Health Benefits of Lemon Drops

Lemon drops have been a favorite past-time favorite candy by many from all age groups from young to old and have been know to have some medicinal health benefits too.
These mouth watering tasty treats are made from a lemon flavored candy that is sugar coated and are often shaped in a smaller form of a lemon and have been around since the early 1800’s.

In the early history of the lemon drop, they were traditionally sold at local drug stores as a product that would hide foul tastes in a medicinal form. The term “lemon drop” can be associated with cough drops or throat lozenges that are lemon flavored.

Lemons are also rich in vitamin C and the ones that are made with real lemon juice also could provide relief for constipation, nasuea and even fight some forms of cancer.

Here are some other helpful benefits of lemon drops:

Chemotherapy & Radiation – There have been medicinal studies on lemon drops made with real lemon juice that have been shown to help cancer patients with their salivary glands increase salivation flow due to excessive radiation and chemotherapy treatments[1].

Dry Mouth – Patients who experience Xerostomia (dry mouth) that is typically a side effect of their multiple forms of cancer treatments including medications and radiation therapy often are told to suck on tart hard candies such as lemon drops to prevent dry mouth [2].

Sjögren’s Syndrome – People with Sjögren’s syndrome experience inflammation of the glands, excessive dryness of the mouth, eyes, and other glands and is generally associated with an auto-immune disease. In order to help the dry salivary glands, they must be stimulated to produce saliva by sucking on lemon drops or other hard candies [3].

Some lemon drops are made with real lemon. Photo credit lemon image by pushingforhealth.com

In addition to benefiting these symptoms, lemon drops also have been known to help people with morning sickness and HIV patients who are prescribed with antiretroviral medications.

With all of the benefits of these tasty sour and sweet treats, why not stock up on some and buy lemon drops online today! Sweet services also offers a huge variety of other lemon candies to choose from with great prices and flat rate shipping.

1. http://www.thyroid.org/patient-thyroid-information/ct-for-patients/vol-3-issue-9/vol-3-issue-9-p-7-8/

2. http://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/side-effects/dry-mouth.aspx

3. http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/patient-services/directory-of-clinics/oral-medicine-oral-aids-center-sjoegrens-syndrome-clinic