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8 health benefits of lemons (Gallery)

The cheapest summer refreshment, lemons are the healthiest of all summer foods you probably had.

Written by Editorial Team | Updated : May 20, 2014 10:45 AM IST

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Aids Digestion

There are components present in lemon that stimulates your liver to produce more bile. It also adds to whatever acid is present in the stomach thus facilitating digestion.

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Helps Remove Dead Skin From Your Feet

Rough and calloused feet can be treated using lemons. Just add the juice of 2 to 3 lemons in a bucket of warm water and soak your feet in it for 20 minutes. After that, you can use a pumice stone or a foot file to gently remove dead skin.

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Uplifts Your Mood

The scent and the aroma of a lemon can help uplift your mood. If you’ve had a hard day at work, and can’t seem to find the motivation for anything, smell a lemon to feel better.

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Enhances Kidney And Lemon Function

When you eat a lemon, the sour taste helps signal the nerves and hormones to activate your liver and kidneys. Also, lemon is a natural diuretic which aids the kidney in excreting excess fluid and helps you detoxify.

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8 Reasons To Go Crazy About Lemons

Lemon or nimbu as it is called in India, is a wonder vegetable that may be small in size, but extremely high on taste and flavour. With benefits for your digestion, beauty, oral health and your general well-being, lemon is surely among the healthiest foods known to mankind. In this post, we’ll discuss some of its top health benefits.