Lemon is a very beneficial edible citrus fruit that is characterized by its acidic aroma and flavor. It is native to Southeast Asia, but is currently cultivated in all tropical and temperate regions. It is mainly used in the kitchen, whether in food, home remedies, even used to prepare drinks, for example:

• In a refreshing lemonade, it can also be mixed with other fruits, such as papaya.
• The warm juice, combined with honey to attack colds.
• In the preparation of cocktails made with alcoholic beverages such as Cuba libre and mojito.
• As a dressing in salads.
• Widely used in fish and shellfish.
• Its shell is used to give aroma and flavor to different sweets and cakes, and its juice to prepare cakes such as lemon pie.

There are different varieties of lemon, they differ by their size, thickness of the rind, amount of juice, its seeds and harvest season. In Venezuela, the most cultivated lemon variety is:

• Lemon Creole: It contains little juice and many seeds.

• Lemon Tahiti: It has no seeds and its fruit is large.

• Subtle lemon: Its size is medium, it is juicy, with a thin rind and an oval shape.

• Lemon lime: its peel is hard, it has enough seed and its size varies. The tree begins to bear fruit after three years

Benefits:

• Helps burn fat, ideal for diets.
• Improves the appearance of skin and hair.
• Rich in antioxidants.
• Effective antiseptic.
• Excellent against oral infections.
• It can serve as a deodorant.
• It is good digestive.
• Helps purify blood.
• Relieves inflammation, flu, and colds.
• It is a diuretic.
• Strengthens the immune system.
• Among others.

It contains high concentrations of citric acid and vitamin C, these elements being one of its greatest nutritional riches, it also contains minerals such as: potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus and vitamin E, group B and folic acid, plenty of water and some fiber.