Lemon juice is a drink made from lemons produced by squeezing fruits. It has a distinctive sour taste and a refreshing scent. Lemon juice is widely used in cooking, traditional medicine, and cosmetology.
Calorie Lemon Juice
Calorie lemon juice is 16 kcal per 100 grams of the product.
The composition of lemon juice
The chemical composition of lemon juice is extremely rich, it contains organic acids, pectic substances, volatile production, vitamins A, B1, B2, C (up to 85%), P, flavonoids and other beneficial substances.
Useful properties of lemon juice
Lemon juice contains a lot of potassium, the largest amount (of all fruits) of citrine, which in combination with ascorbic acid strengthens and makes the walls of small blood vessels elastic, actively participates in redox processes (like oranges, tangerines, grapefruits ).
Lemon juice reduces heat, removes toxins from the body, relieves cramps and spasms of the brain, lowers blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes, strengthens the immune system, tones, reduces fatigue and increases efficiency.
Lemon juice is used for fever: it is diluted with water and the body is wiped with this acidic solution several times a day. The juice is useful when coughing, it helps to cure even the most inveterate cough. Lemon juice has the ability to dissolve stones in the kidneys and bladder.
Lemon juice in its pure form is recommended to drink with avitaminosis or scurvy (chlorinator). In other cases, lemon juice is best diluted with water or mixed with other, more sweet, juices.
In Turkey and Bulgaria, the “elixir of youth” is popular: lemon juice mixed with honey and olive oil(2: 4: 1) - every teaspoon on an empty stomach is taken this mixture every day.
Lemon Juice Contra
Undiluted lemon juice undiluted is contraindicated in erosive gastritis, gastric ulcer and intestinal ulcers, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, enterocolitis, hepatitis, gallstone disease, as well as during pregnancy and individual intolerance to the product.
Lemon juice in cooking
Lemon juice is the most important ingredient for salad dressing and seasoning for fish and meat.