7 Lemon Drinks for Detox

Seven lemon drink recipes in a variety of flavors and forms, including refreshing drinks and wellness shots that boost hydration, hike metabolism, shrink the belly, trigger weight-loss, sharpen the brain, and in general expand the nutritional benefits of just lemon and water alone.

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7 Lemon Water Drinks For Detox

Lemon water is a popular morning drink, with the benefits in the lemon juice which include hydration, vitamin C and more. Some say the combination also supports weight-loss, improves skin and digestion and more. Although the benefits of just lemon and water are said to be more anecdotal, the popularity of lemon drinks continues to grow.

Are Lemon Drinks Healthy?

Here I have created at least seven drinks which include not only lemon and water, but incorporate other flavors as well such as dragon fruit, pear, and more.

Lemon is an awesome ingredient to use as a basis of a nutritious, detox and recovery drink. That's because it contains copious amounts of vitamin C as well as potassium. Both support organs, and muscles, provide energy, and detox.

Lemon Drinks Boost Immunity

In fact, lemons provide lemons provide nearly 50% of the required daily amount of vitamin C. The vitamin C and other ingredients in lemons help lower cholesterol, according to studies.

Obviously all that vitamin C helps boost your immunity.

Lemon Drinks Support Weight Loss

Drinks with lemon water help control weight because the soluble pectin fiber helps you feel full longer.

So lemons offer loads of health benefits. Read more about lemon benefits here.

Shots, Lemonade, Drinks & Infused Water

These lemon drink recipes are in a variety of forms, including fruit infused waters, wellness shots and even a syrup to be used on pancakes. I hope you enjoy my recipes. Please share and tag me on Instagram if you make any.

Infused Sparkling Water Recipes GUIDE

Infused sparkling water is refreshing and healthy, and using sparkling water takes it to a party level! In this post, I shared many of my favorite combinations. Here is my recipe for blueberries, lemon, zucchini and mint, and many other combinations, even leafy green infused sparkling water!

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Ginger-Lemon Shots Blender Recipe - Sometimes there IS a quick fix!

Make this ginger lemon blender shot for pennies. NO juicer needed. Boost your immunity, metabolism, wellness, energy, mood and more. The resulting ½ cup of ginger-lemon recipe makes 4 (1-ounce) wellness shots.

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Ultimate Recipe Guide for Infused Water for Detox & Weight-loss

Learn how to make detox water for weight loss and wellness. This infused water guide provides lists of dozens of healthy plant-based ingredients in dozens of combinations to build nutritional and refreshing infused waters. The ingredients are also labeled with their nutritional strength so this might be the only infused water guide you ever need. Each water lasts about 3 days in the refrigerator, refill each night. Eat the fruit or veggies if you want at the end unless they seem spent.

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Pink Dragon Fruit Drink

Pink dragon fruit drink is fruit-sweetened and high in antioxidants. It tastes sweeter because of the bright taste of lime. It is also very high in disease-fighting anti-oxidants. It is the perfect to pour into ice water as a refreshing drink, but can also be used as a pancake syrup, and sweetener for smoothies and infused waters.

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Pear Homemade Lemonade

Pear Homemade Lemonade is a refreshing nutritious homemade lemonade that can be made with just three whole food ingredients - pears and lemons, and without a juicer, without refined sugar, and without stress. The perfect fun summertime drink for you or even the kids to make at home.

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5 Easy Blender Wellness Shots to Boost Metabolism & Mood

These easy blender Wellness shot recipes can be mixed in a blender, and tackle issues like brain fog, immunity, inflammation, hormone balances, energy and even lift your optimism ! 

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Ginger Cayenne Coconut Water

This lemon, coconut water and ginger combo is a go-to remedy shot for ailments ranging in seriousness from colds to hypertension. Combined with lemon, the pair is credited for clearing mysterious issues to skin, joints, digestion, and firing up the metabolism. Find this recipe in my cookbook, "Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients" released this fall!

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Prefer a Smoothie? Here are Some Recipes to Try

Cauliflower Smoothie
Making Smoothies with Ice Cube Concentrates
2-Ingredient Fruit Smoothies
Lemon Smoothie Jackfruit Recipe

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Dee Dine

Dee Dine is founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a plant based recipe blog, and author of the recent cookbook, Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients and another immunity-boosting smoothie shot book, 4-Ingredient Smoothies + Juices , due out in January 2021. On this blog you'll find incredibly easy recipes with hidden veggies for anyone wanting to eat healthier, regardless of diet. Dee has graduate degrees in sciences and  journalism, editor at The Feedfeed and a nutritional expert at WikiHow. More about Dee Dine here.