Having a body that is slightly neutral to alkaline is essential for good health. Drinking alkalized water can help you to reach this goal. To alkalize your water, simply add some fresh lemon drops to it. Although lemon is acidic, it is alkalizing in the body. To help fight our diabetes, we want our bodies to be neutral to slightly alkaline.

Here's what I do. I have a little yellow plastic spigot that my sister-in-law gave me that you screw into the lemon. Then, anytime you want some lemon juice for your water, you just open the cap on the tool and squeeze the lemon. The lemon juice drips into the water (be sure to hold the lemon OVER your water, LOL). It works great!

It is important to drink lots of water and stay hydrated. A good rule of thumb is to drink half of your body weight (pounds) in ounces of water every day. So if you weighed 170 pounds you should drink at least 85 ounces of water per day, about 2.5 liters. I weigh about 185 and usually drink around 4 liters of water every day. And be sure to add some lemon to help alkalize the water. By the way, adding a little baking soda will help alkalize the water also.