Lemon and drinking Lemon Juice, Water with Lemon and Lemonade have a lot of health benefits. It has been said that drinking Lemon juice, lemon juice concentrate, and even Lemon Water can help you to lose weight.
The PLJ Lemon Juice Diet
The Lemonade Diet became popular in the 1970’s thanks in part of the popular brand, PLJ Lemon Juice Concentrate. This brand was popular because it was said that drinking lemon juice daily can help you lose weight and helps increase your body’s metabolism. The phenomenon during those times was called the PLJ Lemon Juice Diet.
The Lemon Juice Diet
Another popular weight loss diet derived from the lemon fruit is the Lemon Juice Diet by Theresa Cheung. Cheung claims that lemon juice can help you lose weight because it has a positive effect on the rate on how your body metabolizes fat and it also improves your digestion. Cheung also advices to eat a portion of the lemon peel because it contains Pectin which can help you suppress your appetite as well as inhibit sugar adsorption.
Health Benefits of Lemon Juice
Lemon Juice is rich in vitamin C. This will allow you to have better resistance against certain diseases like the common cold. Vitamin C is also a potent anti oxidant and is a good anti ageing agent.
t is also documented that people who has enough Vitamin C on their daily diet loses weight more effectively than those who do not have enough vitamin c.
Pectin also shows some promise in the way it alters our attitude towards eating.
Lemon Juice also helps in the absorption of calcium in to your body. The calcium then in turn will be stored in fat cells. Fat cells are burned more effectively when they have lots of calcium contents. This makes Lemon Water and the Lemon Water Diet effective in weight loss.
Drinking lots of lemon Juice has some bad side effects especially to those who suffer from stomach illness like ulcers and heart burn.
You can also make it a habit to add a dash of lemon or a slice of lemon to your ice cold water or to your green tea.
Check out also our article on Green Tea to Lose Weight and Does Drinking Warm Water Help You to Lose Weight.
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