Drink - Lemon water with salt, sugar, honey or plain.
Eat - Lemon wth food, salad or just like that with salt & pepper but remember it should be consumed uncooked. The moment you heat or cook lemon the labile ' Vitamin C ' will loose its potency. Everybody is aware of the fact - Lemon (Ascorbic acid) is a concentrated source of natural ' Vitamin C '.

Now what does ' Vitamin C ' do to the body :

1. It is a potent oxidant. It oxidises the by products (so called toxins) formed because of pollution, smoking, drinking, vigorous streneous exercises and changes into harmless chemicals which are flushed through the system by the kidney.
2. As ' Vitamin C ' is a water soluble vitamin if taken as "Lemon Water - Nimboo Pani" it has double function.
   • Firstly, ' Vitamin C ' detoxicates the harmful substances present in the body.
   • Secondly, water being the natural diuretics, flushes system clean.
3. Its presence improves absorption of iron from intestine and helps in storage of iron in bone-narrow, spleen, liver.
4. It is required for normal growth of body, in healing of wounds, bone fractures, tissue repair's etc.
5. It makes the skin glow as ' Vitamin C ' is necessary for maintainence of intercellular substance like COLLENGE.
6. It is necessary for the healthy gums and teeth.
7. For healthy growth of nails & hairs.
8. Increases resistance of the body against cold, allergy and other viral infections.

These are the few benefits of lemon if taken orally... now there are many more if applied locally. :-

1. As a natural oxidants helps in removing Sum-tanning, blemishes etc.
2. If mixed with cucumber-juice it's a natural astringent.
3. Rub lemon-peels on the areas (like elbow) which are hyperpigmented ; it helps in lightening the skin.
4. Mix it with luke-warm water and give a final rinse to your shampoo hair. It acts like a conditioner.
5. Lemon juice mix with hair oil, warm a little and apply on the scalp, it helps in getting rid of Dandruff.

Other sources of ' Vitamin C ' besides lemon is Guava, Amla etc.
So remember to drink, eat and apply LEMON - The Magic Fruit