WARM LEMON WATER IN THE MORNING!! :)

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  • michie27
    michie27 Posts: 421 Member
    I do it and I find I feel so much better on the days I do have it. I love lemon water and prefer my water warm so I actually enjoy it. Drinking it first thing in the morning also helps me eat less for breakfast. By the end of the morning I usually have anywhere between 1-3 cups of it (some before and after breakfast). Whether it has helped me lose weight, I don't know 'cause I've never considered it for that. I started doing it because of my brother, he swears by it to help cleanse his system.
  • littlemount
    littlemount Posts: 223
    Typo error honey water and lemon is what I meant.
  • sarabell619
    sarabell619 Posts: 12
    I wonder if a hot tea with lemon in it would have the same effect? It would mask the taste better without adding a bunch of calories and completely taking away from the properties.
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    I posted a link at the bottom of the first page :) Not everyone will agree with this, but I just wanted to share my experiences with it with my fellow fitness pals, and thank you for the support!!! :)
  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.
  • Kabula
    Kabula Posts: 97 Member
    Is it Definetely lemon or lime? I have heard both! that's why?
  • tandroes
    tandroes Posts: 163 Member
    I warm up the water just a little past room temperature, as if i'm about to make tea, and I squeeze half of a lemon into a full glass of water, then I eat oatmeal or fresh fruit for breakfast. It definitely gets your bowels moving lol but I feel more refreshed!! It's definitely worth a try if you can get past the sour taste!! And I just drink the glass before I eat breakfast in the morning, and you can also do a glass before bed but I haven't started that yet, if at all!



    Here is a link explaining it all!! http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/

    i'm so doing this!! at night and in the morning! lol
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    Lol awesome! Let's be MFP's and you can tell me how you like it!!! :)
  • littlemount
    littlemount Posts: 223
    In India only lime is mostly available, and if this cleansing started in the east then it is fresh lime. Use 1/2 lime , one tsp honey in 1 cup of warm water.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Yes. . it is great. . . I add a bit of cayenne to it. . Just make sure that you brush your teeth well afterwards as to much citris can cause them to crack.
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    Thank you Littlemount!! :happy:
  • BerniceB
    BerniceB Posts: 44 Member
    I heat up Crystal Light and drink it as if it were coffee. it fills me up and I like the lemon taste. I really like it in the evening when I want to eat and shouldn't.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    !
  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173

    Ok...I looked at both of those links. The first is about laxitive abuse, and the second mainly about ipecac and dangerous diet habits. They don't prove...or show ANYTHING to benefit lemon water.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Yes. . it is great. . . I add a bit of cayenne to it. . Just make sure that you brush your teeth well afterwards as to much citris can cause them to crack.

    Half of a lemon diluted in a glass of water isn't going to do much of anything to your teeth. Now if you're sucking on the lemon directly...sure.
  • jbing07
    jbing07 Posts: 46 Member
    I am curious to learn more about this too.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.

    The Livestrong article is referencing material from a nutritionist(the original writer has a degree in JOURNALISM...not business). No offense, of course.
  • Rachaelluvszipped
    Rachaelluvszipped Posts: 768 Member
    Lol..I just posted a blog on this...hehe..its great..and you can stick a pitcher of hot water in and pour out over some fresh cut lemon wedges...and let sit to room temp...and put in fridge for later...when you need some Vit. C and tired of water.. :wink:
  • cacraft
    cacraft Posts: 76
    I was a waitress - oh about 30 years ago - in Alberta, and it was very common for customers to ask for warm water and lemon instead of coffee or tea. I never knew the benefits of it though.. Thanks for posting this and all the replies. Very good information!
  • Kabula
    Kabula Posts: 97 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.


    I would agree with you! but it's just lemon and warm water! it doesn't hurt you nor will it kill you!
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    I was a waitress - oh about 30 years ago - in Alberta, and it was very common for customers to ask for warm water and lemon instead of coffee or tea. I never knew the benefits of it though.. Thanks for posting this and all the replies. Very good information!

    You are very welcome! :)
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173

    Ok...I looked at both of those links. The first is about laxitive abuse, and the second mainly about ipecac and dangerous diet habits. They don't prove...or show ANYTHING to benefit lemon water.

