Lemon Water Benefits: Boost Immunity & Improve Health | Dr. Young

Never has it been so important to keep your immune system strong and healthy as it is now with new diseases and viruses appearing on the world stage. Boost your immune system and stay healthy by drinking lemon water every day.

• Maintain your body's pH balance by drinking lemon water daily.

Expert Insight

• Scientist and author, Dr. Robert O. Young wrote several books explaining how eating alkaline foods strengthens your immune system and helps fight disease. Dr. Young says, "Preparing alkaline water is very easy. Just mix water with lemon or lime and you will create instant alkalized water. It's that simple and it really works."

Effects

• Adding lemon juice to water also disinfects drinking water. This was demonstrated by a 1993 study at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry in Argentina.

Weight Loss

• Drinking a warm glass of lemon water with a teaspoon of honey first thing in the morning helps you to lose weight. According to Dr. Young, keeping a pH balance with alkaline foods "plays an important part in losing weight."

Colds

• According to the Mayo Clinic, you can prevent dehydration, soothe your throat and loosen congestion by drinking warm lemon water with honey.

Blood Clots

• Drink lemon water from a whole lemon during air travel every 5 hours if you're prone to blood clots. Consuming lemon water quickly increases your circulation, which prevents your blood from clotting.