VALUE OF LEMONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21473, 22 April 1933, Page 18

VALUE OF LEMONS

AN AID TO HEALTH Lemons contain many of the essential vitamins which are lacking in much of the food we eat, states a dietetic expert. They contain stored-up sunshine partly because they are rich in vitamins and partly because they are grown under the "sunniest skies. They should be included in the daily diet. Children take them best in the form of lemonade, and they should be encouraged to drink it freely. Lemons, are beneficial in most diseases of the blood and malnutrition. They are alkaline in reaction, _ and do not cause acidity, as is sometimes thought. Their supposed bad effect in rheumatic and gouty conditions is due to the sugar which is sometimes added and not to the juice itself. Bilious subjects should try taking tne Juice of a lemon- unsweetened in a tumbler of hot water on rising, and if threatened with a bilious attack drink three,or four iumblers of hot water, to which the juice of a lemon has been added, during the day. The germs of influenza and colds may often be kept at bay if lemon juice is take it daily. It helps to increase the body's power of resistance. If a cold threatens, drink hot lemon juice freely. A dry, hacking cough is quickly relieved if a teaspoonful of equal parts of lemon and glycerine are taken when necessary. . , , ... Bruising, if the skm is unbroken, will often bo avoided after a fall or blow if the juice of a lemon is taken and a cold compress applied to the injured part.