    Simple. Then don't try it. Good grief. She's just trying to share something that works for her.
  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.

    The Livestrong article is referencing material from a nutritionist(the original writer has a degree in JOURNALISM...not business). No offense, of course.

    If you could please send the link to that info, I'll retract my statement. However, I clicked on the links under "references" and there was nothing about anyone with nutrition info. And not all nutritionists need degrees. Hell,...I'm a nutritionist!
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.


    I would agree with you! but it's just lemon and warm water! it doesn't hurt you nor will it kill you!


    I agree! I understand if I was stating a diet pill or some quick fix diet plan, but this is just natural WATER and LEMON. If it can harm you in any way...then i'll be damned if I eat another fruit or drink water again! There are many people in this post stating that it works for them, it can't be that much of a load of bologna! Not to be offensive in any way, of course.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173

    Ok...I looked at both of those links. The first is about laxitive abuse, and the second mainly about ipecac and dangerous diet habits. They don't prove...or show ANYTHING to benefit lemon water.

    Simple. Then don't try it. Good grief. She's just trying to share something that works for her.

    People asked for the medical research backing anything with this, someone tried to give that(not the OP) and they responded to what they saw. Simma down, have some lemon water.
  • Brandellina
    Brandellina Posts: 27 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173

    Ok...I looked at both of those links. The first is about laxitive abuse, and the second mainly about ipecac and dangerous diet habits. They don't prove...or show ANYTHING to benefit lemon water.

    Simple. Then don't try it. Good grief. She's just trying to share something that works for her.


    Thank you :)
  • wriglucy
    wriglucy Posts: 1,064 Member
    I would love to know the science behind this. The only link referenced above is a livestrong article that quotes another article in the Daily Mail (*cough*)

    Vitamin C is found in abundance is most fruits.

    Methinks this is a potent placebo effect at work here - unless someone can show me a study by a medical journal.

    http://www.mirror-mirror.org/dangerou.htm
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3280173

    Ok...I looked at both of those links. The first is about laxitive abuse, and the second mainly about ipecac and dangerous diet habits. They don't prove...or show ANYTHING to benefit lemon water.

    Simple. Then don't try it. Good grief. She's just trying to share something that works for her.

    I have no problem with people sharing what they think works....but there are some people who believe anything without doing any research into it. That's where my problem is.

    If you want to try it.....go for it! I just have not seen anything shown on here that shows it works, scientifically.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.

    Here's a tip: When you start a sentence with "no offense to people".....that means you already know what you're about to say is offensive. At that point, you should stop what you were about to type and think about a more constructive way of saying what's on your mind. It goes the same for, "not to be racist".....or "not trying to be rude, but"......
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    No offense...but the livestrong website is written by someone with a business degree, and the http://www.outofstress.com/lemon-water-lose-weight/ website is written by someone that does not say ANY credentials.

    No offense to people...but you need to start looking at your sources. Anyone can say anything and it will get published in some "help yourself" type magazine or website. But...you need to find a registered dietician that has degrees to tell you legit info.

    The Livestrong article is referencing material from a nutritionist(the original writer has a degree in JOURNALISM...not business). No offense, of course.

    If you could please send the link to that info, I'll retract my statement. However, I clicked on the links under "references" and there was nothing about anyone with nutrition info. And not all nutritionists need degrees. Hell,...I'm a nutritionist!

    The link to that info? How about you try reading the article?? It's right there:

    Overview
    Consider swapping your standard cup of coffee for a glass of hot water and lemon first thing in the morning, recommends nationally known nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman, author of "Fat Flush for Life" and other books. The combination can benefit your body in numerous ways, including helping you to lose weight and keep hydrated, improving your digestion and upping your vitamin C intake. You can even spice up this morning drink to boost its benefits.


    I guess you were on such a mission to debunk the article you didn't really care what it said.

    eta: Just because I know you'll question this nutritionist now...here:
    Gittleman was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Connecticut College in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in English. She received teaching and principal certification from Hebrew Union College in 1976. In 1977, she graduated with a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University. She earned a Certified Nutrition Specialist credential from the American College of Nutrition, a non-profit nutritionist organization, in 1993.

    In 2002, Gittleman was awarded a PhD in Holistic Nutrition from the non-accredited and controversial[1] Clayton College of Natural Health.
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