There arenโt really any, other than it if makes you drink more water. โฃ
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Letโs look at the claims vs the science:โฃ
๐. โ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ โฃ
Lemon juice can increase bile-acid secretion, BUT itโs effect on digestion is currently unproven. Your body knows what itโs doing, and will release the correct amount of bile acid needed - if it doesnโt then chances are itโs a bit more serious than drinking a glass of lemon water (1)โฃ
Fibre is good for digestion, but to claim that lemon water contains fibre is fairly bold unless youโre willing to eat the whole lemon - peel includedโฆโฃ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.โฃ
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๐. โ๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌโโฃ
It does not.โฃ
People lose weight on โdetoxifying weight loss plansโ because theyโre eating sweet fuck all, and drinking lemon water in between. Itโs not the lemon water. Itโs the lack of calories. โฃ
Itโs also well proven that if older adults drink water before a meal, they consume less during that meal (2)(3). But water or lemon water - thereโs no difference. โฃ
(One experimental study has shown lemon peels increase beta-oxidation of fatty acids and prevent obesity - it was done on mice. Are you a mouse? No. You are not (4))โฃ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โฃ
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๐. โ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒโโฃ
The claims that lemon water can detoxify your body show a HUGE misunderstanding of human physiology. There are some tiny plausible relations, but these are rarely ever backed by solid evidence. โฃ
Two studies have found that limonene (molecule in lemons), and sulforaphane (in cruciferous veg) have an effect on detoxification enzymes within the liver in rodents (5)(6). BUT - once again YOU ARE NOT A RODENT. And there is no clear study to show how lemons aid human detoxification processes. โฃ
๐๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ต (๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ)โฃ
(1) Cherng SC, et al.ย Acceleration of hepatobiliary excretion by lemon juice on 99mTc-tetrofosmin cardiac SPECT.ย Nucl Med Commun. (2006)
(2)Van Walleghen EL, et al.ย Pre-meal water consumption reduces meal energy intake in older but not younger subjects.ย Obesity (Silver Spring). (2007)
(3) Davy BM, et al.ย Water consumption reduces energy intake at a breakfast meal in obese older adults.ย J Am Diet Assoc. (2008)
(4) Fukuchi Y, et al.ย Lemon Polyphenols Suppress Diet-induced Obesity by Up-Regulation of mRNA Levels of the Enzymes Involved in beta-Oxidation in Mouse White Adipose Tissue.ย J Clin Biochem Nutr. (2008)
(5)Yoshida K, et al.ย Broccoli sprout extract induces detoxification-related gene expression and attenuates acute liver injury.ย World J Gastroenterol. (2015)
(6)Reicks MM, Crankshaw D.ย Effects of D-limonene on hepatic microsomal monooxygenase activity and paracetamol-induced glutathione depletion in mouse.ย Xenobiotica. (1993)
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