This is "The Lemon Thing": squeeze 2 lemons into about 6 oz. of purified water; drink it. If you aren't better in 4 hours, repeat the process. That should improve your calmness inside very much. It may take one or two days of treatment, so give it that much of your time, please, for better feeling tone if it's going to work for you. Then, after that period, use it only occasionally as you feel the need to keep things calm within your being.

The theory behind this and why it works is this: body tissues and fluids build
up so much acidic conditions caused by our diets, and medications contribute to that because they all (including over-the-counter ones) leave an acidic ash (or residue) that the kidneys must eliminate for us. When we take medications 7 days per week, the kidneys can get an overload of acid to manage, and the lemon rectifies that by lowering the acid content of fluids and organs.

While the lemon is a citric acid fruit and tastes very bitter (as acids do) it is digested as one of the most alkaline foods we can ingest. It helps to keep the tissues, fluids, and organs slightly more on an alkaline side, which is a most desirable condition for those components of the system. The lemon is also excellent at detoxifying the liver.

This is not the same thing as maintaining a very narrow range of Ph for the system. That is controlled by the brain and alters only a minuscule amount no matter what we do. The fluids, tissues, and organs are another thing altogether.

In actuality, I believe the lime is more alkaline than the lemon, but I just prefer the lemon. Use whichever you feel more comfortable with if you want to try something to improve feeling tone by way of calmness.

Give it a couple of days to do its thing before you abandon the effort. It does work for some of us. There is no guarantee that it will work for you, but chances are it might if you have high acidity levels.

The following foods are high in acidic residue:

Milled grains (white flour)
All cheese
All milk products
Chocolate
Coffee
Tea and many others

Go online to http://www.acid-producingfoods.com and/or
http://www.Alkalineproducingfoods.com to learn which ones
create acids and which ones help to increase alkalinity of tissues and fluids.

Hope this helps. It should relieve acid conditions. Some use Alkaseltzer, and it might
help with acidic buildup, but it doesn't provide the detoxifying characteristics for the liver
and it is precluded for anyone with high blood pressure. The lemon won't affect that
condition, to my knowledge.

[Inedible]

In terms of taste I like to just put lemon juice from a bottle in a shotglass and drink it straight. Is the water really important? And do the lemons have to be fresh?

Originally Posted by Inedible

In terms of taste I like to just put lemon juice from a bottle in a shotglass and drink it straight. Is the water really important? And do the lemons have to be fresh?

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If your stomach can take the acid without rebellion, I think it should work.

Tap water has so many added chemicals to it. Purified water just gives you
the purity of what you're putting into your digestive system, that's all, but please
don't underestimate its benefit for your digestive system.

I would say it's best to use fresh lemons (or limes, since they are also highly alkaline when digested).

Are you talking about bottled lemon juice? I don't know about that one; I've never tried it, but I think bottling it may have some effect on its potency over time. You want the power of the lemon as fresh as you can get it, in my view. But you can always try it and see how it compares with the fresh fruit. If you don't get the effects you want, please go with the fresh lemon or lime for real relief.

I hope it works for you.

[allimsaying]

Thanks for the clarification over bottled or fresh. I was considering using bottled but now I see why it makes more sense to use a fresh lemon. Thanks for this Genetic.

[Yoda]

Can I drink lemonade instead?

[Inedible]

The sugar in lemonade is a problem and artificial sweeteners are worse.

Maybe you could mix lemon juice with water and sweeten with stevia? It doesn't taste bad and I am picky about this kind of thing.

Stevia is the only artificial sweetener, to date, that has not been shown to be injurious
to the user. Aspartame, especially, is a dangerous artificial sweetener and it's highly
acidic---something that you are trying to heal.