Obesity is linked with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and even some cancers (including breast, ovarian, prostate, liver, gallbladder, kidney and colon).

To help aid weight loss and protect yourself from the clutches of obesity, start your day with lemon water.

Lemon helps improve digestion and aids detoxification, removing toxins from your body that slow down your metabolism.

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition suggests that supplementation with lemon polyphenols suppressed weight gain and fat accumulation.

A 2016 study published in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine suggests that drinking lemon juice and honey mixed in water over four days of fasting may be useful for reducing body weight, body mass index (BMI), fat mass and total serum triglycerides in healthy individuals. This might help prevent obesity and hypertriglyceridemia.