Mosambi or Sweet lime Health benefits!!!

Botanical name:Citrus lemettioides
English name:Sweet lime
Sanskrit name:Mishta nimbuka
Hindi name:Meeta nimbuka 
Tamil name:Sathukudi 

                                                

Sweet lime may look like a regular lime, but take a bite and you will immediately taste the difference -- this fruit has a sweet, orange-like taste rather than the usual tart flavor. This fruit, likely native to India, enjoys popularity in the West Indies and Central America, and it imparts a range of nutritional and health benefits. It may also find use in home remedies.

Nutrition facts

Sweet limes are a good choice for low calorie and low fat diets. A 3.5-oz. serving of this fruit introduces 43 calories into your diet and contains only 0.3 g of fat. The majority of the calories in a sweet lime come from carbohydrates -- one serving has 9.3 g. This is a small portion of the 225 g to 325 g of carbs your meal plan should include each day. You need fewer grams of protein -- 50 to 175 -- but sweet lime will not satisfy a great deal of that; one serving offers 0.8 g of protein.

Vitamins and Minerals

 

As a citrus fruit, sweet limes provide a good source of vitamin C. Each serving of this fruit contains 50 mg of vitamin C. If you are an adult man, you require 90 mg of this vitamin each day; adult women need 75 mg, although if you are breastfeeding, you should boost your intake to 120 mg daily. You also get 490 mg of potassium per serving, which contributes significantly to the daily recommended intake of 2,000 mg per day. Additionally, a serving of sweet lime provides copper, calcium, iron and phosphorus in smaller amounts.

Home Remedies

 

When you have a cold, sweet lime may be a beneficial fruit to consume as a home remedy. The vitamin C content of the lime may shorten the duration of your cold, and some homeopathic proponents believe this fruit may also have antiseptic and antiviral properties. The fruit also allegedly boosts liver function and helps to relieve gastrointestinal problems, although no research has been done to prove this use. For best results, consult your physician about eating sweet lime as a treatment for any medical condition.

Benefits of Mosambi!!!

• The sweet lime juice is therapeutically valued for its cooling effect in cases of fever and jaundice.
• Sweet lime juice is rich in vitamin C.
• It provides cooling effect to the body and relives from stomach problems.
• It helps in relieving throat infections.
• A thirst quencher.
• Helps in nausea and vomiting.
• High in dietary fiber.
• Powerful antioxidant in orange yellow and red fruits.