The benefits of frozen lemons
All citrus fruits, including lemons, are useful for the human body, since they contain a large amount of vitamins, macro- and microelements. But there is an opinion that they are useful only fresh, while canned and frozen fruits lose their properties. However, frozen lemon can also be used.
The benefits of frozen lemons
Frozen lemon properties
Frozen lemons have the same health benefits as fresh ones. Even after long-term freezing, they retain the following elements:
- potassium and calcium, which help regulate heart rate and strengthen bones;
- magnesium and copper, which have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system;
- vitamins A, B, C and P, which have a complex effect on the human body;
- alkaline elements that restore body functions, improve the work of the gallbladder;
- nitrogenous substances, which are a source of energy for the body;
- phytoncides and other biologically active substances that kill or inhibit the growth and development of bacteria in the body.
Doctors recommend using lemon along with the peel, because lemon peel contains 10 times more vitamin C than pulp and juice.
Ascorbic acid, also called vitamin C, is degraded by high temperatures, but retains when frozen. If you freeze a lemon, other vitamins in its composition lose 25% of their usefulness.
All trace elements of citrus are resistant to the conditions of the freezer, therefore they remain unchanged.
The benefits of frozen lemon
The benefits of frozen lemon include:
- restoration of digestive processes;
- bowel cleansing;
- a decrease in body temperature with colds;
- getting rid of sore throat with ARVI;
- strengthening and maintaining immunity;
- neutralization of stress and depression.
Fresh and frozen lemons are beneficial to health, thanks to the juice, which retains 90% of the substances after being stored in the freezer. Lemon juice contains vitamins and trace elements that destroy bacteria, prevent the multiplication of viruses, remove toxins from the blood, intestines, kidneys and liver. Ascorbic acid, which is part of the miracle juice, also kills cancer cells and prevents the formation of tumors.
Contraindications to the use of frozen lemon
Although frozen lemon is a natural product, in certain cases it should not be consumed. These include:
- the presence of an allergy to citrus: even frozen, this fruit is the strongest allergen;
- the presence of gastrointestinal diseases: ulcers, gastritis; citrus can exacerbate problems;
- the presence of hypertension: citrus juice is able to regulate the tension of the walls of blood vessels, which sometimes leads to an increase in blood pressure;
- inflammation of the pancreas: lemon juice stimulates the work of an important organ of the digestive system, and its enzymes, instead of dissolving food, begin to destroy the walls of the pancreas;
- breastfeeding period: babies in infancy have not yet formed the gastrointestinal tract, so substances that enter them through breast milk cause colic or other stomach problems.
Also, doctors do not recommend giving frozen citrus to children under 3 years old: before this age period, the gastrointestinal tract is in the process of formation. You cannot use it as an additional treatment for ARVI or colds in its raw form, but it is allowed to add it to tea.
Using frozen lemon
Frozen lemon can be treated
Frozen lemon is suitable for everyday consumption and for the treatment of certain diseases. In folk medicine, there are different recipes for preparing medicines from this fruit after freezing.
Features of freezing lemons
To freeze lemons at home, you must thoroughly wash the fruit (preferably with soap), rinse with boiling water or brush the peel with a toothbrush, then wipe it dry and place it in the freezer. Citruses are kept whole or grated. Lemons take up a lot of space when whole, but the advantage of this storage method is that when they are taken out of the freezer after a few weeks or months, they will look like they were just bought.
Grated lemon has all the same properties, retains all useful substances for several months. This storage option is more practical because lemon zest takes up little space in the freezer. It is used as a dietary supplement or medicine.
The peel is grated and then placed in a plastic bag, jar or ice cube trays. The pulp is frozen separately.
Eating options for lemons
It is possible to consume this fruit after freezing either separately, cut into slices and sprinkle with sugar, or drink tea with lemon, add lemon juice to water or to various dishes. The zest is also a good vitamin supplement to any dishes, giving them a pronounced taste and pleasant aroma. Lemon peel and lemon juice, which replaces salt, are beneficial for weight loss and help you lose weight even by 4 degrees of obesity.
This product has a greater effect on the body when combined with olive oil. This mixture can cleanse the liver if taken daily for a month. Frozen wedges or circles will be a decoration for cocktails or salads.
Lemon against oncology
Frozen lemons help with cancer. They contain components of plant origin that have an effect on metabolism. Lemon peel contains polymethoxy flavones, which destroy cancer cells in the digestive system. Other chemicals have a positive effect on blood vessels and blood, preventing the formation of tumors.
You cannot blindly believe that frozen lemons will save you from cancer, but such a product should be used to prevent cancer cell metastases. You cannot consider these citruses as a substitute for chemotherapy: they are suitable as an additional treatment. Their use helps to get rid of bacteria and infections that often attack a weakened body.
Using lemon peel
Lemon peel, in addition to other useful elements, contains a large amount of vitamin P and polysaccharide. Essential oil is made from the peel of lemons. Juice from the zest is extracted by pressing or processing. The product destroys viruses and bacteria, gives elasticity to blood vessels and lowers blood pressure.
Lemon components, even frozen, cannot harm the body if there are no contraindications to them.
Sometimes lemon trees during the period of fruit formation are treated with pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals that are fixed on the peel, so you cannot be sure that the use of the zest for medicinal purposes will not have a negative effect. Chemicals cannot be completely washed off the peel, even using special solutions.
Traditional methods of using frozen lemons
Lemon solution kills viruses
If lemons are frozen and grated, they make a good addition to traditional medicinal mixtures for constipation, heartburn and stomach problems. Of all the components of citrus, juice is especially widely used in folk medicine.
Water with lemon juice or zest
If lemon wedges are added to a hot drink, the ascorbic acid will begin to break down. It is better to add the juice to cold or slightly warm water: this will preserve all the nutrients. For 1 tbsp. water will need 20 ml of juice or 1 tbsp. l. zest. Try to drink the entire glass of water in the early morning before breakfast.
Lemon solution helps with diseases of the cardiovascular system, since it stimulates the heart, cleanses blood vessels and normalizes blood pressure. Also, these components have an anti-inflammatory effect, destroy microbes and viruses - it is useful to add juice to plain water for sore throat.
The liquid is especially useful for pregnant women, because ascorbic acid, vitamins and trace elements increase a woman's immunity, normalize the work of the heart and important glands, and promote the formation of brain cells in the embryo.
Hot water with lemon
Lemon in high temperature liquids is useful for problems with the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhoids, atherosclerosis with the formation of stones in the bladder. To prepare a solution, ½ part of lemon juice or 1 tbsp. l. the zest is added to 100 ml of water. This water is drunk before meals up to 3 times a day.
Olive oil juice
The combination of lemon juice and olive oil helps to remove toxins and liquid from the liver. To prepare the medicine, you will need 1 tbsp. l. juice and 1 tbsp. l. oils. This mixture should be drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. To completely cleanse the organ, the course of treatment should be 2 months, between which they take a break of 4 weeks.
Conclusion
Frozen lemons retain the same properties as fresh fruit. All their components: pulp, zest, juice - are used to treat diseases and prevent them, as well as as a food supplement.