I said that this was going to be brief so I am not going to go into any fine detail-- you have that power with the internet. But KNOW THIS: store-bought lemonade often doesn't contain lemons, or even the natural essence of lemon. The flavours are man-made (chemical) concoctions. And there is a whopping amount of sweetener (probably a corn sweetener in Canada/USA). You will not get any real nutrition from this 'false' lemonade, and, indeed, will probably have a sugar spike and an energy crash if you drink much of it. REAL lemonade, made from actual lemons that grow on trees in the sun is full of excellent nutrition. I suggest that you use the lemon as we did in the smoothie recipe... peel it, leaving lots of the white, cut it into quarters and remove seeds (they are bitter), and whirr up in the Vita-Mix with water and honey or stevia. Adjust the sweetener to your taste, but as you become more used to eating "raw" you will actually need less intervention from other sources (read: you will cut down on sweeteners and condiments). What's in a Lemon?

• Lemons have unique flavonoid compounds that have antioxidant and anti-cancer properties. Lemons can actually influence a cell's decision to divide or die and can "juice up" the immune system.
• The ample Vitamin C in a lemon is a neutralizer of free radical damage. Inflammation is always a sign of 'un-health'. The Lemon is a hero in preventing and decreasing inflammation.
• Eat lots of lemons and other vitamin C rich foods and lower your potential to develop cancer, heart disease or arthritis.
• The limonin and liminoid compounds unique to lemons and other citrus, have been shown to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach and colon.
• While lemons can pucker you up and taste tart and sour, they are surprisingly refreshing. Real lemonade (made with real lemons) can quench thirst on a hot day like no 'false' pop drinks can ever hope to do (in fact, the chemical brewed lemonades actually make you more thirsty-- I wonder why?

So, go out and get hold of some lemons while the sun still shines! I recall that our younger son was quite allergic to oranges, but he could eat lemons with no reactions. Pure lemon essential oils are pressed from the skins of lemons. The liminins and liminols in pure therapeutic-grade lemon essential oil are concentrated. Just a drop can make several ounces of lemonade. Here are some of the other uses for lemon essential oil (some quite unexpected): From: Karen Jenkins-Green Subject: RE: tree sap removal Hi Rachel, My son and his friends use Lemon oil to clean tar off their surfboards and boogie boards. What used to take them an hour of scraping now only takes a few minutes. They sprinkle lemon oil on their boards, wait a couple of minutes, then wipe clean. Blessings, Karen Jenkins-Green Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 JOY From: Caleb Subject: Lemon Testimonies Fellow Everyone, One of my team members runs a flower shop and constantly ends-up with sappy fingers. She was delighted the first time she tried lemon oil. She had never used anything that worked so...instantly. Caleb Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 JOY From: Denese D Swinehart Subject: lemon After cleaning fish lemon oil removes fishy smell from fingers instantly! It's also good to use in the dishwasher for sanitizing and fragrance! Lemony clean smell will fill the room when opening the machine. Nice! Denese Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 JOY From: Megurugirl  

