A Lemon/day keeps the Dr. Away??

This past year I have been promoting starting your day with a litre of water with the juice of a FULL fresh lemon!!! More than once a day if you're up for it!! :) Why do I suggest doing this?? Well, there are LOTS of great reasons!

1. Lemon is and anti-septic
2. It's an internal cleanser, and helps prevent disease
3. Helps with digestion, heartburn and bloating
4. Helps eliminate waste more effectively and controls loose stools and/or constipation
5. It's AMAZING at stimulating the liver

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY it's one of the most ALKALINE foods around, and keeping your body alkaline is SUPER important.

Things that cause high amounts of acid in the body are stress, detox, exercise, metabolic rate and digestion, growth and repair, immune system functions, and inflammation...what does this make you think of???

YEEEESSSSSS, people like you and me who are working HARD on our bodies and expecting to see changes! BUT, if we don't counteract these acids by helping our body get back into PH balance, it will cause poor recovery, inflammation, and often results in disease....not to mention, we won't be seeing much progress!!!

So why do I suggest LEMON?....because it's one of the BEST sources of alkaline food and gives you the biggest bang for your buck....AND it's SO EASY to add to your diet!

I know, this sounds counterproductive when you think of a lemon as being an acid. But what makes a food alkaline, isn't the way it tastes or what form it takes outside of the body. What matters is how it acts/reacts once digested in the intestine. At that point lemon takes an alkaline state :)

What to look for at the grocer?? Pick a lemon that feels heavy for it's size! (these are known to be higher in mineral content)