Does lemon water works?

saanjali2003
saanjali2003 Posts: 18 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone tried warm lemon water in morning for weight loss?
I m not sure if I should try.
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  • novasunflower
    novasunflower Posts: 29 Member
    Don't try it, you'll love it too much. So refreshing. Get a food scale and count calories if you want to lose weight.
  • shawnamarie67
    shawnamarie67 Posts: 4 Member
    I've switched out from my 2 coffee with cream and sugar to hot water and lemon. It is said to flush things out of you (lemons clean well! ) but I don't know if it's true. What it does do is help me hydrate much more regularly, assisting in the weight loss. Also, coffe used to cut my hunger in the morning allowing me to put off eating breakfast til almost noon. Now I eat by 830.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I've switched out from my 2 coffee with cream and sugar to hot water and lemon. It is said to flush things out of you (lemons clean well! ) but I don't know if it's true.

    Coffee is also said to help you poop- so... But the water has less calories than creamer and sugar. I am not about to give up my coffee though.
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  • phonerobot
    phonerobot Posts: 14 Member
    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.
  • drivennightrunner87
    drivennightrunner87 Posts: 302 Member
    edited November 2016
    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.

    Prefers a couple of mugs of strong black coffee
  • drivennightrunner87
    drivennightrunner87 Posts: 302 Member
    edited November 2016
    malibu927 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
  • kayte56789
    kayte56789 Posts: 19 Member
    edited November 2016
    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
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
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  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    edited November 2016
    kimny72 wrote: »
    malibu927 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, madame ;)
  • drivennightrunner87
    drivennightrunner87 Posts: 302 Member
    edited November 2016
    kimny72 wrote: »
    malibu927 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')
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,307 Member
    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.
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