The Last 2 Ingredients of the Cayenne Diet: The Benefits of Water, Lemons, Maple Syrup and Cayanne Pepper - Part 2

The Third Ingredient of the Cayenne Diet: Lemons
While there might be controversy surrounding water, there is much less surrounding lemons. Lemon juice is widely and popularly believed to be beneficial. The main reason for this is the high content of Vitamin C present in lemons, the benefits of which are well documented. The low sodium content of lemons means that it is ideal and recommended as a flavoring for anyone on a low-salt diet. While it’s impact in terms of weight loss may not be a scientific fact, what is clear is that lemons are good for the health, provided that they are diluted by water before consumption. In the cayenne diet, they aren’t harmful.

The Fourth (and last) Ingredient of the Cayenne Diet: Maple Syrup
While generally no health expert would ever consider recommending an intense concentrate of sugar as maple syrup, it is generally the lesser of most evils. A little known fact is that maple syrup actually contains more minerals than the more commonly used honey. It also has less calories, which definitely helps any sort of weight loss programme, especially if you have a sweet tooth. Maple syrup forms a crucial part of the cayenne diet – it provides the calories, albeit not on a sufficient scale to be considered healthy, or even balanced. In addition to that, maple syrup has a considerable content of manganese and even some zinc, both of which are well known to help various health issues. Thus to sum it all up, it can definitely be said that while the Cayenne Diet in itself may not be very healthy due to the long term affects of not consuming a balanced diet, the ingredients behind it certainly have some health benefits to them.