The picture shown on this page is of a lime (green) - and the article refers to lemon juice. Does lime juice work just as well? Or are we talking about the lemon which is yellow? I prefer lime to lemon, but I just wanted to be sure we were on the same page. Thanks

Hi Francis,

Thanks for your feedback and for using LifeMojo!

We are also going to change the picture to make it clear that in this article we are talking about Lemon.

However, the health benefits of Lime and Lemon are same! You can have Lime as well instead of Lemon.

Thanks - if Lemons are better I'll do the lemon thing. On a trip to Egypt I got used to limeade (lime in water with a little honey or sugar) - Dos the addition of honey change the health value of the drink?

Hi Francis,

Addition of honey does not affect the benefits of lemon water. However, you should always prefer honey over sugar. Honey has many medicinal, antibacterial properties and is a mild laxative as well.

hi there.. i am 90 kg (male) and i need to reduce my weight to 70 kg in just 35 days as i have to join army failing which i will lose my opportunity to be an army officer... could you please give me quick weight loose tips.. please help me.. i will be greatful to you.. thanks. waiting for you response..
P.S. I have been taking lemon tea in the morning empty stomach and i managed to loose some wt and also i've been running two times a day..
will swimming be better option too??? i want to start swimming too along with running.. please give me your valuable suggestions....

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Hi Abhinav,
Please do not opt for such crash diet programs as they are bad for health and may cause irreversible damage to the human body such as weakness, dullness,sagging skin, stretch marks and also slowing down of basal metabolic rate.
For more info, pl. visit
http://www.lifemojo.com/lifestyle/dangers-of-rapid-weight-loss-22605959

hi shikha, how r u?
neither i am askin for crash diet plan nor i m on such kind of diet.. i m takin lots of vegetables, furits and salad.. drinkin plenty of water and lemon tea too.. i m just looking for something extra which can put cherry on the cake.. you know what i sayin??? smthing which can speed up the wt reduction in a good way..

@Abhinav....are you from bangalore....i can meet you once for the workout and will be able to help you with whatever i know....!!!????

thanks anil but i m from ambala, haryana. so could you help me here??? i will appreciate your advice bro.. thanks again...

@Abhinav......thank you....you need to loose 20 kgs in 35 days.....kind of close to 600 grms (half a kg per day...)....if you think for a second, to loose every pound u need to create calories deficit of 3500 (2.2 pound is one kg...) that means for ur target deficit per day is 3500 calories....i dnt know ur height to calculate the cal requirement for the day.....however approximately the ideal way of doing it is 50% from food intake and remaining 50% is from work out...!!!
When it comes to workout what i am following and getting real good results is.....HIIT (high Intensity Interval training) or Tabata protocol (practiced by japanese olympic cycling team to burn the fat and build speed).....Swimming will not help you for what you are looking at it right now, probably cycling is much better....!!!
It is more of maths than anything else for you...u got to burn 1750 cal per day, u really need to understand what it takes to do that....why am i telling that is.... just for calculation purpose assume u run for an hour with 12 kms/hr speed u will burn 1080 cals....however for u what is equally relivent is fat burning.....!!!
For that what i recommend is apart from HIIT.....cross training.....very high intensity for a shorter period of time (i feel it is good if u have heart rate monitor...just to make sure u know what u are doing...).....lower body and upper body combination alternatively....(skipping, shadow boxing, dips, sit-ups, pull-ups...each looking at ur fitness level....starting any where 100 to 300 each....not doing skipping only and then moving to other, do skipping and dips and then shadow boxing and then pull ups...and again repeating in a different order....not giving even 5 secs break in between....should be continuous one after another...)...!!!
Share ur experiences and results will tell you if any changes required....ALSO MAKE IT ONE POINT VERY CLEAR WHAT U WANTED ACHIEVE HERE IS, THERE IS NO HEALTHY WAY OF ACHIEVING IT, JUST GOT TO DO IT AND SHOULD BE READY TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES, WISH FOR THE GOOD.....all the very best.....!!!

anil sir,, a very very BIG thanks for this valuable information.. actually i m running twice a day in mornin and evening.. about 3 km in each timing.. nd doin exercise too.. wt i don't know is mathematical part.. like how much calories do i need to need to reduce per day.. nd how mch does running cuts..
could you please tell me about HIIT little bit more..nd how many kms do i need to run each day to burn out half kg a day... nd also about shadow boxing... i dont know bout this.. nd one more thing i need to ask you i was thinkin of join GYM.. will it help??
nd to burn 1750 calrs per day how long do i need to work out??? please show me the way.. thank you very much anil..
nd i am 5 feet 8-9 inches tall..

