Lemon water can help you lose weight and detoxify, does it have magical effects? Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin reveals the truth

Lemon water has always been regarded as a healthy drink. It not only supplements vitamin C and anti-oxidation, but also whitens the skin and beautifies the face. In recent years, lemon water has been promoted as a magical drink for weight loss and detoxification. But are these claims really scientifically based? Let’s hear what Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin has to say.

In fact, lemon is indeed a nutritious fruit. Its rich content of citric acid makes it known as the "citric acid warehouse". In addition, lemon also contains vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, magnesium, potassium, etc. These ingredients can maintain normal human metabolism.

Lemon helps detoxify the liver

Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin pointed out that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, lemon is warm in nature, bitter in taste, and non-toxic. It has the functions of relieving cough, resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and strengthening the spleen, and calming the fetus. Green foods can soothe the liver, relieve depression, and alleviate emotions. Therefore, lemon is a food that helps the liver detoxify. Some people also like to drink a glass of lemon water when they wake up in the morning because they admire the detoxifying effect of lemon.

However, for people with poor stomachs, drinking lemon water on an empty stomach early in the morning can easily cause symptoms such as heartburn. Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin recommends drinking a 300cc glass of warm water when you wake up in the morning. It is good for detoxification and does not hurt the stomach!

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, lemon is warm in nature, bitter in taste, and non-toxic. It has the functions of relieving cough, resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and strengthening the spleen, and calming the fetus. Green foods can soothe the liver, relieve depression, and alleviate emotions. Therefore, lemon is a food that helps the liver detoxify.

Lemons are rich in vitamins

In addition, lemons are indeed rich in vitamins, but as for the vitamin C that everyone talks about the most, the content of lemons is not as good as that of guava, kiwi, orange and other fruits of the same weight. In comparison, lemons are not particularly high in vitamin C, and the diet itself has no therapeutic effect, but rather promotes health, prevents health care, and delays disease.

Therefore, although lemon has its benefits, it is not necessary to drink lemon water every day. Only by consuming a variety of fruits and eating a balanced diet can you obtain rich nutrients. So, does lemon water help you lose weight?

Add honey to lemon water, be careful with the calories

Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin said that lemon peel contains tannins (commonly known as tannic acid), which can combine with protein and cholesterol in the intestines, turn into clumps to form feces, and then be excreted from the body. However, lemon cannot eliminate blood lipids or subcutaneous fat. Moreover, although the juice squeezed from a lemon has only about 16 calories, if you drink it every day with honey or sugar for flavoring, you will actually gain weight more easily.

So far, there is no research to prove that drinking lemon water alone can metabolize calories or burn excess fat. If you eat three meals a day normally without reducing calories appropriately, you will not be able to lose weight even if you drink lemon water! The so-called use of lemon water to achieve weight loss effect is, to be more precise, replacing other high-calorie foods (such as sugary drinks) with lemon water.

If you want to lose weight successfully, you still have to start with calorie control: the calories you consume are lower than the calories you burn. Chinese medicine practitioner Tian Yimin recommends that people who want to lose weight can consume about 1,000 calories a day and choose healthy foods. For example, which one should you choose between a piece of cake and a plate of fruits and vegetables? Of course, choose fruits and vegetables. In addition, a moderate combination of aerobic exercise and strength training is the only way to lose weight.