic Index of High Glycemic Foods

A glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice is all you need to substantially block the effect of high glycemic foods on our blood sugar levels. Drink a glass of lemon juice after a heavy, high carbohydrate meal such as rice noodles, fried rice or baked potatoes will help lower the glycemic index of these high carbohydrates and prevent rapid blood sugar spikes.

Lemon Juice Alkalinizes The Blood

Though lemon is acidic by nature, it becomes alkaline upon digestion. Drink a glass of lemon juice a day to balance the acidity that comes from consuming too much acidic and high glycemic foods. Highly processed foods and meats are acidic. A slightly alkaline blood system is our best defence against ageing and diseases.

Lemon Is Rich In Vitamin C

I love lemon juice for its generous doses of Vitamin C. A daily dose of lemon juice not only boosts our immune system but also fights off colds. A slice of lemon is estimated to have about 3 mg of Vitamin C. Depending on the size of the lemon, a lemon could have an equivalent of 8 wedges or more, or at least 24 mg of Vitamin C. A glass of lemon juice (=one lemon) a day will give us at least 24 mg of Vitamin C, not bad for one small fruit.

The Recommended Dietary (Daily) Allowances for Vitamin C – according to the Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences) in a report issued in April 2000:

Adult Women: 75 mg
Adult Men: 90 mg
Children aged 1-3 years: 15 mg
Children aged 4-8 years: 25 mg
Children aged 9-13 years: 45 mg
Children aged 14-18 years: 75 mg for boys and 65 mg for girls
Pregnant Women: 80-85 mg
Lactating Women: 115-120 mg

Lemon Juice Is A Natural Liver And Colon Cleanser

Lemon juice is a natural liver and colon cleanser. It stimulates a sluggish liver, clears the colon and gives your body a gentle, internal “rinse” and helps speed up the bowel movements!

Lemon is one SuperFood with natural, healing properties; a fruit which you should add to your daily diet if you have not. And if you’re thinking about losing weight naturally and painlessly, have a “cuppa” … of lemon juice every day.

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Tips On Choosing Lemons

Choose fully-ripened lemons. That means look for lemons with a nice yellow color. Lemons with green tinge are picked when they are not fully ripe so they taste more acidic. Choose lemons that are heavy and thin-skinned (signs of juiciness) and have a finely textured skin.

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