Is a lemon a fruit, how many grams per day can it be eaten and how to apply?

Lemon contains a storehouse of various substances, which makes this fruit indispensable in everyday life, cooking and medicine. Its use can be beneficial, and can bring trouble. Therefore, it is very important to use the valuable qualities that are endowed with lemon.

Most often you can hear that a lemon is a fruit. Everyone is accustomed to this, and among people who do not have knowledge in botany, there is no question - the berry is a fruit or vegetable. From a formal point of view, a lemon is a berry, like all citrus fruits. However, botanists, through their fingers, look at the habit of people calling lemons fruit — and this is not a matter of definition, but of benefit to humans.

The lemon plant itself is a fruit tree, capable of growing up to eight meters in height. The place of its "habitat" are regions with a tropical and subtropical climate. It can be found in China, India, the Mediterranean, America and the Caucasus.

Today in the apartments you can find even orange lemon. This is a hybrid of a lemon with an orange, derived by a specialist by the name of Meyer. As for the characteristics of this wonder, outside the hybrid looks more like an orange, and inside it is orange, not yellow. But to taste it is lemon, although sweeter than real. It has less acid than usual, but fructose is 10% more.

Meier's fruit weighs about 100 grams. Like an ordinary lemon, this hybrid contains a huge amount of vitamin C.

As for the present lemon, in its chemical composition it is very rich.

Among the main components are the following elements:

• vitamins;
• macro- and microelements;
• organic acids;
• carbohydrates;
• squirrels;
• fats.

Lemon belongs to low-calorie foods and contains only 29 kilocalories per 100 grams. Moreover, one fruit contains one third of the daily requirement of vitamin C. The amount of sugar per 100 grams is about 3 grams (it all depends on the type and size of the fruit). The taste of this sugar is almost not felt. Therefore, the lemon according to the "data" of human receptors is so sour.

The paradox is that despite the high content of acid, this product helps to reduce the level of acidity in the human body caused by certain factors, and to normalize the ph values ​​in the blood. Balanced acid-base balance is a sign of good health.

Lemon refers to products whose consumption requires careful attention. The high acid content makes it dangerous to the gastrointestinal tract, especially if you eat such food in unlimited quantities every day, and even more so on an empty stomach.

Considering that every person has an individual acidity, it cannot be said that a certain amount of lemon a day is plenty, and such and such is not enough. Although the juice of three fruits is an acid in a concentrated form. If it is consumed at a time, burns to the mucous membrane will be provided, and with it the ulcer.

In any case, lemon should be eaten only after the main courses in small lobules. If one of them suddenly becomes "superfluous", it is better to limit the amount in accordance with the sensations.

Many perceive lemon as a remedy. For others, its use is taboo. It all depends on the disease. Some of them can be cured with these fruits, others can be aggravated, since the same properties of fruits can be both harmful and beneficial.

The list of diseases that are treated with lemon is long:

• stress;
• constipation;
• skin and fungal diseases;
• kidney and liver disease;
• tuberculosis;
• gastritis (with low acidity);
• rheumatism;
• swelling;
• female diseases;
• malaria;
• gout.

So, with gout, characterized by excessive amounts of uric acid and salts in the body, lemon counteracts the formation of salt deposits and neutralizes the acid.

In addition, the substances included in its composition, effective for strengthening the immune system, lower body temperature., have a beneficial effect on the work of the cardiovascular system, relieve headaches, normalize digestion. Lemon thins blood, which may just be necessary for certain diseases, removes toxins from the body, is effectively taken with parasites, kills more than a dozen harmful bacteria.

Lemon can be saved if there is no time to sleep. The use of one fruit per day (or its juice) significantly reduces the need for sleep. Also included in the diet citrus improves mood, removes the need for food. Because of this, with him it is easier to hang out to dinner or dinner without wanting to have something to eat.

There are specific situations in which the use of lemon is unacceptable:

• allergy;
• inflammation in the throat - in such a situation, taking citrus can cause burns to the mucous membrane;
• excessive acidity;
• chronic gastritis;
• ulcer;
• pancreatitis.

