Calamansi

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Calamansi Health Benefits:

1. Bleaches the skin

It’s a common practice in Southeast Asian cultures to use calamansi externally on your skin. Because of its strong acid content, the fruit can eliminate those dark marks, age spots, acne scars, and blemishes on your face or your body.

It’s a good source of antioxidants and it is a natural exfoliator. This means it can rejuvenate your skin cells, brighten up the color, help getting rid of fine lines and wrinkles.

2. Fights inflammation

One of the biggest calamansi benefits is that it fights inflammation in your body. Similarly to apple cider vinegar, this little crazy-sour buddy, which is full of anti-inflammatory tannins too, helps with normalizing the acidity levels in your stomach. 

3. Boosts the immune system

Calamansi fruit is extremely rich in vitamin C, which is known to be a number one nutrient in fighting viruses and retaining iron. It’s also rich in vitamin A, calcium, and potassium.

4. Reduces mucus

The citric acid in calamondin fruit breaks through the mucus and phlegm in your respiratory system. It also works against the inflammation in your respiratory tract and throat. 

5. Regulates glucose, insulin, and cholesterol levels

Many studies have shown improved conditions in those suffering from diabetes. This is because one of the main calamansi benefits is that it helps to moderate glucose and insulin levels in the blood. As a bonus, it also helps to balance cholesterol levels.

Calamansi is used extensively in Filipino cooking as a condiment– on pansit canton and arroz caldo, used a marinade for meats like Chicken inasal and inihaw na baboy, and used to make desserts like muffins and brownies. It’s a basic sawsawan (Filipino dip)—combined with soy sauce or patis – for fish, lumpiang shanghai, lumpiang singkamas or dumplings.