Lime juice is a typical flavouring in Persian cooking is used in many dishes, it adds zest and tastes better than lemon juice. It has many additional benefits such as Vitamin C. The health benefits of lime include scurvy, digestion, constipation, eye care, piles, peptic ulcer, respiratory disorders, gout, gums, weight loss, skin care, urinary disorders. Lime juice is used in many dishes from deserts to Khoreshts. You can even add it to ice cream. I always have plenty in my cupboard.