When buying lemons, be guided not so much by the rich yellow color as by the gloss and uniformity of the skin. If the fruit has brown spots, then most likely the fruit was frostbite. When squeezed, the lemon must be elastic and dense enough, which will mean that it is ripe and juicy.

A soft malleable lemon speaks of its over-ripeness, even if it turns out to be not rotten inside, it’s all the same, most of its useful properties will not be of the best quality. The hard, hard and greenish fruit is immature. It is better not to eat it at once, but to put it in a warm place for ripening.

To keep lemons in good quality for a long time after purchase, you need to follow a number of rules:

1. Fruits must be removed from the packaging in which they were packed for sale, otherwise the fruit will begin to deteriorate after a couple of days;
2. on the kitchen table an uncut lemon can lie for a couple of weeks, and a cut one can last only a week; if they are not used during this time, they will wither or start to become covered with mold;
3. slices are successfully stored in a refrigerator for two weeks if their pulp is in sugar or salt.

Storage options for lemons and more time at home are varied. Fruits can be washed, dried and "locked in storage tanks." That, in turn, put in the drawer of the refrigerator.

Some keep lemons in water (in the fridge). So fruits remain juicy. But it is convenient only when they are used daily. Fluid will also have to be updated systematically.

Some lemons are kept in the sand and taken out as needed. You can put them in sawdust, but each has to be wrapped also in paper.

You can save sliced ​​lemons. To do this, they are turned into slices and poured with sugar. The thickness of the slices should not be more than five millimeters. Per kilogram of fruit is taken as much sugar.

You can also make citrus from harvesting for further use. Then the fruit, along with the crusts scroll in a meat grinder and in a ratio of one to one mixed with sugar.

In the case of both slices and a homogeneous mass, the lemons are placed in a jar.

A good way is to keep the fruit frozen. Nutrients from the fruit while not going anywhere.

Lemons should be washed, cut into slices or circles and placed on a cutting board (or some other convenient kitchen utensils), covered with baking paper. Individual slices should not touch.Then put them in the freezer for about three hours, after that, already solid, put in a convenient container. And already in the “permanent packaging” they are saved for twelve months, reaching as needed. The taste of this product is no worse than that of fresh fruit.

Some housewives prefer to immediately divide the lemon into separate components. Sometimes it is more convenient and speeds up the process of cooking. Zest is removed from the fruit so as not to touch the white layer. All cut can be frozen immediately, and then used for baking, cooking sauces and other things.

From the "naked" lemons squeeze out the liquid, spread it in molds and put it in a freeze. In a standard cell for ice the tablespoon of juice is located. It is used for the manufacture of therapeutic agents, they complement tea, fill salads and so on.

If you do not use a refrigerator for storing citrus fruits, then you can take wax and rub fruits on all sides with it so that access of oxygen to the fruit crust is limited. So they will not spoil.

You can also pickle lemons. Such salty preparations will be useful for fish and meat dishes. To prepare citrus fruits for storage in this form, take a liter jar, sterilize it.

6-8 lemons wash well, cut them from the top and bottom, make deep cuts on the flesh, cover them with half a tablespoon of salt and lay them in the prepared container. On top of the jar poured another spoonful of salt.

In her lemons should be tightly to each other, to squeeze out of them the juice. When he completely covers the fruit, the jar can be rolled up, put away in a cold place for a week, shaking every day to achieve a uniform distribution of salt. After that, lemons can be stored for six months.

Also, the lemon is stored in dried form. Dry it with an electric dryer. Washed fruits with dried skin are cut in wide circles (thin ones can be drained so that no juice is left in them). In the course extracted from the lemon bones. The resulting pieces are put on a grid of electric dryers in a single layer without mutual contact. They can be sprinkled with sugar. Then, when dried, they will get a sweet taste. Dry them for about fifteen minutes. After that, put in a convenient container. You can use the product as needed.

Lemon scopes are very extensive.

