The social Tik Tok is establishing itself as one of the new social networks with more viral content, for better or for worse.
For good, when short informative videos are published that also have scientific value. Or videos with harmless grandmother’s tricks reproduced in a “lifestyle” key.
Bad when these videos promote weight loss with questionable tips or recipes. Such advice can affect young people in particular and often have no scientific basis or are even dangerous.

THE SLIMMING DRINK WITH COFFEE THAT POPULAR ON THE WEB

This is the case of the new slimming drink with coffee and lemon that is becoming popular online thanks to a video by Tik Tok In the video we see a girl who says she has lost many kilos thanks to this drink that combines water, coffee and lemon and should be drunk hot. Going to read the comments under this video and under other videos on youtube that have repurposed the recipe, there are in fact many people who say they have lost cm around the abdomen and several kilos just by drinking this stuff . That is from 2 to 3 kilos already in the first week.

Truth or lie? We will never know.
We cannot, that is, say with absolute certainty that all the people who say that the drink works are lying, since at the base they do not advertise any product, but a drink at no cost that each of us can make at home.
But on the other hand, many dieticians, questioned by the newspapers about the drink, commented saying that there is no scientific evidence that confirms this “slimming” power.

Some on the net, but not doctors, have tried to explain why the coffee and lemon slimming drink works. Let’s see in detail what it is and then we will try to understand more.

COFFEE AND LEMON SLIMMING DRINK: HOW TO PREPARE IT

The basic recipe of the drink is very simple.
Half a cup of hot water is combined with either a level spoonful of instant coffee or a cup of espresso (not decaffeinated).
Then add a tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.
You mix everything, and the drink is drunk hot or lukewarm when you wake up, after having eaten a date, a prune or a dried apricot.
After 30 minutes you can have breakfast.
Another portion of the drink can be drunk either in the afternoon or in the late morning (in this case without having eaten anything before), especially if you are exercising. In this last case it will be consumed shortly before.

Those who have tried it say roughly the same thing: swelling and cm around the abdomen are lost, intestinal regularity increases, you are less hungry.

BUT WHY SHOULD IT WORK?

For some, the drink works thanks to the synergy between caffeine, theobromine and chlorogenic acid, an antioxidant substance belonging to the polyphenols of which coffee is indeed very rich, which in some studies had been studied for its slimming power, and the vitamin C contained in lemon juice.
Although all of these ingredients exist, it is not clear how lemon juice can enhance its effectiveness.
My idea is that, quite simply, the drink is strongly diuretic, with the result that more fluids than necessary are lost.
But this would lead to only apparent weight loss. Taking diuretics and laxatives to lose weight is the classic recipe for disaster.
If you want a drink that can help you lose weight,try this recipe instead.