10 Benefits of Lemon Water

9. Help Prevent Cancer

Limonoids are responsible for the tart, bitterness you taste as you bite into a lemon. They are phytonutrients DNA limonoids with significant antioxidant properties. Antioxidants help manage the harmful free radicals which cause significant damage to the in cells. As the damaged cells begin to reproduce, a cancerous tumor can result. Laboratory studies have investigated the effect limonoids had on estrogen-responsive breast cancer cells. The findings of the studies are promising. Eleven were shown to be toxic to these cancerous cells, especially those that are estrogen sensitive.