@Abhinav.....welcome, i acknowledge......will try to answer everything possible to the best of my knowledge.....i calculated ur cal requirement for the day (u can also calculate here in this web page itself....go to analysis and u can check it out...) it is approximately 3100 cal....sure u can cut 1750 cal from ur food alone simply bcz ur requirement is more....that is advantage.....!!!
To give u very simple calculations for calculating cal burnt while running is 90 cal/km (it works like this u will burn 1 cal per kg of body weight...ur weight is 90 kg, that mean u will burn 90 cals for every km....3 km in the morning and 3 in the evening ie. 6* 90=540 cal) that is how u can go on calculating....now u know where do u stand when it comes to burning 1750 cals/day....!!!
HIIT is a wonderful tool to build ur fitness, speed and to burn fat in a best possible shortest time....it is called High Intensity Interval Training....first u do warm up and then 100 or 200 mtrs at maximum possible speed and then u stop once ur heart rate becomes normal again u sprint 100 or 200 mtrs....u do this repetition for 7 to 8 times....initially u may find it difficult to practice (even 4 to 5 time is also ok....then u can build it...)....!!!!
Now joining about the GYM.....couple of point to remember.....very very few instructors are aware of the latest in the field of fitness.....all they know is how to have big biceps and many a times they hv tummy also, it looks so odd (no offence to anyone here....fact is...).....next is what happens there...u need to really balance very well to loose weight with the help of the zym...let me tell u why.....(the moment u start working out with the weight....u will start building the muscle and that leads to weight gain....and most of the zym's suggest u to do cardio first and then working with the weight, in ur case that doesn't help u r looking at weight loss...what u need to do is workout with the weight first then do the cardio that does wonders for u....it is so difficult make them understand, by that u just loose time and u dnt hv one....) in way when u work out with the weights (cardio last....ie. running on treadmill or cycling...) the advantage is u keep burning more cal for next 30 hrs (ie even when u sleep....)....hope i made a point clear...!!!!
Shadow boxing there a post by me in the same title in section Fitness and Exercise...pls refer that....!!!
Now how to burn 1750 cal/day....this is how i feel u should divide ur week as far as workout is concerned....5 kms running in the morning and 5 kms in the evening(approx 30 mnts each for morning and evening...)...2 times a week HIIT (it takes 5 mnts warm-up, 13 mnts and 5 mnts cool down...it can also be done with cycling also....) cross training what i mentioned earlier probably every day (it will not take more than 12 to 13 mnts/session.....)...and one long run on the weekend (probably depending on ur fitness any where between 10 to 15 kms...here dnt push urself too much right now....u will be able to do that in less than 3 weeks time....)....now u calculate how much time it takes...!!!
Hope i hv clarified most of ur doubts....also keep recording ur workouts in this web page, in case need be able to fine tune it further.....all the very best....!!!!

hi anil..thanks again for giving me these wonderful tips.. information u gave me was just incredible.. thanks a lot..you are simply awesome.. i never get such kind of information before anywhere on internet...
i have managed to reduce my waist from 38" to 36" within 4 days just coz of ur tips.. now daily i run for 3 kms in mrning and 3 in evening and i have been increasing distance day by day.. nd after running i do cardio and aerobic exercise like stepping, standing sprint, situps... along with it gud diet plan... lemon tea twice a day.. fruits n vegetable al the time whenever i feel hungry... lots of water...
Now.. i want to ask you smthin
1. bout situps, dips n pullups.. won't they build muscles nd give me extra weight as muscle weighs more than fat..
2. won't it be good if i practice HIIT daily in morning...
3. what kind of weight should i do in gym...means Light or heavy nd how much reps??
4. should i do weight first and then cardio or vice-versa???
please clarify this..

@Abhinav......that is great....am impressed and all the credits goes to YOU....u are the doer....
Point 1......small change right now u are doing all this as u said after u completing the running....first u do situps, dips...etc and run. when u do this way u will not gain muscle u will burn more fat and feel strong while running and ur core becomes very strong...!!!
Point 2....sure u can do HIIT in the morning....!!!
Point 3....At zym for weight loss do light weight more repetitions very very less gap between the sets.....!!!
Point 4.....U should do weight first and then cardio....!!!
One day of the week whenever u get time play a group sport whatever u like for at least 90 mnts.....that builds whatever muscle group u have nt worked and for the co-ordination between different muscle groups....one point to remember....record ur workout, weight, measurement of different parts of the body and time taken for workout on a daily basis....simply bcz for u time is very critical may be after a 7 or 10 days need to change the plan to make it very effective...keep rocking.....all the very best....!!!