Does lemon water works?
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kayte56789 wrote: »So I looked this up a while ago and websites claim it helps with weight loss but honestly I tried it and lost weight, but I also excercized a lot so it could have been from that. It might help mildly with digestion though
It's water with a little vitamin C in it. Burning more calories than you need causes weight loss. Not water with vitamin C in it.
We can find pretty much anything on the internet.5 -
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drivennightrunner87 wrote: »phonerobot wrote: »It's a good mild detox. Also, if you're retaining fluid for any reason, it's will get the retention down faster. A natural diuretic.
What exactly is lemon water detoxing from your body?
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/can-lemon-water-detox-your-body/
Looks like it works best if you drink at least 8 cups a day tho
The website you linked is a retail site - they sell supplements. They want people to believe that ingesting the right nutrients will fix all their problems so they will click one of the numerous product links in that article and place an order. So yes, it might be utter nonsense.
OP, if drinking lemon water made you lose weight, no one would be fat. Eat less than you burn. Move more, eat less. Keeping an accurate food diary can help. And drinking lemon water can erode your tooth enamel.
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drivennightrunner87 wrote: »phonerobot wrote: »It's a good mild detox. Also, if you're retaining fluid for any reason, it's will get the retention down faster. A natural diuretic.
What exactly is lemon water detoxing from your body?
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/can-lemon-water-detox-your-body/
Looks like it works best if you drink at least 8 cups a day tho
The website you linked is a retail site - they sell supplements. They want people to believe that ingesting the right nutrients will fix all their problems so they will click one of the numerous product links in that article and place an order. So yes, it might be utter nonsense.
OP, if drinking lemon water made you lose weight, no one would be fat. Eat less than you burn. Move more, eat less. Keeping an accurate food diary can help. And drinking lemon water can erode your tooth enamel.
You're a good egg, madame3 -
drivennightrunner87 wrote: »phonerobot wrote: »It's a good mild detox. Also, if you're retaining fluid for any reason, it's will get the retention down faster. A natural diuretic.
What exactly is lemon water detoxing from your body?
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/can-lemon-water-detox-your-body/
Looks like it works best if you drink at least 8 cups a day tho
The website you linked is a retail site - they sell supplements. They want people to believe that ingesting the right nutrients will fix all their problems so they will click one of the numerous product links in that article and place an order. So yes, it might be utter nonsense.
OP, if drinking lemon water made you lose weight, no one would be fat. Eat less than you burn. Move more, eat less. Keeping an accurate food diary can help. And drinking lemon water can erode your tooth enamel.
Drinking lemon water everyday won't make you lose weight.... obv. burning more calories than you take in by eating less and increasing physical activity does...but the link did support facts about some of the health benefits/properties of citrus fruit like lemons (and wasn't 'utter nonsense')0 -
drivennightrunner87 wrote: »drivennightrunner87 wrote: »phonerobot wrote: »It's a good mild detox. Also, if you're retaining fluid for any reason, it's will get the retention down faster. A natural diuretic.
What exactly is lemon water detoxing from your body?
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/can-lemon-water-detox-your-body/
Looks like it works best if you drink at least 8 cups a day tho
The website you linked is a retail site - they sell supplements. They want people to believe that ingesting the right nutrients will fix all their problems so they will click one of the numerous product links in that article and place an order. So yes, it might be utter nonsense.
OP, if drinking lemon water made you lose weight, no one would be fat. Eat less than you burn. Move more, eat less. Keeping an accurate food diary can help. And drinking lemon water can erode your tooth enamel.
Drinking lemon water everyday won't make you lose weight.... obv. burning more calories than you take in by eating less and increasing physical activity does...
Absolutely right
but the link did support facts about some of the health benefits/properties of citrus fruit like lemons (and wasn't 'utter nonsense')
All tied up in overblowing nutritional benefits while not specifying dosage and advocating cleanses, detoxes and the need for supplements, alongside really bad sourcing designed to add credibility for those who don't really get sourcing.
Would you accept "majorly nonsense"?6 -
drivennightrunner87 wrote: »drivennightrunner87 wrote: »phonerobot wrote: »It's a good mild detox. Also, if you're retaining fluid for any reason, it's will get the retention down faster. A natural diuretic.
What exactly is lemon water detoxing from your body?
http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/can-lemon-water-detox-your-body/
Looks like it works best if you drink at least 8 cups a day tho
The website you linked is a retail site - they sell supplements. They want people to believe that ingesting the right nutrients will fix all their problems so they will click one of the numerous product links in that article and place an order. So yes, it might be utter nonsense.
OP, if drinking lemon water made you lose weight, no one would be fat. Eat less than you burn. Move more, eat less. Keeping an accurate food diary can help. And drinking lemon water can erode your tooth enamel.
Drinking lemon water everyday won't make you lose weight.... obv. burning more calories than you take in by eating less and increasing physical activity does...but the link did support facts about some of the health benefits/properties of citrus fruit like lemons (and wasn't 'utter nonsense')
It says fruit is good for you (true) mixed in with paragraphs and paragraphs of nonsense.10 -
If lemon water helps you do other things - one poster said she lost weight drinking it "but could of been all the exercise I did at same time" (yes I think so) and somebody else mentioned lemon water replacing coffee with creamer and sugar.
So, sure, those 2 posters increased calories out or decreased calories in as an indirect result of drinking lemon water - but the lemon water in itself didnt do the trick.2 -
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kayte56789 wrote: »So I looked this up a while ago and websites claim it helps with weight loss but honestly I tried it and lost weight, but I also excercized a lot so it could have been from that. It might help mildly with digestion though
In what way would it help with digestion that is in any way related to weight loss? Food has a set number of calories. If your digestion doesn't work well you don't get all the calories from the food and might lose weight and remain hungry. Say if you don't digest fats well some of them end up in the toilet without you making use of the calories in that food. On the other hand, good digestion extracts the calories from the food. Your body then uses them for your energy needs or, if you're in a calorie surplus stores them as body fat.2
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