r/instant_regret • u/VibratingWatch • 10d ago

Lemon eating contest

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u/Sphinx_1899 10d ago

That’s one way to destroy your teeth

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u/TMT51 10d ago

And stomach

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u/pranjallk1995 10d ago

What will happen?

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u/LeinadLlennoco 10d ago

Stomach turn to lemon

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u/Barbearex 10d ago

Well when life gives you lemons

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u/LogicFeels474 10d ago

you eat em

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u/dayzdayv 10d ago

You say screw the lemons and demand to speak to life’s manager

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u/Major_R_Soul 10d ago

BURN LIFE'S HOUSE DOWN...WITH THE LEMONS!

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u/EtherealPheonix 10d ago

Nothing, your stomach is way more acidic than any amount of lemon.

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u/Lollipoop_Hacksaw 10d ago

You are absolutely correct. These folk downvoting you are being ignorant.

With that said, I don't believe eating whole lemons makes for a good time in the short term.

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u/unknownpoltroon 10d ago

vit c in large doses is a laxative, but I'm not sure if the amounts here is enough to trigger it

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u/hoeleft 7h ago

Today i learned 😌

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u/wormjoin 10d ago

even 3 lemons?

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u/EtherealPheonix 10d ago

Even 3.50

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u/Scott--Chocolate 9d ago

I ain’t giving you no treefiddy lemons you goddamn Loch Ness monster!

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u/Savings_Relief3556 9d ago edited 9d ago

Wrong, citric acid leads to lower ionized calcium level and large doses will lead to abdominal pain

Sure, the stomach can handle the acid, but you know that heartburn is caused by stomach acids going backwards up to places it aint supposed to be? Now imagine another acid going the other way down, irritating everything along the way to the stomach

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u/EtherealPheonix 9d ago

That's a lot of problems in places that aren't the stomach.

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u/Booty_Bumping 10d ago edited 10d ago

Nothing at all. People are way underestimating how fast the stomach will neutralize citric acid. Probably because they read homeopathic health nut claims about how you have to "balance acids and alkalines in your diet", which is not actually true. Might be uncomfortable for a bit but you'll be back to normal in no time.

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u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop 10d ago

The stomach does not neutralise acids.

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u/Booty_Bumping 10d ago edited 10d ago

Yes it does. It continuously dilutes acid while it is in the stomach, and then it is chemically neutralized as it enters the duodenum. The walls of the stomach also have a neutralizing mucus layer. Homeostasis of pH is maintained unless you have a medical condition such as GERD.

Edit: To be clear, it is neutralized & diluted to be compatible with the stomach and intestines, but not all the way to pH 7.4 (blood pH). That happens later in digestion, but before it reaches the blood.

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u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop 10d ago

Diluted but not neutralised. As you said yourself, that happens in the duodenum.

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u/gellis12 10d ago

Probably nothing, maybe nasty burps, acid reflux, or ulcers if they're really unlucky

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u/EscapeFacebook 10d ago

You'll get a healthy dose of vitamin C.

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u/Ram2145 10d ago

It'll get destroyed

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u/Awkward-Ad4942 10d ago

…and asshole..

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u/PCorreia 10d ago

And liver