Detox diet might among the new year’s resolution everyone is looking for and lemon detox diet might be an ideal one. I previously mentioned about a detox diet plan on this post. Here discussed about the foods ideal for having a detox diet, but no mentioned of the lemon.
On this post will discuss what is lemon detox diet and how it can help and benefit the body and make us feel good and healthy. This should be at least last for around 14-days.
Also, new year could a good start to have a healthy diet plan as we know most of our diets are somewhat being derailed. Perhaps due to a lot of eating during the thanks giving and the Christmas time.
However, being in a detox dieting, we should keep in mind that it is not recommended to eliminate food completely in the diet, as having a good and healthy diet doesn’t mean to go hungry. Don’t even eliminate food even for just a day. Choosing the right foods is the key to detoxification.
First off, when you’re going in to a detox dieting plan you need to avoid the 
“processed” and “packaged” foods. So, you have to bear this in mind not to eat foods of these type. The idea of having a body detoxification is to eliminate bad chemicals within our body and certainly, these type of foods should be eliminated as processed and packaged foods have preservatives which are not really good.
It’s not completely forbidden to eat these foods, but during the 14 day period of detoxification, it is must that you should not eat any of these foods. If you can do and continue it through the whole year, that is a very good new year’s resolution you could give as present to your body’s health.
Next, focus most of your nutrition in fresh fruits and vegetables, get the organic ones if you have the chance. Also, limit the consumption of meats like red meats as well as dairy products. For this period, mainly focus on eating fresh fruits and for vegetables, consume them in their raw form if you can, or you can steam or half-cook them.
The Lemon Detox Diet
And then, on top of those 2 mentioned above, this is where the lemon detox diet comes to play. Lemons have lots of healthy benefits which our body can take advantage of.
Having lemon water as part of the detox diet promotes good digestion as well as help the liver and kidney to function well. Ideally, 1 lemon a day can be incorporated in your daily diet plan during this period of detoxification, which is around 14 days.
What you can do with the lemon is you can put it in warm water and drink it. The recommended drinking is 1 glass in the morning and 1 glass in the evening. Do it for 14 day detoxification period. And as a recommendation, get those organic lemons as much as possible, if you can’t find those organic ones, that’s fine. With the organic lemons, you can put the peel in the water.
For non-organic lemons, just juice them up and disregard the peel. It would be better if you have a juicer to get most of the juice of the lemons and then put or mix it into warm water. Consume 1 glass in the morning or you can consume it throughout the day, sipping it in small portions and then drink the whole glass of warm water with lemon juice during the evening.
One note though, consume or drink the lemon water in warm temperature, never drink it ice cold or boiling hot. Just keep it warm when drinking.
The Benefits of Lemon Detox Diet
Drinking lemon water throughout the day is great and have health benefits, particularly in preventing kidney stones build up. There is a chemical content in lemon water which is effective in preventing kidney stones. It could actually increase the level of citrate in urine.
Citrate is kind of citric acid which lemon water contains naturally as well with other citrus fruits like oranges. According to “Nature Reviews:Urology”, citrate in lemons and other citrus fruits can inhibit kidney stones effectively and an increase citrate level within urine, which is actually an advantage. However, they mentioned that it is somewhat difficult to maintain such high level of citrate in urine.
Additionally, lemon water improves other internal organs such as liver as well as the whole digestive system.
Although, some dieticians do not recommend lemon detox diet as a long term diet plan, it is good to do it from time-to-time in a short period such 10-15 days.
There it is the lemon detox diet for all of us this new year. Hopefully, we can sustain our health and fitness through all the years and live a healthy lifestyle. Should you are not certain in doing this on your own, you can consult your dietician or nutritionist about the lemon detox diet.
