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Amazing Health Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water

  • Some lemons are more sweet than others. A rule of
    thumb for selecting a lemon that is both sweet and high in mineral
    content, is to pick one that has a high specific gravity measurement
    and is heavy for its size. By comparing equal-sized fruit, the one
    with the greatest weight will have the most mineral content and
    sugar. A thick skinned lemon will not be as heavy as a thin skinned
    lemon and will not have the desired sweetness or mineral content.
  • The method I use to ensure the purchase of sweet
    lemons is to look at the stem end of the lemon. There are two ends
    on the lemon. One end has a point where the blossom started to grow;
    the other end has a stem or a dimple where the stem used to be
    located. On the stem end of a highly mineralized, sweet lemon, you
    will see little lines radiating out of the stem like sunbeams. These
    little lines can look like a star shaped structure and is called a
    calyx. The calyx may have three, four, five or more points to the
    star. The greater the number of points on the calyx, the higher the
    mineral content of the lemon.
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