Why lemon juice ?

Why lemon? Check out the following benifits

*Great source of Vitamin C.
* Drinking lemon juice regularly eliminates the need for deodorant.
*Lemon juice is a great astringent and hair rinse.
*Cleanses the digestive system.
*Relieves symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, bloating and belching.
*Controls constipation and diarrhea by eliminating waste more efficiently.
*Enhances the beauty of your skin, rejuvenating it from within.
*Cleanses and aids in eliminating waste in the liver.

Out of breath ? Try lemon

A cold glass of lemon water may protect your lungs against asthma. In fact, adding all things citrus such as grapefruit, oranges and lemons added to your shopping bucket may help reduce your risk of developing this respiratory problem, regardless of how active or how old you are.
Like most fruit, citrus is packed with nutrients that can help keep you healthy in general, and the ample amount of vitamin C in citrus fruit may have a particular benefit, it reduces risk of asthma. It has been found that adults who ate little or no fruit and shunned citrus were significantly more likely to have the wheezing and gasping symptoms of asthma.

Burning FAT

Your body needs sufficient vitamin C to burn fat and burning fat is key to keeping excess pounds away. So pop your C supplement, or snack on some C-rich orange / lemon before your next power walk. To keep the pounds you dropped from coming right back, you could start your day with some grapefruit, have an orange after lunch, or fill your dinner plate with C-rich veggies like red bell peppers and broccoli. So don’t skip your morning orange / lemon juice. And for a sophisticated twist to your lemonade, add some grated cucumber or ginger to your drink.

Remove odour with Lemon

1• To remove the strong odours of fish or garlic from your hands, rub a bit of lemon on them before washing if off with soap.

2• If your fridge smells of stale food, cut a few lemons and keep them in the fridge. In no time the smell will be gone.

3• To get rid of the smell of petrol or kerosene make a paste of gramflour and water and rub your hands vigorously. Then simply wash off.

4• An old spice bottle still smells of the spice that was in it, throw in a handful of kitchen salt and pour a little water. Let it be for a while, then rinse with water.

5• Your cooking vessel shows a few burnt stains simply, boil in it a mixture of water and vinegar. The burnt spots will come off easily.

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The Valuable Lemon !

• Lemon juice is valued in the home as a stain remover, and a slice of lemon dipped in salt can be used to clean copper-bottomed cooking pots. Lemon juice has been used for bleaching freckles.

• Lemon peel oil is much used in furniture polishes, detergents, soaps and shampoos. It is important in perfume blending and especially in colognes.

• Petitgrain oil (up to 50 per cent citral), is distilled from the leaves, twigs and immature fruits of the lemon tree in West Africa, North Africa and Italy.

• Lemon peel, dehydrated, is marketed as cattle feed.

• Lemonade, when applied to potted plants, has been found to keep their flowers fresh longer than normal.

• Lemon wood is fine-grained, compact, and easy to work. In Mexico, it is carved into chessmen, toys, small spoons, and other articles.

• Lemon juice is widely known as a diuretic, antiscorbutic, astringent, and febrifuge.