1, weight loss: honey is a natural nutrient, containing high-quality sugar, vitamins and minerals, which can burn human energy. Honey also has excellent sterilization effect and detoxification effect, which helps to discharge the waste accumulated in the body, improve the metabolic function of the whole body, and make the excess fat accumulated in the body burn as energy because it cannot be consumed well.
2, whitening: Because lemon vitamin content is extremely rich, lemonade is a good beauty product, which can prevent and eliminate skin pigmentation and play a whitening role.
3, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases: drinking lemonade can also prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases, because lemonade can alleviate the role of calcium ions in promoting blood coagulation, so it can prevent and assist in the treatment of hypertension and myocardial infarction.
4. Prevention and treatment of kidney calculi: Lemon water contains a lot of citrate, which can inhibit the crystallization of calcium salt, thus preventing the formation of kidney calculi and even reducing the number of stones in some patients with chronic kidney calculi. The research results published at the annual meeting of the American Urological Society also show that drinking lemon juice can increase the level of citrate in urine, and citrate can prevent minerals in urine from forming crystals in the kidneys, that is, kidney calculi.
5, improve immunity: Lemon is rich in vitamin C, with antibacterial, improving immunity, assisting the formation of bone collagen and other effects. Drinking lemonade often can supplement vitamin C. Drinking 500 to 1000 ml of lemonade every day when you have a cold can reduce your runny nose, and the cold will spread quickly, especially when you have just caught a cold, you can recover without taking medicine. In addition to resisting bacteria and enhancing immunity, it also has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and relieving summer heat.
6, expectoration: Little known is that lemon can also expectorate, expectorant effect is stronger than oranges and citrus. Add warm water and salt to lemon juice, drink it and cough up the thick phlegm accumulated in your throat. At the beginning of a cold, you may wish to wash it with lemon and honey, which can relieve sore throat and reduce discomfort such as dry throat.
Drinking taboos:
1, because it is rich in fruit acid, don't drink it during menstruation to avoid abdominal pain.
2, should not be too acid, so as not to damage the enamel (for this reason, you can cut 1-2 slices of lemon, you can also add a spoonful of honey, cold or warm water directly brewing and drinking.
3. Because the pH value of lemon is as low as 2.5, people with excessive phlegm, colds, stomach cold and qi stagnation, abdominal distension, hyperacidity and gastric ulcer are not easy to eat. Should not be taken with aspirin.
4. Drink lemonade in moderation, not exceeding 1000 ml per day.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-honey lemonade