Having trouble with constipation? I’ll be honest, every once and a while I’ll notice that my gut seems to be forgetting about getting rid of all the food I’ve been eating. It is not a very comfortable feeling.
Even though I take a bunch of nutrition supplements, usually they make me feel bloated and don’t really help with the problem. Then one day I started craving lemonade; lemonade with REAL LEMONS. So because of my cravings and no other reason really I started making my own lemonade with the following ingredients:
Pure filtered water, ice, lemon juice (squeezed from a lemon), sugar.
Perfect! The lemonade satisfied my cravings and gave my morning routine a little bounce. Then I noticed something interesting, after drinking the lemonade consistently (every day) for 5 to 7 days suddenly all of the waste that had accumulated in my gut just left my body. It felt great! I was so shocked. So I was curious and began researching if lemonade may actually help with gut health.
Some natural blogs and natural health experts claim that lemon juice can help with all kinds of ailments and improve digestive health. Other sites set out to disprove this claim. So it looks like it really depends on the health profile of the individual and if you notice a difference or not.
In my opinion, I personally noticed a big difference in gut health when drinking lemon juice from a lemon consistently over a several day period. I think the important thing is to distinguish between natural lemonade from real lemons and drink products marketed as lemonade with other ingredients in them.
Let’s look at the ingredients in Minute Maid lemonade for example. The “healthy” version of minute maid lemonade ingredients looks like this:
PURE FILTERED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, LEMON PULP, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR.
Do you notice the high fructose corn syrup? I don’t think that can be good for gut health! Instead of opting for a version of lemonade with added ingredients I just try drinking lemon juice from a real lemon in whatever form or fashion you enjoy, whether that be with warm water or cold water and a hint of sugar.
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