Tanya Chua drinks "lemon drink" to maintain alkaline physique, nutritionist: You got it wrong!

Tanya Chua, who has won the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Singer three times, shared on Facebook how she lost weight and maintained her health by making her homemade "Tsai's Special Lemon Drink". She claimed that drinking specially blended lemon water can help the body become alkaline, and when the body reaches an acid-base balance, the body will not have any problems. The ingredients include lemon, honey, etc. She also emphasized that drinking it on an empty stomach in the morning is best. However, nutritionists bluntly stated that the pH value of human blood is constant, and there is no such thing as an acidic or alkaline body constitution. If you drink lemon drinks on an empty stomach for a long time, it may cause stomach ulcers.

Tanya Chua: Drinking special lemon drink helps the body become alkaline

Recently, Tanya Chua revealed her weight loss secret recipe of "Tsai's Special Lemon Drink", which not only helps to lose weight, but also helps to alkalize the body. Tanya Chua said on her Facebook that she usually makes her own "lemon drink" after getting up in the morning. She squeezes a yellow lemon into a cup and adds a little honey. Occasionally, she adds a little chili powder if she wants to warm up her body. After pouring in 500cc of warm water and stirring it all, she drinks the lemon water on an empty stomach.

She said that when lemon water enters the body, it can make the body alkaline. The body must find a balance between acid and alkalinity to be healthy. Tanya Chua specifically pointed out that the human body often has various problems because the body is too acidic.

It is said that Tanya Chua has been losing weight for more than a year. When she attended the Golden Melody Awards in June this year, she wore a sexy and tight golden dress to show her weight loss results. The tight golden dress showed off her exquisite figure after losing weight, which amazed the audience. Even her good sister Kit Chan said that she successfully eliminated edema and baby fat by relying on "Tsai's Special Lemon Drink".

As for her recent weight loss of 7 kilograms, Tanya Chua clarified that it was because she ate too much in France a while ago and had no appetite after returning to Taiwan, so she ate less, and lost 7 kilograms in 1 month. However, she does not recommend everyone to do so as not to harm the body. She has now returned to a normal diet, so please rest assured!

The key to successful weight loss: Calorie consumption > intake Drinking lemon drinks on an empty stomach may cause gastric ulcers

However, can this "Cai's Special Lemon Drink" really achieve the effect of losing weight and helping the body to become alkaline? Nutritionist Chen Wenhui from Lukang Christian Hospital said that the key criterion for successful weight loss is "calorie consumption > calorie intake". Drinking lemon drinks in the morning without controlling the calorie intake for the day will not achieve the desired weight loss effect. Lemon and chili peppers are especially irritating to the stomach and intestines. Drinking them on an empty stomach in the morning can easily stimulate the stomach wall to secrete gastric acid, which may cause symptoms of gastric ulcers in the long run.

In addition, lemon tastes sour, so more honey is often needed to neutralize the sourness. Every 100 grams of honey has 308 calories. Drinking too much may cause weight gain instead of weight loss. As for the chili and cinnamon in the lemon drink, they do have the effect of accelerating metabolism, but whether they are effective for weight loss has not been confirmed yet.

As for what Tanya Chua mentioned about drinking lemon water to make the body alkaline, although lemon is an alkaline food, the pH value of human blood is constant and will not change due to eating more alkaline foods. Therefore, there is no such thing as an acidic or alkaline body constitution.

How much does lemon vitamin C help beautify your skin? Guava, kiwi fruit vitamin C more

Nutritionist Chen Wenhui pointed out that lemon contains nutrients and minerals such as vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Many people mistakenly believe that drinking lemon water can provide them with vitamin C and achieve the effect of whitening and beautifying the skin. However, the vitamin C content of lemons is not particularly high, containing about 34 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams. If you want to consume more vitamin C, it is recommended to eat guava, which contains 126 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams, or kiwi fruit, which contains 76 mg of vitamin C per 100 grams.

[Nutritionist's Tips]:

There is no trick to losing weight successfully. It mainly depends on controlling your diet and supplemented by exercise. There is no quick way to lose weight by eating a single food. During weight loss, you reduce your calorie intake, but your diet still needs to be balanced. You must take in the nutrients your body needs to provide for your body's metabolism. In addition, regular exercise can not only speed up metabolism, but also increase muscle mass, successfully breaking through the weight loss plateau.