Lemon water

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  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    I love lemon water. If you add cayenne pepper it will help speed your metabolism, but regular water and lemon , No. It is good for you though, regardless!
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    I love lemon water. If you add cayenne pepper it will help speed your metabolism, but regular water and lemon , No. It is good for you though, regardless!

    No :noway:
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    I love lemon water. If you add cayenne pepper it will help speed your metabolism, but regular water and lemon , No. It is good for you though, regardless!

    No :noway:

    Actually hot peppers do temporarily boost your metabolic rate. It is the capsaicin that is in the peppers.
  • PaulaCLamb
    PaulaCLamb Posts: 8
    No, but what it does do is help cleanse the liver. Now the liver is our bodies detoxyfier so cleansing the liver helps to cleanse the body, I do know it does also help with that sweet tooth same as Grapefruit..
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    I love lemon water. If you add cayenne pepper it will help speed your metabolism, but regular water and lemon , No. It is good for you though, regardless!

    No :noway:

    Actually hot peppers do temporarily boost your metabolic rate. It is the capsaicin that is in the peppers.

    Sorry I meant no to lemon juice AND cayenne pepper together. The amount it boosts it is negligible though.
  • Beastmode454
    Beastmode454 Posts: 340 Member
    I've heard that it helps cleanse your liver or kidneys but thats about it.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I love lemon water. If you add cayenne pepper it will help speed your metabolism, but regular water and lemon , No. It is good for you though, regardless!

    ohhhh I was missing the cayenne part....rollz eyez..

    this can't be serious..
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    I've heard that it helps cleanse your liver or kidneys but thats about it.

    you heard wrong...your body naturally does that.
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
    I put a lemon in my water everyday. I tend to be acidic and it helps with the alkaline. I talked to a dietician for a bladder problem several years ago and she told me this would help, which it has. Most people think lemons are acidic but when your body processes them, they are alkaline. I am not sure about weight loss but they are very beneficial for other things. My brother had trouble getting kidney stones all the time. He started squeezing a lemon in a glass of water each morning and has not had a kidney stone in well over a year.

    Ok, rather than head-desk myself into a coma over this...let's pick this line of reasoning apart.

    Kidney stones are predominantly a calcium phosphate or calcium oxylate, usually apatite or hydroxyapatite. (Ca5(PO4)3(OH)). These are alkaline mineral deposits. Even if lemon juice somehow, magically became alkaline instead of acidic in your blood stream (which it SO DOES NOT, but whatever, for the sake of the argument, if it did), it would not help break up a kidney stone. You need acid to break the bonds of the common kidney stone. Adding an alkaline substance would only make the kidney stone bigger.

    This is why you take tums (calcium carbonate - CaCO3) when you have stomach acid problems, and not a big 'ole glass of lemon juice.
  • Brown523
    Brown523 Posts: 112 Member
    No, and too much of it is bad for your stomach lining.


    And your teeth. It strips the enamel right off of them. No one wants meth teeth from too much lemon water!
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  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    I like lemon in my water but just because I like the taste :ohwell:
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.

    Again NO NO NO. :angry:

    and I don't take medical advice from a blog with no references.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.

    knocking it....

    so I can eat 1000 calories over maintenance and just drink lemon water and cayenne and I will keep losing weight?
  • arrseegee
    arrseegee Posts: 575 Member
    do not know if it makes you lose weight, however lemons are high in vitamin c which is beneficial to weight loss. Lemon also helps detoxify the liver, the liver is crucial to weight loss. Lemon in water makes it more alkaline, more easily absorbable bythe body. Nobody on MFP thinks anything can aid weight loss except calories in/out. Lemon may not be the weight loss bullet, can it help...yes.

    Now why would you need to detoxify your liver??
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/516597-can-eating-too-many-lemons-be-harmful/
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    In, for cheap lemonade later.
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
    in for lemons!
  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    Does lemon water count as water? :drinker:
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Does lemon water count as water? :drinker:

    NO :angry:

    Only the purest water counts - you know that. :laugh:
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  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    I mean, maybe...The only truth I can see to this is if you're substituting lemon water in place of sugary sodas/juices/other high calorie drinks. I mean, just replacing one regular Coke (12 oz ) with the same volume of lemon water will save you about 120 calories. So...you might notice some weight loss with just that one change in diet.

    *shrug* Is it the magic weight loss bullet? nope.
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.

    knocking it....

    so I can eat 1000 calories over maintenance and just drink lemon water and cayenne and I will keep losing weight?

    LOL Wow, I never said that. I just said it was good for you. Way to start an argument for no reason. LOL
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.

    knocking it....

    so I can eat 1000 calories over maintenance and just drink lemon water and cayenne and I will keep losing weight?

    LOL Wow, I never said that. I just said it was good for you. Way to start an argument for no reason. LOL

    you said it would boost my metabolism...so that means that the calorie surplus would be negated by the boost in metabolism, right?
  • PlexusChangedMyLife
    PlexusChangedMyLife Posts: 3
    Adding lemon into your Plexus Slim pushes out toxins even more. It's a great cleanse for your body, and very natural!

    -PlexusChangedMyLife
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    Eek there are a lot of replies!!!

    I think a lot of the replies are a little exaggerated. Yes, taking in lemon water will not make you burn off more fat or anything like that. . . so in that sense the people saying "NO" are right. BUT. IF you replace SODA with lemon water-- that is if you are a person who hates drinking plain water and therefore goes for soda or juice or other sweet drinks for most or all of your liquid intake-- then YES, lemon water will help you lose weight if you replace all the sodas and juices with it because then you are no longer consuming all the sugar, corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, calories etc. contained in sodas and juices.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    Adding lemon into your Plexus Slim pushes out toxins even more. It's a great cleanse for your body, and very natural!

    -PlexusChangedMyLife

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  • admegamo
    admegamo Posts: 175 Member
    This is what I've heard of lemon, adding lemon helps the water to be alkaline, which is great for losing weight.

    ◾Lemons are antiseptic
    ◾Lemon water has excellent digestive properties and can ease heartburn, bloating and other digestion problems
    ◾Lemon water cleanses and stimulates the liver and kidneys
    ◾Lemon juice contains calcium, magnesium and potassium
    ◾Lemon juice has been known to relieve asthma
    ◾Lemon water (hot) offers relief from cold and flu symptoms while providing some much needed Vitamin C
    ◾Lemon juice is a great skin cleanser

    starting every single day with a glass of lovely lemon water, it ignites the metabolism early in the morning, so if you are on a weight loss journey this could be the most important of the lemon water benefits.

    this
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-cayenne-pepper/

    Warm lemon water with cayenne, just makes it taste good, and it will boost your metabolism if you drink it every day. Don't knock it until you try it. There are also many health benefits that go along with it too.

    knocking it....

    so I can eat 1000 calories over maintenance and just drink lemon water and cayenne and I will keep losing weight?

    LOL Wow, I never said that. I just said it was good for you. Way to start an argument for no reason. LOL

    you started the argument by making a completely baseless statement. he only asked you to clarify. still waiting....

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