Lemonade in the USA and Canada is a uncarbonated drink, basically made from squeezed lemon juice, water and sugar. It could have artificial sweetener instead of sugar. Then there is alcholic lemonade which also popular is sweetened artificially. There are a lot of variants in lemonade of the fruit nature. These usually consist of raspberries, grapefruit, grapes, red cherry, cranberries, strawberris and grenadine ( Wikipedia – describes grenadine -The Mott’s brand “Rose’s”, by far the most common grenadine brand in the United States,

[3] is presently formulated using (in order of concentration): high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, FD&C Red #40, natural and artificial flavors, and FD&C Blue #1.[4]. There are all kinds of variations on lemonade as might be expected, it depends to what country you are referring.

There are health benefits to Lemons

Lemons on Tree Lemons have natural healing power. Here is a website that offers 15 Hidden Health Secrets of Lemons. Some of which are abolishing acne, cankor sore relief, curing corns and callus (something my runners feet could use help with), fight fatigue, healing hypertension, pulverize pain, varicose veins and more. Take a look at that article above.
   Anyway adding sugar to your lemon mixture may take away some of the benefits of lemons or at least reduce the benefits of them. Here are – Six Healthy Sugars that can KILL you. Sugar can wreck havoc on your metabolism. Have you looked around lately and seen all the fat over-weight and unhealthy young people in the USA? Its soooo sad. Many of these kids are hooked on sugar. Its the fructose! I was reently astounded to find out that powdered supplement I have been using (with all the great vitamin C and vitamins) – first ingredient was fructose! All the glucose and sugar you consume will eventually be going to the liver.. AND the LIVEr does not care whether its organic sugar or not. SO the point of all of this is that Lemons are HEALTHY, adding a ton of sugar to it makes it rather UNHEALTHY…. and sugar as most of us know by now is extremely addictive …. like cocaine. There are opinions on sugar and the above article has a lot of comments. The fact is however that the spike in American onset diabetes is directly related to our sugar consumption.

Some Lemonade articles you might find of interest

1) Healthy Lemonade with Stevia instead of sugar, How to Make 64 Ounces of Lemonade With Lemons & Stevia.
A single teaspoon of powdered stevia is roughly equivalent in taste to 1 cup of sugar.
– And, here is an article about Stevia and the FDA, Stevia History and Government Control It is interesting to note that we have proven sugar to have cancer causing propterties but not Stevia. The FDA has dragged its heels in on this one. Stevia is afe and has hbe used for a long time.
– Here is a recipe for Lemonade with Stevia

2) Make Lemonade with Honey
– Real Honey does have health benefits. Take a look at this article – The Many Health Benefits of Real Honey

3) Best Lemonade Ever – made with Lavendar! Recipe

4) Here is a video with someting different! Great Lemonade for Kids! Sugar Free!

5) Here is a company that makes a device with a floor pedal for squishing lemons fast. This was a great find – especially if you are planning on selling lemonade somewhere or some day. All lemonade consists of lemons after all!. LemonadeBusiness.com