This much-loved citrus in known for its high levels of vitamin C – the antioxidant which helps your body fight everything from the common cold to cancer.
Another way that lemons help to prevent cancer is by restoring your body’s natural PH balance. It has an alkalizing effect on the body which makes it more difficult for cancerous cells to thrive.
Lemon cleanses your bowels and stimulates your liver. Because it dissolves uric acid and liquefies bile, it is a great liver detoxifier.
Lemons contain citric acid, B Complex vitamins, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and last of all, fibre.
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