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What Are the Benefits of Eating Limes?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Carolyn Williams

Limes provide many health benefits, some well known and others that are not as obvious. Originally grown in India, they are cousin to the lemon and became popular in Europe, moving to the United States as the population grew. They are grown in Florida, California and the Southwest regions of the United States.