Why You Should Drink Lemonade In The Winter

               Imagine an snowy day. The raw beauty of winter covering the landscape about you. Children playing on sleds, naked trees covered with ice sickles, and a lemonade stand. Yes, a lemonade stand. There are a good many great reasons to drink lemonade in the winter that I am surprised at the lack of lemonade stands being licensed during winter. Here are a few of those reasons:

     1.   First off, winter is the season of sickness. The season of cold, the cold, the flu, the sniffles, the wheeze, the cough, the strep throat, the stomach bug, the noses more stuffed than the tissue boxes needed for them. Lemonade is a great solution to this as it has both well known antibacterial and antiviral properties as well as the king of immune system boosting, Vitamin C. And just to top it off it also provides citric acid, magnesium, calcium, bioflavinoids, pectin, and limonene to keep your system strong and healthy.



          2.  Second off, to restore your bodies alkalinity. The body is naturally alkaline and does best in that state, but its alkalinity degrades. Most food doesn't provide any alkalinity either, depriving your body of any other way to improve system performance than the body's weak homeostatic ability that barely evolved over time just out of pure necessity. The solution, lemonade. This will help your body keep in top condition without too much bodily resource use and boost your overall energy levels.
     3.  Third off, hydration is important during winter. It is important all the time really, but people have the tendency to neglect proper hydration during winter. Even though you don't sweat as much your body still needs to remove waste material from your body and this is often done by urination. A build up of this waste material is harmful to your health and can accelerate your aging. Lemonade is a great way to stay hydrated because it supplies your body with the great nutrients stated before and it is delicious! Its primary advantage over water though is the heuristic (rule of thumb) applicable to it," If your urine is the same color as your lemonade, you are not drinking enough lemonade yet."

          If this isn't enough to convince you to drink lemonade in the winter then you might be lemons.

See the table below for in depth analysis of nutrients: Lemon (Citrus limon), fresh, without peel Nutrition Value per 100 g (Source: USDA National Nutrient data base)
Principle	Nutrient Value	Percentage of RDA
Energy	29 Kcal	1.5%
Carbohydrates	9.32 g	7%
Protein	1.10 g	2%
Total Fat	0.30 g	1%
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Dietary Fiber	2.80 g	7%
Vitamins
Folates	11 µg	3%
Niacin	0.100 mg	1%
Pantothenic acid	0.190 mg	4%
Pyridoxine	0.080 mg	6%
Riboflavin	0.020 mg	1.5%
Thiamin	0.040 mg	3.5%
Vitamin C	53 mg	88%
Vitamin A	22 IU	1%
Vitamin E	0.15 mg	1%
Vitamin K	0 µg	0%
Electrolytes
Sodium	2 mg	0%
Potassium	138 mg	3%
Minerals
Calcium	26 mg	3%
Copper	37 µg	4%
Iron	0.60 mg	7.5%
Magnesium	8 mg	2%
Manganese	0.030 mg	1%
Zinc	0.06 mg	0.5%
Phyto-nutrients
Carotene-߸	3 µg	–
Carotene-a	1 µg	–
Crypto-xanthin-ß	20 µg	–
Lutein-zeaxanthin	11 µg	–