Aaron Hartman's son developed cavities from drinking lemon water throughout the day, not from sugar. Citric acid erodes teeth with repeated exposure, even when sweetened with stevia instead of sugar. Lemon water has benefits like alkalizing urine, but frequent sipping damages tooth enamel.
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My son has been losing his teeth and getting cavities, and this is the reason why. Well, he's actually not losing his teeth, but he has finally started getting cavities. And this is the reason why. It's not sugar. It's not his diet. It's actually lemon water. Now, here's the thing about lemon water. Lemon water has lots of health benefits. Some of you have been following our things. See us in the clinic. Know that actually lemon or citric acid can actually help improve kidney function and help you detoxify better. Lemon and citric fruits acids can actually help alkalinize your urine, which is kind of interesting. And alkalinizing urine actually helps improve kidney function, cell function. Lemon juice actually can do all these things. And because it's an acid, it helps with digestion. And then the interesting thing about citric acid, it improves alkalization. Super cool. My son unfortunately got into it, put some stevia in it, and after a while got some cavities. So we've hopefully rectified that. But typically, lemon water is really good for you. So this was something we talked about this past week in our newsletter. If you're not part of that, subscribe. You get all these great health tidbits dropped every week in your newsbox. Take care and be well.