20 Ways Lemons can Change Your Life
It’s tart. It’s refreshing. It’s tasty and even a little bit sweet. There’s just something about lemons that is so delicious. However, it’s more than just tasty; lemons provide a ton of benefits for your health, your well being and even for your house.
Here’s a look at 20 different ways that lemons can be used that will completely change your life:
- It lowers blood pressure. Lemons are high in potassium, which is known for its ability to control blood pressure.
- It keeps the fridge fresh. Fill a small bowl with lemon juice and put it into the fridge. The juice will absorb any foul odors, keeping things smelling great and keeping your food fresh.
- Keeps cauliflower white. When you cook cauliflower, it has the tendency to turn brown. Squeeze a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice onto it before cooking and it won’t turn brown.
- It eases depression and stress. Just suck the juice out of a fresh lemon and you’ll almost instantly feel better when you’re stressed out or anxious.
- Keep cutting boards fresh and clean. Just slice a lemon and rub it over the surface of a cutting board. It will help to remove the odors and will sanitize the surface.
- Ease respiratory issues. Drink some water with lemon in it and you can reduce phlegm and ease the strain on your chest.
- Treat arthritis. Lemon is famous for being a diuretic, which means that it an flush your system of toxins and bacteria, which are often the culprit of the inflammation that is associated with arthritis.
- Prevent kidney stones. Lemons break down calcified compounds that build up in the kidneys and create obstructions.
- Keep insects at bay. Just squirt a little lemon juice around the frames of doors and windowsills and you’ll keep creepy crawlies and flying pests away.
- Keep your skin looking young and fresh by washing it with lemon juice.
- Clean your fruits and vegetables. Lemon water will rinse any pesticides and dirt off of your produce.
- Ease infections. Lemon has an antibacterial agent, which makes it a good treatment for infections.
- Keep avocados green. Avocados oxidize as soon as they are exposed to air. Lemons help to reduce this oxidization, keeping the avocados greener for longer.
- Crisp lettuce. When lettuce goes soggy, don’t throw it out; wash it with lemon water and it will get crisp again.
- Have a toothache? Apply some lemon and the pain will subside.
- Lighten the skin. Put a little lemon on dark spots and they’ll vanish.
- Lighten your hair. Just apply some lemon juice to your hair before going out in the sun and you’ll have nice blonde highlights.
- Freshen your breath. Rinse with lemon juice and your breath will smell nice and fresh.
- Ease headaches. Just put a few drops of lemon juice into tea and you’ll feel your headache subside.
- Soothe itchy rashes. Apply some lemon juice onto an itchy rash, like poison ivy, and the itch will subside.
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http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/10-Reasons-Lemon-Juice-Good-You-14860617
http://www.mythirtyspot.com/8-ways-to-use-lemon-for-beautiful-skin/
http://bembu.com/lemon-water-benefits