檸檬養腎法

善用檸檬，對腎臟尤其好處多多，同時還可強化肝臟：

1.溫檸檬汁保養腎臟　
每日起床後鮮榨一個檸檬，加入一杯200CC溫開水調和（可加少許天然海鹽、口感更 滑潤順口），空腹慢慢喝下，可以清潔腎臟，也可通大小便。

2.檸檬汁排腎結石　
將12個新鮮檸檬榨汁（要喝之前再榨汁、現榨現喝），加入適量溫開水　調和（可加少許天然海鹽、口感更滑潤順口），連續喝七天（一天一打檸檬喝7天、其餘飲食照舊）。細小的砂石就會由尿道排出。排出的時候，會有刺痛的感覺；如果腎結石很大，已經造成發炎疼痛，可以喝小紅莓汁來消炎止痛。

腎臟是身體新陳代謝、排除廢物、排毒的重要器官。全身的血液每小時經過腎臟二十次，血液裡新陳代謝的廢物透過腎臟過濾變成尿、排出體外。腎臟功能失調會引起腰酸背痛、水腫、血液中有尿毒、高血壓、尿道發炎、疲倦、失眠、耳鳴、脫髮、視力模糊、反應遲鈍、情緒低落、恐懼。

任何進入身體的飲料、食物、空氣和情緒壓力所產生的毒素都會經過腎臟，如果污染物質太多，造成腎臟負擔太重，短期也許會出現阻塞、發炎現象，長期則有結石、功能衰退、血液不乾淨等各種毛病，最嚴重情況要靠人工洗腎清除血液污染，不然會有生命危險。

腎的日常保養
「預防勝於治療」。注意保健，避免對腎臟的傷害才是上上之策。造成腎臟失調的主要原因有下：

1. 食用過多的動物夆玟J白質食物，產生過多尿酸，讓腎臟工作過量。
   
2. 工作過勞，壓力太大，沒有充分的休閒。
   
3. 服用西藥，如消炎止痛藥、抗生素等。
   
4. 環境污染：水源、土壤、空氣、噪音。
   
5. 飲用酒、咖啡、汽水、冰冷飲料過多。
   
6. 潮濕寒冷的天氣。

要保護腎臟就要減少以上的傷害，多喝水，多吃/喝漿果類--如草莓、蔓越莓（cranberry小紅莓）、藍莓、覆盆子（raspberry）、西瓜、檸檬等水果/汁，攝取植物性蛋白質，規律運動，清淡的天然飲食，充分的休息，開朗的心情，避免腰部受寒，常用手擦熱按摩腰部，達到強腎的功效。

Lemon Water - Alkalising Superstar

I saw a documentary on TV last week, saying that an acid body is a magnet for sickness & disease, especially for cancer and aging. It's proof in Japan & Korea that patients who suffer from cancer are all with acidic body.

Eating more alkaline foods helps shift your body's pH and oxygenate your system. Alkaline foods keep your body healthy and functioning correctly, preventing cancer.

During late 1940's Japanese scientists found that electrically ionized alkaline water can help to improve Gastric Hyperacidity and other primarily digestive conditions. Instead of paying a lot of money purchasing expnsive ionized alkaline water machine, we can simply drink lemon water, which can easily provide the same effect. Although lemon taste sour, it actually have an alkalizing effect in your body. The beauty of lemon water is that it is tasty, refreshing and best of all, alkalising. The lemon juice raises the alkalinity of the water so even with standard tap water you can make your drink pH neutral.

pH Balance:
The pH scale is from 0 to 14, with numbers below 7 acidic (low on oxygen) and numbers above 7 alkaline. The blood, lymph and cerebral spinal fluid in the human body are designed to be slightly alkaline at a pH of 7.4. At a pH slightly above 7.4 cancer cells become dormant and at pH 8.5 cancer cells will die while healthy cells will live. A balanced diet helps to maintain the pH balance of the blood.

Meat - Fish - Eggs we ate everyday are strongly acidic food.

So What Are the Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water?

Apart from being an amazing body alkalizer/alkaliser, lemon water also gives the following health benefits:

• Lemons are antiseptic
• Lemon water has excellent digestive properties and can ease heartburn, bloating and other digestion problems
• Lemon water cleanses and stimulates the liver and kidneys
• Lemon juice contains calcium, magnesium and potassium
• Lemon juice has been known to relieve asthma
• Lemon juice is a great skin cleanser
• Lemon offers relief from cold and flu symptoms while providing some much needed Vitamin C
• Chinese people put lemon & ginger in boiled coke when they have cold and flu symptoms, it sooth the body well.

So if you do not do anything else - start every single day with a glass of lovely lemon water! I put 2 slices of lemon into room temperature drinking water everyday now :)

* DO NOT ADD SYRUP / SUGAR - lemon with sugar / sweet will become acidic.

** WASH the lemons throughly before soaking it into water, to prevent excess pesticides and chemicals, unless you are sure that your lemons are 100% organic.