{"id":111,"date":"2013-04-26T07:13:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T07:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/?p=111"},"modified":"2013-05-07T04:33:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T04:33:03","slug":"lemon-water-and-vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/lemon-water-and-vitamin-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon Water and Vitamin C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently my good friend Dana posted an informative blog about drinking some warm lemon infused water every morning. \u00a0Included in her blog was other recipes regarding real-fruit flavored water &#8211; some of which are found at upscale resorts.<\/p>\n<p>My strange mind decided to think about the benefits of Vitamin C.<\/p>\n<h3>First of all, I wondered which citrus fruit had more vitamin C: Orange or Lemon?<\/h3>\n<p>As it turns out, an orange has more vitamin C than a Lemon. \u00a0And the grapefruit fell\u00a0in between\u00a0the two. \u00a0Source of info: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestrong.com\/article\/410729-what-citrus-fruit-has-the-most-vitamin-c\/\">Livestrong.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>One of the benefits of Vitamin C is better skin<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">At our Modesto, CA office, <a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\">Surgical Artistry Plastic Surgery<\/a>, we carry various vitamin C serums. \u00a0Including those from Obagi. \u00a0We have a page about <a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/modesto-plastic-surgery\/modesto-chemical-peels\/obagi-blue-peel.htm\">Obagi Peels<\/a> which uses certain acids. \u00a0(Vitamin C is an acid too). \u00a0Vitamin C serum works well together with those using Botox to prevent wrinkles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_115\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vitamin-c-serum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-115\" alt=\"Vitamin C Serum by Obagi - comes in varying strengths\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vitamin-c-serum-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vitamin-c-serum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vitamin-c-serum.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vitamin C Serum by Obagi &#8211; comes in varying strengths<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Vitamin C denatures with heat<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/denatured-protein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112\" alt=\"denatured protein\" src=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/denatured-protein-300x122.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">There are many sources that say that 70 degrees\u00a0Celsius is the temperature at which Vitamin C is denatured.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Thus as a modification of what I do with warm lemon water, is I keep the temperature down a bit &#8211; I&#8217;d like to get the benefits of vitamin C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lemon Juice and Teeth<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Acids have been known to erode away enamel of the teeth<\/span><\/li>\n<li>perhaps drinking through a straw might help &#8211; but this leads to some <a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/modesto-botox\/\">lines around the mouth which I can Botox<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the name of this muscle is the <a href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\/modesto-botox\/botox-muscles-of-the-face\/index.htm\">obicularis oris face muscle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>My own adaptation: \u00a0I just swish a bit with regular water after drinking lemon water &#8211; that goes for\u00a0lemon aid, orange juice, and grapefruit juice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Please visit my friend Dana&#8217;s Blog<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buenovida.com\/\"><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Bueno Vida: food + wine + life<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/buenovida.com\/2013\/04\/19\/how-to-infuse-water\/\">How to infuse water &#8211; including the lemon water morning routine.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Visit our Plastic Surgery Home Page<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"plastic surgery\" href=\"https:\/\/surgerytoday.com\"><span style=\"line-height: 14px;\">Cosmetic Surgery in Modesto with Dr. Tammy Wu and Dr. Calvin Lee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently my good friend Dana posted an informative blog about drinking some warm lemon infused water every morning. \u00a0Included in her blog was other recipes regarding real-fruit flavored water &#8211; 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