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Starting your day with lemon water is a ritual that comes with a lot of lofty promises.
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Lemon waterwhich is simply water with lemon juiceis certainly a refreshing way to boost your intake of H2O.
Conversely, alkaline ash is thought to be protective against certain negative health outcomes.
Alkaline foods are not limited to lemon water and include other fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
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It can keep you hydrated.
Approximately 75% of Americans are dehydrated, meaning they are not taking in enough fluids.
Dehydrated people may experience constipation, dizziness, and other symptoms that can result fromnot drinking enoughwater.
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Drinking lemon water gets fluid into your systemone of the best ways to combat dehydration.
It may help you lose weight.
Water is essential for the body’s natural ability to break down fat.
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It may help improve your mood.
For some, being dehydrated is linked to a worse mood.
Drinking lemon water instead of regular water may motivate people to drink more fluid.
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Also,some datashows that cellular dehydration is linked to degraded mood.
Lemon water may support a healthy immune system.
Looking for a vitamin C boost during cold and flu season?
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Starting the day with aboost of vitamin Cfrom lemon juicehelps the body’s immune defense.
It may worsen reflux symptoms.
“Lemons are naturally acidic with a pH between 2 and 3.
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It may result in improved cardiovascular status.
Outcomes included improved blood pressure and improved lipid levels.
Citrus juices, like lemon juice, naturally contain a unique flavonoid calledhesperidin.
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Consistent hesperidin intakehas been linked to improved systolic blood pressurein people considered mildly hypertensive, among other positive outcomes.
It might lessen your risk of developing kidney stones.
Citrate, a salt in citric acid, binds to calcium and helps block kidney stone formation.
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Citrus fruits and juices are a known natural source of dietary citrate.
Of all the citrus juices, lemon juice appears to have the highest concentration of this kidney stone-blocking salt.
A previous version of this story was published on August 10, 2020.
It has since been updated to include additional entries, proofreading revisions, research, and updated contextual links.
