Water with lemon juice added is a popular drink for weight loss these days thanks to celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Miranda Kerr, who indulge in this little water all day long. Proponents claim that it drains toxins, reduces appetite, and alter digestion processes in the body, blocking fat absorption. But is that the case? I figured it out for you!



The lemon-water hype appears to stem from a 2008 Japanese study that showed that polyphenol-micro nutrients from lemons were associated with antioxidant properties, lower weight gain, and better fat metabolism in mice that were fed, a high fat -fat -rich regimen. According to a Japanese researcher, it could be possible that lemon polyphenols stimulated liver enzymes to better absorb dietary fats.

This lemon study was the reason for people to bomb the lemon as new SUPERFOOD, but there are some hooks and eyes. 'The research has been done with mice, not humans. There are no stringent studies so far that drinking lemon water can promote weight loss in humans,” says Dana Hunnes , a senior dietician at the University of California- Los Angeles Medical Center.

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