Modern cuisine is simply impossible to imagine without lemon. Chicken meat, for example, acquires a special taste with it. You can take a kilo and a half of chicken thighs or wings, one lemon and rosemary (can be dried), a couple of teaspoons of olive oil, salt and ground black pepper.

Cut lemon into narrow strips. The temperature in the oven to bring to 200 degrees. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

Pour oil into a deep pan and put it on medium heat. When the oil becomes hot, add pieces of chicken to the tank and fry until golden brown (usually ten minutes to fry on both sides). Then send lemon slices to the pan, pour rosemary and keep the pan on the fire for another two minutes, turning the pieces.

After that, place the fried chicken pieces on a baking sheet and bake for about twenty minutes.

With lemon you can cook a delicious salad of fresh cucumbers. Have to take:

• cucumbers - 2 pieces;
• cherry tomatoes - 1 bowl;
• Bulgarian yellow pepper - ½ fruit;
• chopped parsley - 3 tablespoons;
• lemon juice - 2 tablespoons;
• lemon zest - 1 tablespoon;
• vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
• salt and pepper;
• White wine vinegar - a teaspoon.

Cucumber cut into rings, tomatoes - in size, which is most preferable. Pepper - small squares. Mix everything, add parsley. Separately mix the juice and lemon zest, vinegar, oil, salt and pepper. Pour this mixture over the vegetables, mix everything. The dish is ready.

In the heat you can make kvass using such citrus.The drink looks like carbonated lemonade. Only gas in it does not come from mineral water, but from yeast.

For the manufacture of homemade kvass need to take:

• 2 lemons;
• a glass of sugar;
• 15 grams of raw yeast;
• a tablespoon of raisins;
• 4 mint bushes;
• 2.8 liters of water.

Wash mint with lemons. Cut the lemon into slices and put in a three-liter jar, send the washed raisins, broken mint twigs. Pour sugar. Pour the boiling water, not reaching the neck of the jars so that the contents do not get out during the fermentation. In the liquid cooled to 50 degrees, throw the yeast. They should dissolve completely. It remains to wait 24 hours.

Now you need to filter brew. It can be bottled or sent to another can. The finished product is placed in the refrigerator. It can be stored for five days.

With the use of lemon it is good to make drinks “for a beautiful figure” You can make tea with cinnamon, honey and lemon. Take a teaspoon of cinnamon and honey, half a yellow fruit, a glass of boiled water. To begin with, cinnamon is poured with hot water, waiting and adding the other components. Honey is sent there last, so that it does not lose its valuable qualities.

Habitual yellow fruit, people have found use for the treatment of various ailments.

If you systematically drink water with lemon juice, you can reduce pressure, contribute to the fight for the health of the kidneys, remove toxins from the body. Proper use of such an agent on an empty stomach contributes to a decrease in gastric acidity. When honey is added to acidic water, a drink is obtained with a high content of microelements and vitamins.

To get rid of worms will be enough of one lemon. It is cut into pieces and ground. What happened, pour a glass of boiling water. When the liquid has cooled slightly, add a teaspoon of honey and insist two hours. After that filter. Liquid drink before bedtime.

For the treatment of rheumatism, four citrus fruits with garlic are crushed into one mass (3 heads). Pour all this with a liter of boiled water (about a hundred degrees) and leave for a day. Filter and drink 50 grams three times a day before meals.

To cure a cold, a whole citrus should be doused with boiling water, chased through a meat grinder. Combine this mass with soft butter (one hundred grams) and honey (a tablespoon). Such "food", spread on bread, serves to prevent seasonal diseases. It should be taken at least six times during the day.

A good helper for sores in the cold season will be tea with lemon and ginger. Both are cut into pieces, poured boiling water and kept in a water bath for five minutes. Take hot.

To overcome a sore throat, you need to squeeze out the liquid contents of a lemon (one quarter of the fruit is enough), add two thirds of a glass of water and gargle in an hour. Such procedures should be carried out within two days.

If it came to bronchitis, the liquid squeezed out of three yellow fruits should be mixed with horseradish, ground on a grater (50 grams). What happened is a teaspoon three times a day. No other food or drink is needed.

