1. Lose weight: Pectin and citric acid in lemon can control appetite well. If you are on diet, you'd better make a cup of lemonade as your daily drink.
2. Exclude gall stones: Drink a spoonful of fresh lemon juice and a spoonful of olive oil an hour before breakfast every day will help to exclude gallstone.
3. Treatment of cough: DIY lemon drink can expectorant cough. Slice half of lemon and place them in 500ml water, cook for 20 minutes, then add honey after it becomes cool. Finally, drink it!
4. Lowering blood pressure: Lemon is rich in flavonoids antioxidants that can benefit for vascular health. Furthermore, vitamin C in lemon can increase nitric oxide level in human body, thereby relaxing body, dilating blood vessels and reducing blood pressure.
5. Benefit for digest: If you feel heartburn after eating fried foods,you may try to drink a warm water with a spoonful of fresh lemonade. It can aid in digestion.
6. Infection control: Half of a lemon squeezed juice with water for drinking. 2-3 times a day can prevent urinary tract infections.
7. Prevent constipation: Lemon contains pectin dietary fiber, this may promote intestinal motility; cellulose also can speed up defecation.