Start Your Day the Citrus Way
Here at the Lion Potter our mornings go something like this.
Slowly but surely everyone rolls out of bed. It shouldn’t really be that
difficult to wake up to “breakfast is served!” but a morning is still a morning
after all. We gather around the table and acclimate to the day over coffee and
eggs. Usually no one is loud. Hopefully, no one is rowdy.
We are all familiar with the hardship of morning. Wake up
wrong and the whole day is shot. Someone mentions we “woke up on the wrong side
of the bed” and our attitude for the rest of the day has been shifted that way
as well.
Sometimes that veil of grogginess from the morning lasts all
day. Many days we’re ready for a nap by noon. Unfortunately, there is no
fix-all solution. From our kitchen to yours, however, we send a little wisdom
for your ante-meridiem. This method will at least improve your chances of a
more productive day. It certainly will aid the journey to a healthy, grateful
body.
The not-so-confidential secret?
Lemon juice.
How do we use it?
Juice half of a lemon into your favorite morning mug
and add boiling water. It may be a little sour but it sure will make you sweet!
Why does it help?
There are enzymes from your stomach and
enzymes from your liver, both spinning opposite directions. When they meet,
they create friction, which in turn produces energy. The enzymes in fresh lemon
juice spin the same way as the enzymes from your liver. This helps increase
friction and ultimately provides your body with more energy.
Other helpful benefits of lemon water?
It is a natural
detox. Take lemon water in the morning to flush out your system and get your
gears in order. (Okay, we don’t have gears but it does wonders on your
liver!)
Some added wisdom:
If you are looking to cleanse with lemon
juice a better alternative to boiled tap water is steamed distilled water. Imagine
a person coming in to bail the water out of your basement but their bucket is
already a third of the way full. The job would go much quicker with an empty
bucket! The same goes for your body. If you use the steamed distilled or “hungry”
water, it works like an empty bucket, bailing out the toxins inside.
A little side note for any history lovers:
Ever
heard the rather derogatory term “Limeys” referring to the British? It first
came from sailors in the Royal Navy who would drink watered down limejuice in
their rum (called “grog”) to prevent scurvy. It didn’t help them much, however,
since the citrus has to be fresh to protect against the foul disease. Although
the right idea of using citrus was around for a while, it wasn’t until the
chairman of the Royal Navy’s “Sick and Hurt Board”, Gilbert Blane, implemented
the use of fresh citrus that the
health of sailors notably increased. This health advantage may have helped them
win the battle of Trafalgar. Just drinking fresh lemon juice may have altered
the course of history, imagine what it can do for your day!
