Drink Yourself Beautiful With Lemon Water
Jessie Zalla

Drink Yourself Beautiful With Lemon Water

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade ... literally.

Drinking water with fresh-squeezed lemons helps you to stay healthy, fight signs of aging and stoke your metabolism.

Here's the skinny:

The beauty of lemon water is that it's tasty, refreshing and best of all, alkalizing. Many of the foods we crave -- coffee, carbohydrates, meats and sugar -- are acidic. And that can have an adverse effect on our body, giving us wrinkles, illness and fatigue. Powerful properties in lemons can relieve the symptoms of poor digestion, including bloating. Vitamin C combats the effects of free radical damage, like fine lines, wrinkles and uneven texture. Lemons are also high in potassium, which can combat headaches and bloating.

How to make this magic drink: Squeeze the juice of two lemons -- the heavier the better -- into a glass of room-temperature water. Sip every morning and afternoon. Skip the sugar -- it'll only cancel out all those amazing health benefits.

Jessie Zalla is a movement teacher who has taught pilates and yoga for over 12 years. Her style of teaching draws from a deep knowledge and practice of anatomy, and from her experience as a professional dancer. Based in New York City, she teaches at her studio, Jessie Zalla Pilates, and at Anatomy at Abhyasa Yoga Center.