Yes, it’s exactly what it says: Lemon Cucumber Mint Detox Water! So not only does it taste delicious but it also has added benefits:

Benefits of Lemons:

1. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and flavonoids that work against infections like the flu and colds.

2. Your liver loves lemons: “The lemon is a wonderful stimulant to the liver and is a dissolvent of uric acid and other poisons, liquefies the bile,” says Jethro Kloss in his book Back to Eden. Fresh lemon juice added to a large glass of water in the morning is a great liver detoxifier.

3. The citric acid in lemon juice helps to dissolve gallstones, calcium deposits, and kidney stones.

4. Vitamin C in lemons helps to neutralize free radicals linked to aging and most types of disease.

5. Lemons have powerful antibacterial properties; experiments have found the juice of lemons destroy the bacteria of malaria, cholera, diphtheria, typhoid and other deadly diseases.

Benefits of Cucumbers:

1.Quick pick me-up – Cucumbers are a good source of B vitamins. Put down your sodas and coffee and eat a cucumber slice << I should follow my own advice more!

2. Fight cancers – Cucumber are known to contain lariciresinol, pinoresinol, and secoisolariciresinol. These three lignans have a strong history of research in connection with reduced risk of several cancer types, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and prostate cancer.

3. Relieves bad breath – Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds, the phytochemicals will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

4. Hangover cure – To avoid a morning hangover or headache; eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish many essential nutrients, reducing the intensity of both hangover and headache.

5. Control Blood Pressure – Cucumber juice contains a lot of potassium, magnesium and fiber that work effectively for regulating blood pressure. This makes cucumber good for treating both low blood pressure and high blood pressure.

Benefits of Mint:

1. Sooths the digestive tract and if you are having stomach ache then it can be of great help

2. Mint helps in eliminating toxins from the body.

3. Crushed mint leaves helps in whitening teeth and combat bad breath.

4. Mint is a very good cleanser for the blood.

5. Mint can help relax your mind. {who doesn’t need some help with this?!?}

Here are the proportions I use for the water. You can adjust as you like!