Easy squeezy and so so good for you...

I mentioned last week that I need to say buh-bye to coffee again because it’s ramping up my natural antsiness, and not in a good way. There’s a fine line between feeling energetic and you-go-girl and so wired you can’t sleep — and I’ve most definitely crossed it.

So in place of my beloved Chock Full O’ Nuts (sorry, I’m just not the “tall, skinny latte” type…), I’ve been sipping lots of hot lemon water instead. And as the day progresses, I shift to the ice-cold variety. Though I’ve read, repeatedly, that H20 is best imbibed at room temperature, that just seems wishy-washy to me. I prefer to be a take a firm stand on this earth-shaking matter. “You’re hot or you’re cold….”

But I digress, and I really want to tell you about the benefits of drinking lemon water, of which there are several. Yes, your skin will look a bit peppier — mine already does. But most importantly, according to a cracking health and beauty book that I highly recommend, lemon water is brills for balancing your pH level. I won’t get all tech-y here about what a pH level actually is (I haven’t had my coffee!), but I’ll just say that it’s best to tip it in the alkaline, rather than acidic, direction. Though it would seem counter-intuitive, lemons and limes have an alkalizing effect on your body. Trust me when I tell you that you want a balanced pH level. It’s the key to not only feeling great, but warding off serious illness.

So grab some lemons and get slicing. Cheers!

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