Subject: Lemon Testimony

Hi Everyone, I was feeding a small ball python and kind of got my finger in the way right when he grabbed his food. He bit into my finger, drew some serious blood and let go. My first thought was that after I washed it out I'd have to put lavender on it, then I remembered lemon would disinfect. So I put the lemon of first. The snake bite DISAPPEARED, I kid you not! It was GONE. End of story! Pretty groovey! Peace & Love, Sally Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 JOY From: Caleb Subject: Lemon Testimonies Hello Joilers, Here are a few ways I use lemon oil. I use empty BYJ bottles (big, glass, oil-proof) to drink water throughout the day. With each bottle refill, I add 3 drops of my choice of lemon, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, or Citrus Fresh oil. That means even if I don't rub any oils on myself I still get the benefits of 9 drops of citrus oils a day. Besides the therapeutic benefits I read about in the Essential Oils Desk Reference, I'm convinced I am food-poison- and giardia-proof (campers and hikers are told not to drink from streams without filtration...think Montezuma's Revenge). The biggest benefit is that I drink more water because I like the taste. And it's interesting to think about the molecular changes that happen to that water the instant that first drop of high-frequency lemon oil hits it. http://www.mercola.com/fcgi/pf/2002/may/8/prayer.htm When preparing salads, I let my vegetables soak in water with a few drops of lemon oil. I trust this is helping neutralizing the chlorine in my tap water and killing any little critters before they go into my mouth. I can't say for sure that I've seen'em, but I've read stories from others who have seen parasites wriggling in the lemon-water after rinsing their vegetables. While most of the vegetables I use are organic, for those times when I use supermarket produce, I know that the lemon-water rinse helps to neutralize the petrochemical pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer residues. The biggest benefit is that my salads have a subtle, but great-tasting, lemon flavor. And it's interesting to think about the increased health benefits of the salad after being exposed to the water in which those molecular changes happened the instant that first drop of high-frequency lemon oil hit it. http://www.mercola.com/fcgi/pf/2002/may/8/prayer.htm I've done lots of experiments with oils in my 40 gallon aquarium, lemon being my favorite to use. Whenever I've noticed an ailing fish, whether it is fungus or parasite related, I'll add lemon oil to the tank. I gained lots of insight after a recent community-wide power outage that left my aquarium without oxygenation and filtration for 4 days. After the power came back, fish started dieing and I noticed that a very bad gill parasite had gained a foothold. My aquarium books said it was hopeless--that I would have to quarantine all the fish in a heavily chemically medicated aquarium, drain my current aquarium and clean it thoroughly with strong chemicals. I thought, "What have I got to lose?!," and began dumping in oils every other day--up to 20 drops of lemon, Thieves, or Purification and even ParaFree. While most specie of fish did quite well, 1 drop of essential oil for every two gallons of water is a bit too much for one species. Also, since all the oils I use float, the optimal way of "applying" the oils was NOT to simply drop them in. When I added 10 drops of oil to a bottle of water and shook it, the solution became milky-white. When poured into the tank, there were instantly microscopic bubbles in every corner, indicating good coverage. Using this more effective means of application, 1 drop of oil per 4 gallons of water was too much for that same species of fish, but the others survived fine. Using the water-and-shake method, my experiments indicate that 1 drop essential oil for every eight to ten gallons of water is safe for fish while making it very difficult for parasites and fungi to thrive. Today, my aquarium is teaming with healthy, parasite-free fish and I have never done a total water change and clean-up. Everything is the same except for regular 10% water-change maintenance. I can't say for sure that the oils killed the parasites, but they sure aren't bothering my fish anymore. And it's interesting to think about the molecular changes that happen to that water the instant that first drop of high-frequency lemon oil hits it. http://www.mercola.com/fcgi/pf/2002/may/8/prayer.htm Back to lemon...another way I use it is to "dilute" Thieves in my diffuser. Lemon is already a part of the Thieves blend (so you know it has some serious power). Add 10 drops of Thieves and 10 drops of lemon in the diffuser well and I have a fresh, cinnamony-smelling house for at least a day and I'm convinced I've given my house its own germ-fighting immune system. Plus it's interesting to think about the molecular changes that happen to the air I breath the instant that first molecule of high-frequency lemon oil hits it. http://www.mercola.com/fcgi/pf/2002/may/8/prayer.htm   Caleb Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 JOY From: Mary Lou Smith Subject: Re: "warts" We use lemon and thieves for warts. Mary Lou Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 JOY From: Prosperouswomen Subject: Re: lemon Hi Friends, My favorite Lemon use is for grapes. We have a lot of grapes and especially for the Thompson Seedless variety, I wash, destem, and put in the refrigerator to get nice and cold, then when ready to put out to serve, put a few drops of YL Lemon oil over the fruit (3-5), mix and serve. This is really great for pot-lucks and other gatherings. Refreshing and tasty, too. The Lemon oil is good on other fruits, also, as some of the peaches and other tree fruits often are rather tasteless and the oil brings out the flavor. Enjoy. Margarete Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 JOY From: Elaine Subject: re: lemon Good morning, For the last several months, I've been putting 2-3 drops of LEMON and 2-3 drops of peppermint in my quart glass BYJ bottle (I fill three of them for the day) to drink during the day. I've realized over the last couple of weeks that I've NOT had a mosquito bite all summer long! The other thing I've noticed is no unpleasant body odor. (and I'm NOT using deodorant, just Y/L oils) I'm thinkin' it's the lemon and peppermint water I've been drinking! Lemon is also great in the diffuser for a wonderfully fresh room! Blessings,  