To make it easier for angina, in the juice of one citrus add zhyzhitsu, squeezed from the leaves of aloe (two leaves will be enough) and a pound of honey. The tool is placed in a jar and cleaned in the refrigerator. Stand a week. Take a tablespoon three times a day (one hour before meals).

Hypertensive symptoms relieves remedy made from three lemons and five heads of garlic. They are placed in a jar, to the top filled with water. After a couple of days, when the components rise and then drop again, you can take half a cup of money in the morning.

If your head aches, it makes sense to dilute lemon juice in water, make a compress with this liquid and apply it to your forehead.

As a sedative use infusion of lemon peel, filled with vodka. For one part of the lemon you need to take ten vodka. Take a few drops at night.

For emotional causes of tachycardia, this medicine is useful. Grind 0.5 kg of lemons, mix this mass with the same amount of honey and crushed apricot kernels (20 pieces). Take on an empty stomach in the morning and evening on a tablespoon.

Lemon solves a variety of domestic problems. It is, for example, an excellent amplifier of laundry detergent, removing stubborn stains.

If the house was attacked by ants, a little bit of lemon juice can be applied to the threshold and other possible routes of entry of insects. You can wash the floors, squeezing a little of the contents of the fruit into the water. This will scare away small uninvited guests.

To chrome or brass elements of furniture and other things in the house sparkled, you should create a mixture based on salt and sour juice. Apply this paste to problem areas and rinse with water.

Ordinary lemon can be replaced by expensive bleach for clothes. Before washing things with stains need to hold in water with the addition of soda and lemon juice. Clothes after the washing machine will be as good as new.

You can also arm yourself with lemon to make an air freshener. Three or four teaspoons of juice, squeezed out of it and poured into the water, fill the air with fresh aroma. At the same time doubtful synthetic means will not be useful.

If a strange smell appeared in the refrigerator, you can wet a cotton pad with lemon juice and put it in the corner of the refrigerator. After a few hours, the problem will be solved.

Citrus fruit is useful if there is no detergent for dishes. The greasy surface can be treated with a slice of lemon, which has been in salt. Then rinse dishes and repeat processing. After that, wipe with a paper towel.

Alcohol in combination with lemon juice is getting rid of green spots. So you need to moisten a cotton pad and rub the green place on the skin.

If there is a holiday in the house or some other event with food intake, and there are sliced ​​apples on the table waiting for the guests so that they do not darken and not lose their elegant appearance, in places of slices they should be smeared with a small amount of fresh lemon juice.

If scale is formed in the kettle, citrus should be cut into slices, put inside, pour water and turn it on. After boiling leave for an hour. Then pour the acidic water and rinse the vessel. This method of dealing with scale is suitable for any dummies.

Lemon-based acidic water removes dirt from inside the microwave well. To achieve the effect, the liquid from the lemon must be squeezed out into a deep plate suitable for such an oven, pour a glass of water into this container and turn on the device for five minutes at high power. After that, the condensate formed on the walls will remain to be wiped off with a wet rag along with residual dirt.

A half of citrus will eliminate the sharp smell of the cutting board, on which they cut fish, garlic, onions or other products with a pungent aroma. After lemon treatment, the board should be left for five minutes and then rinsed thoroughly.

Lemon helps with mosquito cloves. This is a natural remedy for flying bloodsucking. In the store with spices you need to buy dried cloves. According to the recipe, the citrus fruit should be divided in half, and a dry clove should be inserted into the pulp and skin. Lemon essential oils will come out of the punctures, and the combination with the smell of spices will create an unbearable atmosphere for small annoying pushers. Such a repellent can be put on a bedside table near the bed and not worry that mosquitoes bite during sleep.

According to reviews of those who used such a method in the struggle for peace, it is not required to use too many carnations. Just as it is not necessary to take for this business half of the fruit of citrus. A slice will be quite enough.

At the same time, experience shows that such a mosquito repellent is effective only in the house. Outside, the smell dissipates and the effect disappears.

