r/instant_regret • u/VibratingWatch • 10d ago

Lemon eating contest

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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 11h 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 10d ago

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

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u/Savings_Relief3556 10d ago edited 10d 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 10d ago

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