Lemon in water

beccapineapple8756
beccapineapple8756 Posts: 56 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a friend who says drinking a glass of water with the juice of 1 lemon in it every morning helped her to loose a bunch of weight.
Dose anyone else do this or have tried it? If so what were your results?
Also is there any scientific evidence that helps this? Theres lots of different conflicting evidence online im not sure what to believe.
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  • melymuu
    melymuu Posts: 1 Member
    In itself, it doesn't help with losing fat. As they've told you, you need to be in a caloric deficit in order to start shredding pounds. However, I've tried it and found that it help with digestion, specially if I'm feeling bloated. This is because it hydrates you and helps you get rid of some water weight (but it doesn't create fat loss). Water has to be warm and it's also a good idea to add a pinch of baking soda in it. Every time I drink it, I do in on an empty stomach.
  • mikevfr
    mikevfr Posts: 47 Member
    Water will help you feel full.
    Adding lemon may help you drink more water.
    This may well help with appetite control.

    So while weight loss is indeed calories in, calories out - drinking lemon water sounds like a good strategy to manage fluid intake and help you feel fuller.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,250 Member
    No scientific evidence that lemon water helps you lose weight, at all. Good news for your friend - she did it all herself!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    If "conflicting evidence" means confusion and myths and woo, then yes, there's lots of conflicting evidence online.

    To lose weight, you have to eat less and move more. If this makes it easier for you eat less and move more, it's useful for you.
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    Lemon water is more palatable than plain water, so people will drink more. When you are drinking water more often, you are feeling full more often.

    The lemon water tip is literally just making the 'drink a glass of water before meals' tip more appealing. May as well do the flavored water things. Mioooooo.
  • dannybias46
    dannybias46 Posts: 31 Member
    Use lemon juice. Lemons have acid in it that will remove enamel from your teeth
    Lemons are a natural duietric
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    No.
  • LyiannaTameka
    LyiannaTameka Posts: 34 Member
    I think drinking lemon water helps with weight loss. Everyone here is saying it's just calories, but I don't feel that's strictly true. I think there are a combination of things that have to be taken into account for optimal weight loss. First, calories, how much you are eating on a daily basis. Then, exercise, how much you are burning on a daily basis. Then water, how you are drinking on a daily basis? Sleeping, how much you sleep on a nightly basis. Spread... how you spread out your food over the day. I think eating all your calories in one meal would make you lose more weight (I did) than spreading it out. It's about what works for everyone but as you can see, there are a host of things that effect your weight loss.

    Now going back to lemon water, I think it's a good thing to incorporate into your diet. Not only does it banish belly bloat, but it detoxifies you and is good for your digestive system. I personally thinks it helps with my weightloss.

    Good luck ❤️.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    LyiannaTameka wrote: »
    I think drinking lemon water helps with weight loss. Everyone here is saying it's just calories, but I don't feel that's strictly true. I think there are a combination of things that have to be taken into account for optimal weight loss. First, calories, how much you are eating on a daily basis. Then, exercise, how much you are burning on a daily basis. Then water, how you are drinking on a daily basis? Sleeping, how much you sleep on a nightly basis. Spread... how you spread out your food over the day. I think eating all your calories in one meal would make you lose more weight (I did) than spreading it out. It's about what works for everyone but as you can see, there are a host of things that effect your weight loss.

    Now going back to lemon water, I think it's a good thing to incorporate into your diet. Not only does it banish belly bloat, but it detoxifies you and is good for your digestive system. I personally thinks it helps with my weightloss.

    Good luck ❤️.

    Eating your calories in one meal vs. three makes no difference. It's completely personal choice, and one person may lose better eating only one meal because they stick to their calorie goal better, but meal timing doesn't affect weight loss.

    Your system doesn't need detoxifying, your body takes care of that for you itself. If there's something that your body can't detox, it's going to need a lot more than lemon water to get rid of it.
  • Gymgrl421
    Gymgrl421 Posts: 26 Member
    edited October 2016
    dannybias46 wrote: »
    Use lemon juice. Lemons have acid in it that will remove enamel from your teeth
    Lemons are a natural duietric

    Where does lemon juice come from, if not from lemons? :smile:
  • loseitin_2016
    loseitin_2016 Posts: 21 Member
    I drink lemon water throughout the day simply because I don't like plain water.It is a natural diuretic but I don't believe I have ever lost any weight from it.It helps me drink more water.I think there is supposed to be some reasoning online about drinking hot water with lemon before breakfast but I drink mine with ice.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    Lemon water is alkaline and it helps to offset an acidic system and cleanse the liver. If you like it.. it can not hurt. I personally believe in keeping my diet alkaline. However.. there are those on here who believe you can drink diet soda and 1400 calories in skittles a day and it is the same as drinking lemon water and eating 1400 calories in fresh vegetables, healthy fats, and fish.

    I totally disagree.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    LyiannaTameka wrote: »
    I think drinking lemon water helps with weight loss. Everyone here is saying it's just calories, but I don't feel that's strictly true. I think there are a combination of things that have to be taken into account for optimal weight loss. First, calories, how much you are eating on a daily basis. This is the most important part.
    Then, exercise, how much you are burning on a daily basis. . This also has to do with calories, influencing the CO part of the CICO energy balance equation.
    Then water, how you are drinking on a daily basis? yes it's important to stay hydrated and that can impact water retention.
    Sleeping, how much you sleep on a nightly basis. Also important for overall health, mental acuity, managing stress but not directly related to weight loss.

    Spread... how you spread out your food over the day. I think eating all your calories in one meal would make you lose more weight (I did) than spreading it out. . No, meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss.

    It's about what works for everyone but as you can see, there are a host of things that effect your weight loss. Truly it all comes back to calories for weight loss, other factors are secondary and relate more to individual preference which can help keep someone motivated.

    Now going back to lemon water, I think it's a good thing to incorporate into your diet. Not only does it banish belly bloat, but it detoxifies you What toxins? and is good for your digestive system. I personally thinks it helps with my weightloss.

    Good luck ❤️.

  • Sweets1954
    Sweets1954 Posts: 507 Member
    I'm not quite sure how anyone can say that lemon water is alkaline as lemons and lemon juice are an acid. Adding them to water doesn't change the acidity, it just dilutes it. As far a helping one lose weight, that's debatable. I have heard that drinking a cup of hot water with lemon is good, drinking lemon infused water is good, or just adding lemon juice to water is good. They all taste good and probably help with encouraging the overall water one drinks in a day but I seriously doubt there is any benefit to weight lose other than increasing the full feeling so you don't eat as much. As far as eliminating toxins, personally I think that is a load of crap!
  • beccapineapple8756
    beccapineapple8756 Posts: 56 Member
    I didn't mean to start a major debate i was just curious

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