When life gives you lemon.....

The humble lemon has been hailed as one of the miraculous fruits, which could be used to cure everything from simple sore throat to cancers! I'm not kidding, just google the words "lemon+benefits" will return you with more than 36 million results.

Anyway, I did some extra reading and listed here, 5 of the benefits of lemons that makes sense to me.

1. Lemon cleanses the skin and alleviates acne - lemon juice contains citric acid which is an anti-microbial and kills the germs that causes acne break-outs. The acidity of lemon juice also act as mild astringent to minimise skin pore and reduce oily deposit.
2. Lemon as liver detox / aids digestion - lemon juice stimulates bile production and prevents build-up of gallstones. This in turn promotes digestion and liver function in the movement of gastric juices.
3. Lemon to soothe sore-throat - lemon juice contains the substance cerotenoids which is an anti-inflammatory agent. It also contains vitamin C which is essential for health of mucosal (mouth) and throat lining through the biosynthesis of collagen. Furthermore it contains citric acid which is anti-microbial.
4. Lemon as energy-booster - lemon juice contains simple sugars for fast absorbtion and metabolites for quick energy recharge.
5. Lemon combats foul breath - lemon acidity promotes salivation and also an anti-microbial.

Under no circumstances I'm denying the other anecdotal health benefits of lemons as claimed by other websites, but some of them needs a little bit more convincing. I will be doing more reading on the health claims of lemon and add to the list above. 

But hey, I'm bought into idea that lemon is a superfood, and personally I do take a lot of it, on a daily basis. Just squeezing about 10 nos of medium sized ones will yield around 450mls that will last me about a week, kept in the fridge.