Elaine

*lemon fruit antioxidant and antibiotic attributes taken from the Whole Food site, and studies on there **essential oil lemon tips are taken from a "Lemon Flyer" compiled by members of the Young Living Joy group (formerly on Yahoo! Now known as GreaterJoy. I wish to thank them for this excellent service!) Please note that BYJ stands for Berry Young Juice, the former name for our NingXia Red high antioxidant elixir (containing essential oils of lemon and orange). The Lemon Flyer also contains the following: Obligatory Disclaimer: The information in this handout is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Anyone suffering from any disease, illness or injury should consult with a physician. THESE SUGGESTED USES APPLY ONLY TO THE USE OF THERAPEUTIC GRADE, YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS. ~Cynthia Zirkwitz, Ind. Dist. #607652  

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Yesterday we went to the Courtenay Fall Fair.  It was an entire surprise-- like stepping back in time to my childhood... or more like stepping into an idealized childhood, like the one in my Grade three reader.  The sky was blue, the sun shone warmly (although it DID sprinkle a little at one point), and there was a gentle, friendliness everywhere that conflicts in my memories of the loud and sometimes frightening noises of the fair and midway of my childhood.  There were the pretty girls on their pretty horses (we had missed the gymkhana events the day before). 

There was all sorts of ancient farm and steam-powered machinery that my Dad would have enjoyed seeing.  The threshers looked like they had done it in their long-ago youth and were not that excited about doing it again in their age.  I have to wonder how long such demonstrations will go on if they are driven by the "old-timers" now.  Will today's fourteen-year old be interested in five years time?  Will our generation step into the volunteer's role (unlikely). Of course, the 'livestock' figured fairly prominently, since it was an "agricultural" fair.   The poultry house contained familiar and weird chickens, and the turkeys gobbled around outside.  Cows mooed and their dung smelled.  Being Vancouver Island, surely the "Dog Owner Capital" of Canada, maybe the world, there were dog obedience and sports demonstrations running all through the day, including sheepdog presentations.  I've never seen dogs as part of a fair before.  We watched and clapped and then recognized that our own little doggie was trapped in a hot car down the road, so we went and walked and watered her to appease our thrill-seeking consciences. Outside the poultry house was a particularly huge "Fleming Giant" rabbit that drew a crowd of interested kids.  I'm not sure if it was a male or a female... large in any case, and velvety soft.  The teen owner clipped its toenails, much to the fascinated delight of the youngsters in tow. Of course there WAS a midway, but it was mostly "kiddie rides" of the vintage variety... with the addition of bouncy houses (or whatever those blow-up castles are called) and a climbing wall.  Very quiet and civilized, I thought.  The Medieval Society had a tent, but either they had quit their dancing and "court" demonstrations on Saturday, or we had missed them when we went to walk Zoe.  We were a little disappointed about not catching the jousting or whatever. There was a little of something for everyone.  The necessary junkfood (cotton candy, popcorn) and greasy outdoor fare (this is Vancouver Island so there WAS fish and chips alongside more exotic food) and some excellent musicians to serenade us while we chowed down. I was thrilled to find a regular washroom.  There were porta-potties all over, but I much prefer a place where I can wash up. The "indoor exhibits" were of the old-fashioned variety: baking, art, needle arts, flowers, vegetables and fruit.  There was this tomato as big as your head... surely not naturally-raised I wouldn't think-- quite grotesque, really, and not the kind you can imagine slicing up for a sandwich.  I thought of our myriad still-growing tomatoes at home and felt a pang of guilt for not watering enough, or whatever.  There was a darling pair of booties that caught my eye and got me thinking about knitting for my upcoming little grandchild, and for my current knitting-neglected little granddaughter.  Guilt again! The flowers were, of course, striking.  Huge, bright, perfect.  And then there were the bees!  The local beekeepers' association had brought in a glass colony hive (complete with a queen) and had set up to talk about honey and related products.  It was very exciting to find that these "hobbyist" beekeepers only produce raw honey and that besides selling it at the Farmers' Market, they also sell honey on-line and right out of their farmyards. Honey is a somewhat controversial issue for "raw vegans."  On the one pole of opinion are those who claim that honey is an animal product, plain and simple, and that it is, like milk, the theft of one species' sustanence by another (man).  At the opposite pole are the raw vegans who see honey as a vegetable product that has merely passed through the bee without compromising its vegan integrity.  I guess I would fall into that camp, particularly where raw (unpasterized) honey is concerned.  You can find out more about these Comox Valley Beekeepers here. ------------------------------------------------------------ BEST DETOX DIETS “To release weight, overcome a particular health challenge, or boost your confidence, one of the 21 detox diets presented in this e-book will be just right for YOU.” You can learn how to reap the powerful benefits of including a cleanse in your health routine with the 21 best detox programs. To get more information, go here , or click on the picture below: