Water with lemon: Does it make you lose weight?

Drinking water with lemon while fasting, DOES NOT help you burn fat, that is a myth. Water with lemon can help you hydrate yourself and thanks to the alkalizing properties of lemon, you can receive this benefit, but don’t take it thinking that it will help you lose weight or lose focalized fat, because it isn’t true.

Let’s use this space to tell you a little more about the properties of lemon.

• It’s a delicious fruit, that is juicy and has a bunch of different uses for cooking. Amongst the vitamins, lemon contains a lot of Vitamin C which helps to reinforce or to strengthen your immune system and has an antioxidant effect that helps us avoid the oxidation of cells and tissues in the body, helping the skin to be be healthier and to avoid cancer and degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.

• Lemon contains minerals like potassium, magnesium, and calcium, that help eliminate liquid from the body thanks to its diuretic properties.

• It helps digestion.

• Lemons have fiber, which helps with feeling more full or satisfied.

You can drink lemon with water, use it as a dressing for salads, add it to desserts, some drops to season any food, put it over fruits, amongst many other uses.