We all know that lemons offer various nutrients and health benefits such as; Vitamin C and fibre, whilst promoting good digestive health. After all lemon slices seem to be a garnish in many drink and food plates.
But what about their seeds? Lemon seeds have high nutritional value and are a rich source of minerals and vitamins, such as iron, zinc, copper, calcium, potassium and manganese. They also contain phytonutrients that have various benefits for our health. Red lemons also contain essential oils such as limonene and beta- ocimene in their seeds.
Lemon seeds are edible, so you can get away with eating two or three in your lemonade and be alright. To reap the lemon seeds benefits, some people purposely add them to smoothies or grind them up to ingest orally. In any case, lemon seeds are safe to eat and have no negative effects on your health.
Chewing a maximum of 3 lemon seeds or crushing a teaspoonful of them, then boiling them in water or milk is the best way to consume lemon seeds. Avoid swallowing whole lemon seeds. You will inject them in your stool, whole as you consumed them.
Here some benefits of lemon seeds you probably do not know about:
Prevent candidiasis
One of the health benefits of lemon seeds is the ability to prevent candidiasis. Candidiasis is a fungal infection in the digestive tract which normally manifests on the skin as well.
Relieves pain
Lemon seed oil has been found to have an analgesic effect by affecting the part of the brain that regulates pain; thus indicating the use of lemon seeds as a pain reliever.
Eliminate threadworm
It is common for children to become infected with worms. Threadworm not only harms the digestive tract of babies but children’s growth.
Simply crush some lemon seeds and boil them in water or milk. Give it to the kids and be sure that the threadworm will stomp off the bowel quickly.
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