Is it really good for our health to drink water with lemon on an empty stomach? A follower of my Instagram account asked me this question in a publication where she talked about the properties of lemon. She left you the link to said publication below.
LEMON ON FASTING YES OR NO?
If you are one of those who drink water with lemon on an empty stomach every morning to maintain better health, you can stop doing it now. The only thing you will achieve with this practice is damage your tooth enamel and your stomach.
If you drink water with lemon because you like it, I recommend that you do it at other times of the day with your meals.
Water with lemon is very acidic, drinking it on an empty stomach may not make you feel very well. You can have acidity problems in addition to damaging your digestive flora. Furthermore, as I mentioned before, this acidity also damages tooth enamel.
WHY HAS LEMON WATER BECOME SO FAMOUS?
You may have heard that water with lemon helps to base the body, that it helps fight certain diseases… What is true in this?
First of all, it should be noted that we should not confuse the flavor of food with the pH provided by the food once metabolized. It is true that once digested lemon provides basic or alkaline substances, but this does not mean that your body’s pH changes.
The pH of the blood always remains constant, it will not change depending on the food we eat.
What will change is the pH of your urine. Depending on this pH, the ability to eliminate more substances dissolved in the urine will increase. Eating foods that give us this benefit of alkalizing the urine a little can allow us to eliminate substances such as uric acid.
However, for this it is not necessary to drink water with lemon. You could cook with lemon, add it to your salads or eat any fruit or vegetable that also has this alkalizing power.
If you follow a balanced diet, eating 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, rich in water, avoiding processed foods, you will achieve a diet that will allow you to eliminate toxins and waste substances in your urine.
