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Weight Loss With Lemon Water

If the web is to be believed then the belief in lemon water for weight loss has its roots in ayurveda. Apparently drinking lemon water in the morning kick starts the muscle walls and starts up the digestive process and also cleanses the toxins from your digestive system. And from this belief was born thousands of health myths and weight loss myths around the idea of: First thing in the morning, drink lemon water for weight loss. There are beliefs about how it flushes toxins, how it burns fat, how the body burns extra calories because of the lemon juice – all of them completely untrue. If lemon water for weight loss worked, there’d be no overweight people, no gyms or fitness trainers and all fitness websites would have one line: “Eat what you want – Don’t forget to drink that lemon water in the morning though.”

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Lemon Water for Weight Loss – The Detox Angle
WebMD calls it “junk science.” Detox diets, detoxification process, help your body detox are ideas that are not based on science. The body is well equipped to deal with the toxins that it produces and if you are poisoning yourself with greasy food everyday then it’s going to take a lot more than lemon water in the morning to cleanse your system. So there is no fact to the belief that lemon water for weight loss comes from the idea of detoxification.

Lemon Water for Weight Loss – The Advertising Angle
You’ve seen it in diet advertising, expert weight loss tips and lose-weight-fast-secrets but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s all untrue. If your nutritionist/trainer is recommending lemon water for weight loss as a stand alone weight loss plan then it’s time you pick up the yellow pages.

Lemon Water for Weight Loss – The Weight Loss Angle
This one is a little harder to explain because it is completely unfounded. It’s ridiculous because it’s not even an extension or misrepresentation of a fact. Lemon juice does not burn fat – plain and simple. You need to change your diet and need regular exercise of cardio and strength training to lose weight, burn fat and build muscle.

Lemon Water for Weight Loss – What If I Am Doing All of That, Can I Drink Lemon Water Then?
By all means. If you are eating right, living healthy, working out daily, strength training thrice a week and get regular cardiovascular workouts and want to drink lemon water in the morning because you believe lemon water for weight loss works… well, okay – it’s a bit odd but there’s certainly no harm in it. Just remember though, when you tell your friend that your regimen includes lemon water for weight loss, mention everything else that you do too.
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