Lemon Water

[tonpaulerc]

My sister has been on a health kick lately where she has been drinking lots of lemon water. she says it is very beneficial to her health, such as clear skin, losing weight, and helps cleanse the system. Anyone on here know if this is correct?

[BendtheBar]

I add lemon juice to water from time to time, but simply for taste.

[Shadowschmadow]

I read something a LONG time ago that had something to do with lemon juice and it being beneficial. However, there are far more important things to concern yourself with. So unless she has the rest of her diet together, lemon juice isn't going to make a difference at all.

Things like lemon juice carry very little significance compared to getting several cups of veggies a day, if you catch my drift...

[Soldier]

If it makes her feel like she's doing something good than that's fine, but those claims are BS. It's just freakin' lemons in water.

[Hazzard]

Probably just drinking water will do all that, but with the lemony goodness flavour it doesn't taste like nothing.

[bruteforce]

Might add some vitamin C to it, but other than that, its all flavoring.

[wesrman]

Benefits of Drinking Lemon Water for Health and Vitality

Digestive Aid

One of the most important benefits of drinking lemon water regularly is its effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Lemon water assists in the process of digestion and elimination.

Lemon juice is similar in atomic structure to saliva, hydrochloric acid, bile and the stomach’s other digestive juices.

The digestive qualities of lemon juice help to relieve symptoms of indigestion, such as heartburn, belching and bloating. For the relief of heartburn, Kloss recommends taking a teaspoon of lemon juice in half a glass of water.

Lemon water will also help to eliminate waste through the bowels more efficiently, thus preventing or alleviating constipation, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders.

[emekajokammor]

Might have some validity to it...

[lift3r]

I think it is valid. But what it it doing to the teeth to be drinking all that lemon water?

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by lift3r

I think it is valid. But what it it doing to the teeth to be drinking all that lemon water?

Not much. You have more to worry about by ingesting sugar and starch and the acid those produce as they are broken down in the mouth than the few seconds the citric acid of lemon juice hits them. I take minor issue with a few points in the article, I'm not discounting it but I think they are over-hyping it a bit. Citric acid and whatever else is in the juice of a lemon is not going to be that similar in structure to amylase and pepsinogen. Also, nitpicking, but I think they meant molecular and not atomic.