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Sep

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Written by Elements4Health

Excellent reasons why to add a lime at your next meal time:

Limes are best known for preventing scurvy on ships.
Sweet limes don’t contain citric acid content.
Sour limes contain both a higher sugar level and citric acid content than their close cousin the lemon.
Limes are an excellent source of vitamin C, vitamin B6, potassium, folic acid and flavonoids.
Limes are also associated with reducing cholesterol.
Tests of both animal and human cells have shown that citrus limonoids can help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach, and colon. Limonen works on the body to increase the levels of liver enzymes involved in detoxifying carcinogens.
High acid levels in limejuice are very effective in both inhibiting the growth of and killing cholera in food.
Lime extract has been shown to be effective as a mosquito repellent for up to three hours.

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