Hot Water

Old wives tale. Drinking warm lemon water may make you pee more, and therefore drink more water; which is the best thing for your kidneys - the lemon does nothing, nor does the hot water. Just think: How would warm lemon water in your stomach, directly influence your kidneys function to filter blood??
 
Conradl said:
Old wives tale. Drinking warm lemon water may make you pee more, and therefore drink more water; which is the best thing for your kidneys - the lemon does nothing, nor does the hot water. Just think: How would warm lemon water in your stomach, directly influence your kidneys function to filter blood??
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Are those articles quoted by Nanfeishen lies then? Just curious, I know a lot of nonsense floating in cyberspace. ....
 
"Detoxing" is pure bull. There is no such concept in human biology - it just a marketing term. We have kidneys and livers that do the job of removing toxins provided we drink adequate liquids.

Warm water is absorbed faster into your body as it doesn't need to sit around in your stomach for long. Cold water quenches your thirst better but takes a little longer to enter your system. Water is water in the end.
 
blunomore said:
Are those articles quoted by Nanfeishen lies then? Just curious, I know a lot of nonsense floating in cyberspace. ....
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Not a lie per se, just misinformed. Water is good, and lemons are good; drinking warm lemon water is no better than drinking cold water and eating an apple (actually, eating an apple would be better, it has more fibre :))

The biological composition of the human body, and the interactions of the various elements within, is a huge and complex task. A diagram representing these functions would easily fill your lounge wall! The concept of Detox is rubbish, overly simplistic, and a marketing tool. Did you know that you can by detox shampoo??? Total crap :)
 
blunomore said:
She has a 'butterface' - http://outoftheblu.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/renee-zellweger.jpg

but

her body is rocking and coming from me as a woman, it really is a compliment - http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/13/132538/37_2007/renee_zellweger_greydress.jpg
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No. Just no.
Not only is that grey dress flippin hideous, but it looks as if she'd break a bone if an insect flew into her.
She reminds me of that Madonna thing you posted...
She needs a burger and beer diet.
 
hxc87x said:
No. Just no.
Not only is that grey dress flippin hideous, but it looks as if she'd break a bone if an insect flew into her.
She reminds me of that Madonna thing you posted...
She needs a burger and beer diet.
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Do you like fat women then? :D
 
Conradl said:
Not a lie per se, just misinformed.
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Actually the articles are not misinformed, simply incomplete in their information.

Lemons contain both Citric Acid, and Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C )

Citric Acid plays a very important part in the Citric Acid Cycle or TCA Cycle of the body.
The TCA cycle plays an important part in the formation of Amino Acids, while part of the cycle is also Fat catabolism, triglycerides are hydrolyzed to break them into fatty acids and glycerol. In the liver the glycerol can be converted into glucose.
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C ), is powerful antioxidant and plays an important part in the liver, when the liver removes certain contaminants from the blood stream it converts them to free radicals. Antioxidants neutralize the effects of the free radicals.

So the Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C ) aids the liver in its function in the TCA Cycle.
Another by product of the liver is angiotensinogen which plays an important part in the renin-angiotensin system linked to the kidneys and the liver which also links to the urea cycle or the ornithine cycle which describes the conversion reactions of ammonia into urea. Since these reactions occur in the liver, the urea is then transported to the kidneys where it is excreted.

My apologies for all the Wiki links :o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioxidant

LAck of antioxidants can lead to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidative_stress

Nice diagram showing the metabolic pathways, one can see how the Krebs cycle / Citric acid cycle links to the others
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_pathway

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea_cycle

Renin-angiotensin system diagram showing liver function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renin-angiotensin_system

The rest you folks can research yourselves, i am now off to enjoy a heathy cup of hot water with a slice or 2 of lemon. :)
 
@ Nanfeishen, so you could basically just drink any citrus juice? Or "watered-down" juice? Does the "water" or temperature thereof even matter then? Wouldn't your body's temperature regulate whatever you eat to 37C eventually anyway?

So while the water + lemon thing isn't false, it's basically just a half-truth?
 
Nanfeishen said:
Actually the articles are not misinformed, simply incomplete in their information.

Lemons contain both Citric Acid, and Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C )
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Yeah, thats what I said: Water is good, and lemons are good; but warm lemon water in the morning is not the best thing you can do, and will not miraculously prevent aging, fix your skin, and boost your energy. Detox is bull****.

Some of the claims that those articles make, lead people to believe that a glass of warm lemon water is the quick fix solution to all their health concerns. So, an apple and glass of fridge water >= warm water and lemon....
 
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