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DIY Natural Vitamin Water with lemon, cucumber, mint – so refreshing!

by | Feb 4, 2014 | How to..., Recipes | 5 comments

 

 

refreshing diy vitamin water with lemon, cucumber and mint leaves

 

Sometime towards the later part of last year I came across a super easy recipe for vitamin water on Pinterest with a note that said it had helped someone lose weight. Now, I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I decided to try it and it was so refreshing that I am still making it.

 

As for the weight loss? I think it was helping me lose. Not long ago I noticed I had lost a few pounds for no known reason other than I thought probably it was due to eating plain Greek yogurt with raw honey and/or it was this vitamin water??

 

DIY Vitamin Water

  • slice 1 lemon

  • slice 1/2  cucumber (but I sometimes use a whole one)

  • handful of crushed fresh mint leaves

  • pitcher full of water

Allow to sit overnight or for at least 8 hours before drinking.  Drink it before it goes bad. The original article recommended drinking it within 24 hours I think, but I drink mine over a couple days – maybe three at most.

 

By the way, their are mixed opinions on whether lemon water helps you lose weight.  While looking for some sources I came across this post that said losing weight with lemons is a myth, however, person after person shared their own testimonies and disagreement with the poster in the comment section! I was actually encouraged to read those comments.

 

Using essential oils instead:

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I’ve tried making this vitamin water with my essential oils from Young Living Essential Oil and possibly another brand – replacing the sliced lemon and crushed mint leaves with Lemon Oil and Peppermint Oil; but, it just wasn’t the same.  I’m not sure which brand of Peppermint (not sure it would matter) I used since I had previously bought some for using in my homemade hard lotion bars. I also use it in my silky diy shea body butter.

 

Plus I’ve heard that the Lemon Oil is so strong that it will eat plastic and the pitcher I use for this vitamin water is a large plastic pitcher. I have a glass pitcher for when I do use my Lemon Oil which I will mix with a few drops of this organic Stevia which I bought at my local health food store.

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Tracy Zdelar

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5 Comments

  1. Tracy Zdelar
    Tracy Zdelar on March 23, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    That’s great to hear. Thanks for sharing!

  2. Fitoru
    Fitoru on March 22, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    I really love this do it your own natural vitamin water with lemon, cucumber and mint. A perfect morning drink

  3. Yuliya
    Yuliya on February 20, 2014 at 9:21 am

    This is quite interesting! I usually add a slice of lemon to my water if I have it on hand. I’ve also tried cucumber and mint water, but I’ve never combined all three ingredients together!. I’ll give this a try this weekend after we go grocery shopping. Thanks for sharing!

  4. Tracy
    Tracy on February 7, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Patty 🙂

  5. Patty Graham
    Patty Graham on February 5, 2014 at 11:07 am

    I love this recipe! I have several other drink recipes on my site too! Such a great alternative to soda and other unhealthy options. Thanks for sharing this!