10 Amazing Lemon Health Benefits

Keep the dreaded scurvy at bay
Long before the British navy figured out that eating oranges and lemons cured scurvy, sailors sailing the Seven Seas often suffered the debilitating effects of this severe form of vitamin C deficiency. It still affects some, but generally only older, malnourished adults. Symptoms of scurvy include constant fatigue, irritability and misery, pain in the limbs, swollen bleeding gums, loose teeth, falling-out teeth, severe pain in joints, bleeding inside joints, bulging eyes, bleeding eyes, failure of wounds to heal, easy bruising, jaundice, edema and potentially fatal heart problems. (Note to self: eat lemons, now.)