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Use your lemon! 9 must reasons!
| Posted on 24 April, 2014 at 7:10 |
USE YOUR LEMON!!
9 FABULOUS WAYS TO USE YOUR LEMON!
1. Drink fresh lemon juice for healthsake!
Ease your aches & pains, reduce cholesterol, blood pressure, raise your energy and more! Squeeze half a fresh lemon in a class of warm boiled water each morning on an empty tummy. Lemon is alkaline to the body not acidic as many people think. Drink your lemon water with a STRAW, lemon is acid until it hits your tummy, so we want to protect your pearly whites. !
It's fabulous for your health, so start tomorrow morning! Energizes You and Enhances Your Mood. The smell of lemon juice can brighten your mood and help clear your mind. Lemon can also help reduce anxiety and depression. Promotes Healing. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), found in abundance in lemons, promotes wound healing, and is an essential nutrient in the maintenance of healthy bones, connective tissue, and cartilage. As noted previously, vitamin C also displays anti-inflammatory properties.
2. Removing Strong Odors
To remove odors from garbage disposals, you can drop in leftover lemon peels (make sure the pieces are small or they will get caught). Rub lemon juice into cutting boards that have retained strong odors or stains, and clean with soap and water. For the fridge, pour some lemon juice on a sponge or cloth and place it in the fridge until the smell goes away.
3. Natural Cleaner
Lemon juice works as a natural household cleaner. You can use lemon juice or squeeze a lemon directly on kitchen or bathroom surfaces, and wipe them with a wet cloth to remove the sticky residue. For stains and really dirty areas, mix in some vinegar and water with the lemon juice.
4. Skin Care
For dry skin, you can use a lemon-sugar scrub, or rub a cut lemon on particularly dry areas, such as knees, elbows, or heels. Be careful when applying to cracked skin. You can also make your own detoxifying body wash with this recipe for sea salt and lemon body cleanser.
5. Bathroom Stains
It may take a little extra scrubbing, but you can remove water stains, soap scum, and limescale naturally with lemon juice. Use a lemon, water, and vinegar mixture for tough stains on your shower walls or tub.
6. Laundry Detergent
You don't need bleach or chemicals to brighten your whites. Try using lemon juice instead of detergent for cleaner and naturally scented clothes. Lemon juice is also good for removing stains. You can directly apply lemon juice to the spot before washing it, or for bigger stains, it is recommended to soak the clothing in a 50/50 mixture of baking soda and lemon juice.
7. Sore Throat
There's nothing like a Hot Toddy for a sore throat, but you don't have to have the whiskey. A freshly squeezed lemon in a cup of hot water will also do the trick. I like to add honey, which sweetens the drink and is another natural germ killer.
8. Natural Preservative
For fresh-cut fruit or veggies, squeeze a fresh lemon over them to prevent browning. This is another reason many guacamole recipes call for lime; in addition to the flavor, it keeps the guac from turning brown when you store it.
9. Natural Weed Killer
Believe it or not, you can use lemon juice instead of harmful weed killers to get to those hard-to-remove weeds that always come back, particularly in the cracks of your sidewalk or driveway. For more efficiency, put the lemon juice in a garden hose filter, and soak the area thoroughly.
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