I Sipped Lemon Balm Tea Daily for 7 Days—Here’s the Surprising Result

I Sipped Lemon Balm Tea Daily for 7 Days—Here’s the Surprising Result

Last fall, my editors put me up to drinking lemon water every day for a week. I didn’t expect it to become a habit, but months later, it’s still how I start my mornings. It’s also one strategy that a doctor recently told me can help lower the risk of kidney stones . So when the team asked how I felt about a week of drinking lemon balm tea, which has been trending on social media, my response was similarly curious. I wondered whether it, too, held benefits I hadn’t discovered. Brief research revealed there’s a big reason this herbal beverage has gained popularity: It’s believed to have calming properties. I’ve always been a tea drinker (while slowly trying to break up with my morning coffee). While lemon balm leaves had been present in some tea blends I’d tried before, I’d never singled it out to study any observable effects. The timing for this experiment came in handy, too. My fiancé and I are in the home stretch of planning our summer wedding, but the three-year mark jus…