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 Lemon boosts the health benefits of green tea, as citrus juice makes green teas antioxidants more readily available for your body. Catechins prefer an acidic rather than alkaline environment. As the tea passes from your stomach — acidic — to the increasingly alkaline environment of your small intestine, the catechins are broken down. Your body can absorb up to six times more catechins that it would otherwise by combining lemon with green tea. Lemon also reduces the effect of certain compounds in green tea that can restrict your ability to absorb iron from foods.