{"id":6757,"date":"2023-08-22T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2023-08-22T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:22:16","slug":"4-science-backed-benefits-of-lemon-water-plus-a-big-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6757","title":{"rendered":"4 Science-Backed Benefits Of Lemon Water (Plus, A Big Myth)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_269,w_1120,h_629\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/3ixlgh90hjs265rlv.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Acidic ingredients like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/apple-cider-vinegar-vs-lemon-water-for-gut-health\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/apple-cider-vinegar-vs-lemon-water-for-gut-health\" rel=\"noopener\">apple cider vinegar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/coffee-and-lemon\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/coffee-and-lemon\" rel=\"noopener\">coffee<\/a>, and lemon juice have long been touted for getting things moving in your gut. With lemons, citric acid is the key to stimulating digestion.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 study\u00a0found that lemon juice <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35013789\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35013789\/\" data-citation-link=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">increased gastric emptying 1.5 times more than water,<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"1\">1<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span> likely due to its acidity level. \u201cLemon water may help with the production of digestive juices that break down food into smaller pieces so it can be better absorbed,\u201d explains Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>Still, you might need to drink a <em>lot<\/em> of lemon water to achieve these effects. \u201cLemons have been\u00a0observed\u00a0to aid in digestion and as a diuretic, but research is limited and standard dosing and\u00a0formulation\u00a0studied has been 85 milliliters (60 mEq citrate), which is about 3 ounces, or two medium lemons,\u201d points out <a href=\"https:\/\/eatrightrx.com\/about-monique-richard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/eatrightrx.com\/about-monique-richard\/\">Monique Richard MS, RDN, LDN<\/a>, owner of Nutrition-In-Sight and national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acidic ingredients like apple cider vinegar, coffee, and lemon juice have long been touted for getting things moving in your gut. With lemons, citric acid is the key to stimulating digestion. A 2022 study\u00a0found that lemon juice increased gastric emptying 1.5 times more than water,1 likely due to its acidity level. \u201cLemon water may help &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[81,118],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-hydration","tag-vitamin-c"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}