Most people do not treat lemon as a food, but as a medicine. It is used during illness or avitaminosis. Also, this healing citrus fruit can be successfully applied in cosmetology. The best natural medicine to maintain beauty can not be found. Our great-grandmothers also used lemon for cosmetic purposes.

Below are some tips for skin use:

• In the summer heat can wipe your face with a slice of lemon It has deodorizing properties, will refresh the skin of the face, make it more elastic and help get rid of inflammation.
• No more effective means to lighten freckles and age spots on the face of the face, than sour yellow citrus juice. It is necessary to squeeze half a lemon into a plate and moisten gauze in the resulting liquid. Put it on the skin of the face and hold for 15 minutes. Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes. After that you should wash your skin with warm running water. This procedure should be done 2 times a week.
• To keep your skin young and toned, you need to wipe your face every morning with an ice cube, which will include a decoction of chamomile drug with the addition of lemon juice. Make a herbal infusion, pour into molds and put in the freezer. The resulting ice cubes wipe the face, neck and décolleté.

Lemon can help in the care of any part of the body.

• After using sulfate-free shampoos, the hair needs a conditioner. The best option to give your hair a healthy shine and ease combing - rinse hair with lemon water. Pour a liter of clean water into the jar and add a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice, and if you don’t have it at hand, you can use citric acid. Pour the hair with the resulting solution and see how it comes to life.
• To strengthen exfoliating fragile fingernails, you need to cut a whole lemon into two equal halves. Stick in one half the fingers of the right hand, on the first phalanx, so that the nails are completely immersed in the pulp of the lemon, and in the second half - the fingers of the left hand. Keep need at least 15 minutes. After, wash your hands with warm water and lubricate with a nourishing cream. To carry out this procedure is every 3 days, during the month, it will strengthen the nails, fill them with force. Possible easy whitening effect of the nail plate.
• You can also do it yourself firming wax for brittle nails and dry cuticle. You will need a small storage container, apricot kernel oil, shea butter, candelilla wax and rice bran, Spanish essential lemon oil. All these ingredients you can buy at the pharmacy or order online. You get a thick homogeneous paste, which you need to rub into the nail plate, the visible result will appear after the first application.
• Lemon is known for its effective whitening properties. Tooth whitening You can brush your teeth with a slice of lemon or squeeze a few drops of juice on the toothpaste. Gently and gently brush your teeth for a couple of minutes, and then thoroughly rinse the mouth with warm water, as residues of lemon juice can injure the tooth enamel.
• Lemon essential oil accelerates healing of cracked skin on the palms and soles of the feet, It has deodorizing effects on sweating feet.

Lemon produces an essential oil that is unique in its composition and properties. The tool can be used not only in cosmetology, but also in aromatherapy.

Here are the main properties of a pleasant aroma:

• has a positive effect on the nervous system;
• improves brain function;
• relieves nervous tension and overwork;
• increases concentration and performance;
• helps get rid of depression and anxiety;
• helps with viral diseases and during the cold season.

Pour a couple of tablespoons of pure water into the aroma lamp, and depending on the size of the living room, add 3 to 7 drops of lemon essential oil. Without water, the oil in the lamp cannot be ignited, otherwise it will catch fire. Light a candle in the lamp. Close the windows, take a comfortable position, relax and breathe the mixture. It is necessary to spend therapy with essential oils no more than 20 minutes.

Lemon essential oil goes well with other citrus oils:

• orange;
• Mandarin;
• grapefruit;
• bergamot;
• Litsei Kubeba.

Also a good combination of lemon oil with coniferous oils:

• ate;
• fir;
• pines;
• juniper;
• Himalayan cedar.

And with oils derived from mint plants:

• mint curly;
• peppermint;
• eucalyptus;
• menthol.

Combine these oils in the proportions that you like and use healthy treatments for the benefit of your body.

We have seen how much lemon is a valuable healthy fruit that helps people look great and feel better. It is more often to include it in your diet, then beauty, strong iron health and strong immunity will not take long to wait.

For more information about the benefits and harm of lemons, as well as how to choose them correctly, see the following video.