Lemon Benefits

Lemons contain a large amount of vitamin C, the amazing bitter yet sweet taste gives your body the nutrients it needs. Lemon water is a great way to start your morning diet and give the body the hydration it needs. Add some lemon slices to your water and drink while on the go! Lemons have been proven to support your heart, prevent kidney stones, protect your body against anemia and reduce the risk of cancer It Can Improve Digestive Health ​ Being properly hydrated is essential for keeping your digestive system healthy. Dehydration can cause constipation, a common problem in children, pregnant women, and the elderly. ​ Adequate fluid intake is essential for keeping stools soft and preventing constipation. Drinking honey lemon water may help ease constipation by hydrating your body. ​ Flavored beverages like honey lemon water can be especially helpful for hydrating children who do not like to drink plain water. Some research suggests that raw honey may have a beneficial effect on the friendly gut bacteria that help keep your digestive system healthy and in balance. ​ For example, one study found that mice who were supplemented with raw honey had increased amounts of the beneficial bacteria Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus, Popular Health Claims That Are Not Backed by Science While drinking honey lemon water may provide a few benefits, many claims about this drink have no scientific evidence to back them. Flushes out toxins: No scientific evidence supports using honey lemon water to rid the body of toxins. Your body effectively detoxifies itself using the skin, intestines, kidneys, liver, and respiratory and immune systems. Improves acne: Honey is beneficial when applied directly to the skin, but there is no evidence that drinking honey lemon water can help prevent or treat acne. In fact, added sugar intake from honey can make acne worse. Melts fat: The popular claim that honey lemon water “melts fat” is false. The best way to lose excess body fat is by eating a healthy, well-rounded diet and increasing the number of calories that you burn. Boosts cognitive performance: Some people claim that drinking honey lemon water can improve memory or boost brain function. However, there is no scientific evidence to back such claims. -Healthline

Appetite for Success

When our bodies go without food or water, there is a certain part of our brain called the “hypothalamus” that tells the brain it is time to eat and hydrate ourselves. It's our body’s natural ability to remind us that we need food. In fact, our brain and body are working as a team to keep each other functioning. I want you to take care of your appetite for success like your body would if it were hungry. In life, we do not view success, happiness, and wealth as a necessity but in reality, it should be treated the same. If more people took their careers, life, and money as seriously as our brains did when our bodies needed to eat, there would never be an epidemic of poverty! Learn to feed your appetite for success and happiness as you would feed your body when it tells you that it's hungry. ​ Written by Shikoma M. ​

Plant-Based Love

It started with being addicted to using my mother’s Vitamix for green smoothies full of celery, kale, romaine, lemons, apples, pears, and ginger. I began to see the world completely different than how I was used to seeing it. So much life surrounds us on this planet.

All of the beautiful and miraculous fruits and vegetables that grow here on this planet are here to heal us. My love for this planet for being nurturing blossomed and filled my heart. My skin started to get better but I was still eating small amounts of dairy and seafood at the time

It wasn’t until 2 years later that I decided to become plant-based. My Skin gradually started to really heal. I’m human so I’ve had my fair share of reverting back to dairy or seafood because those were the toughest to let go of. The only thing that truly helped was going out of my way to research animal agriculture and the effects on the planet and me.

70 billion animals are produced each year slaughtered and killed. 1/3 of grain production goes toward feeding livestock (even though people still die of starvation) and so does 16% of fresh water available (even though there are still places with no access to clean water).

14.5% of all the carbon dioxide that is emitted in the atmosphere is a by-product of animal agriculture. We collectively have so many problems that snowball into bigger problems. “More is better” is killing our planet but the choices we make and the understanding we have of the importance of awareness living in this day and age can help tremendously.

If love was a plant it would be the biggest and strongest tree that ever grew. It would reap the fruit of awareness, compassion, the realization of cause and effect, and positive choice. I’m not saying that people SHOULD adopt this lifestyle overnight-because it would be impossible. It’s all about taking that first step and sticking with it. It’s all about plant-based love.

Written by Jessie Marion

https://www.iamjessielove.com/