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by lmm 3561 days ago
> And would you really be worried for people drinking several cans of lemon juice per day?

Yes, absolutely. It's pretty damaging to teeth if consumed regularly, AIUI.

(Personal experience: I once started drinking a few glasses of orange juice (weaker than lemon) daily, within a year I needed four fillings. Stopped drinking it immediately afterwards, haven't needed fillings before or since).

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That likely had more to do with the sugar than the acid in the juice.
I'd been drinking apple juice in similar quantities before and since for years (when I say "started" I really mean I switched from apple to orange), which I believe has similar sugar content.
Don't know about your teeth, but that sugar is pushing for diabetes. Drinking juice straight (not diluted with water) at 100+ kCal/cup rate, in quantity, is a bad idea
Yeah, this is a few years back now; I spoke to a nutritionist last year for the first time in my life and that was the first thing she told me to cut (and I have).