Oh, Good, BNLsMOM,

The lemon water is excellent for your liver, kidneys, and brain. Its benefit is firmly in the reduction of acidity, so you're safe there.

Raw vegetables are not likely the cause.

It's more likely one of your medications or a developing allergy to something like an atmospheric allergen. (I'm terribly allergic to atmospheric mold-- present outside and everywhere,-- no matter how carefully or diligently we clean our homes.) It causes itching at times. I take shots for it.

So can dust mites (also prevalent in all homes, no matter how carefully and even professionally one has her home cleaned.) This time of year with changing climate, falling leaves in massive numbers, moving into the dampness and coldness of fall and winter, mold allergy might be suspect.
Be sure you're changing your air-conditioner and furnace filters about once every month or so.

Do you have a good antihistamine that you might take--such as Zyrtec (10mg) or a prescribed antihistamine like Xyzal (5 mg)?--that one really knocks out the histaminic reaction, but a doctor must prescribe it. If an antihistamine (Zyrtec is an over-the-counter one) stops the itching, you can rely on a sensitivity to something--either an allergen in the atmosphere or a medication sensitivity.

I just feel (not think) that it may be an emerging medication allergy, but only your doctor should advise you regarding that.

You aren't allergic to citrus fruits, are you? Oranges? If you are sensitive to oranges you might be sensitive to lemons, but I rather doubt that this is what's happening. You would know long before now if you couldn't eat oranges.

Keep up the good diet thing and tell me how you get along.

Have a good upcoming Sunday.

Genetic