LUSCIOUS LEMONS: Balance Your Body by Doing This One Simple Thing

Try this simple recipe to make sure you always have the benefits of lemons all year-round!

{Check out my BIG BANG LEMONADE recipe below!}

A lemon is a superfood! Ingesting both the juice of a lemon and its essential oil can prevent and fight a multitude of diseases and afflictions. It has anti-oxidant properties, balances pH, and speeds up the healing process. One common myth is that lemons are acidic to the body. While they are a citrus fruit and have many of the acidic properties of its cousins, our bodies actually process it differently. We actually become more alkaline and balanced when we digest lemon juice! Amazing, no?

Ingesting lemon juice and its oil is good for:

• Colds and flu
• Coughs
• Dry mouth
• Heartburn
• Hiccup
• Immunity
• Increased healing/recovery
• Kidney stones
• Laryngitis
• Pregnancy complaints
• Skin cancer
• Sore throat
• Tumors

As you can imagine, there are a host of benefits from lemons if you consider the other effects that result from a balanced pH and a healthier, detoxed body:

• Better sleep
• More energy
• Mental clarity
• Positivity
• Weight loss
• Flexibility
• Strength
• Lessens inflammation/pain
• Lessens hair loss
• Reduced allergies
• Less likely to contract illnesses such as colds, virus, fungal infections
• Your body becomes an inhospitable environment for cancer to grow

I have discovered an excellent way to get the full benefits of the entire lemon: juicing! Juicers will extract the juice AND oils from the lemon and rind. The various beneficial chemicals and vitamins present in lemons are usually lost in the juicing process when making lemonade because we don’t consider the whole lemon! Undiluted lemon juice weighs in at only 7 calories per ounce.

I usually stock up when lemons are in season and freeze the juiced liquid into ice cubes. Look at the difference juicing makes in the next picture. You can see the oils stream off the cube as it disintegrates into a really tasty lemon galaxy!

It is super simple to save an entire year’s worth of cubes. Wash whole lemons, remove the stems, and cut them into pieces that will easily fit into the mouth of your juicer (usually just cut in half). Juice the lemons carefully and pour the liquid into ice cube trays. After they are frozen, transfer the cubes into a gallon Ziploc bag and store in your freezer. It takes a small amount of preparation, and it ensures that you won’t ever be short of lemon water at the gym, or work, or wherever!

Try my easy recipe for life-sustaining

Big Bang Lemonade!

1 lemon cube

16 oz water, preferably in a glass container

Your chosen sweetener (optional), like honey, stevia, etc.

Plop the cube-let and sweetener into your glass of water and stir until fully dissolved.  Drink up the goodness!

Toni Julian is a Northern California-based health advocate and nutrition advisor, fitness expert, author of BITE ME! Change Your Life One Bite at a Time and creator of Toni’s OatMEAL–Healthy and Completely Balanced Meal Solutions. For more information visit ToniJulian.com

For more healthy and easy recipes, check out BITE ME! Change Your Life One Bite at a Time