These shiny yellow fruits have a multitude of uses for cooking, home-care, beauty and health. An A-Z of ailments in my new book, THE MIRACLE OF LEMONS, includes the traditional uses of lemons as well as examples of scientific studies. For example:
Anxiety: The urine of people with panic attacks is unusually acidic. This suggests the kidneys are trying to prevent a fall in the body’s normal alkalinity. A common reason for such a threat is an acid-producing diet based on too much grain, sugar and meat and not enough fruit and vegetables. Lemons in a healthy diet could help discourage anxiety because despite their acidity, they are metabolized to have an alkaline effect in the body.
Asthma: In 1931 a London doctor measured stomach acid levels in more than 200 children with asthma. Astonishingly, 9 percent had none, 48 percent a severe lack and 23 percent a slight lack. Research also points to a lack of stomach acid in many adults with asthma, which encourages the absorption of poorly digested protein that can sensitise airways. Low stomach acid is promoted by an acid-producing diet that’s low in fruit and vegetables. Lemons can help against this and also contain useful anti-inflammatory substances, such as quercetin, which have an antihistamine action.
Cancer: Lemons contain many anti-cancer substances, including flavonoids, coumarins, limonene, limonoids, glucaric acid and pectin. US researchers note that regular consumption of black tea is associated with a 40 per-cent reduction in skin-cancer risk, but when the black tea contains added lemon zest the protection becomes a 70 percent reduction or more. Another US study links a citrus-rich diet with a reduction in stomach-cancer risk. Lastly, early research supports the idea that an acid-producing diet encourages cancer.
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