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Not defending pseudoscientific health regimens, but the acid in “a spritz of lemon” doesn’t neutralize an arbitrary amount of alkalinity
No, but it does reveal a distinct lack of understanding on her her part as to what these pseudoscientific health products even are that are supposedly doing things for her. Like saying “I always drink decaf coffee and pop a shot of 5 hour energy in the morning.” “I drink skim milk with a splash of double cream.” “I love honey on my keto toast.” Like, even if it’s not enough acidity to completely negate the alkalinity, it’s literally antithetical to the supposed goal.
I am reminded of the detail in The Office where Michael Scott is stirring sugar into his diet coke.
All the posts advocating for combining baking soda and vinegar for cleaning.
I mean… if you want to clean up a bunch of salts you’re creating.
I think it was Angela Collier that did a pretty basic test with a common store bought alkaline water, a lemon and some test strips. The water doesn’t start very alkaline at all.
edit: Yep, here we go. https://youtu.be/rBQhdO2UxaQ
It’s an amusing video.
She did the math (with some assumptions), but basically 0.25 mL of lemon juice will turn 500 mL of alkaline water into neutral water:
This is in the video at 13:16.The reason is that pH is a logarithmic scale. Alkaline water has a pH of about 8, which means it has a tenth of the hydrogen ions compared to neutral water at pH 7.
Lemon juice has a pH value of 2, which is 1,000,000 times more hydrogen ions than there are in pH 8. So, you just need a little bit of lemon juice to increase the hydrogen ions in alkaline water tenfold, which makes it neutral.0.25 mL of lemon juice is probably too much already.
She’s doing the maths for the concentration of citric acid in lemon juice through the formula C(acid) = 10^(-pH). That works fine for a strong acid, because you can be pretty sure all that acid in the solution is dissociated, and thus lowering its pH… but citric acid is weak - and weak acids don’t dissociate properly in already acidic conditions.
This means there’s probably way more acid in that solution than the pH makes you believe, but that acid will react once you raise the pH, by mixing the lemon juice into the water.
(I don’t blame her for using the strong acid maths. It’s already enough to convey her point, plus the maths for weak acids is a bloody pain.)
That girl can rant. Love her work, but always watch it at 2x to maximize the frustrated-teacher vibe.
Even regular neutral water shifts to slightly acidic (5.6) as long as it has contact to air (CO2 dissolving). Would be interesting to know how long those store bought alkaline water becomes base or acidic.
No. But thinking it does sure helps inflate egos.
It turns out, that for the values we are talking about here, it actually more or less does! A lemon has a pH of around 2.5, while “Flow” has an advertised pH of 8.1. This means roughly that to neutralize 1L of this water you need approximately 0.4mL of lemon juice or about 8 drops/half a gram. It’s hard to tell how much a “spritz” is intended to be, but a single lemon contains about 60mL of juice, so this represents about 0.67% of the total juice inside.
It’s a surprising consequence of using a logarithmic scale for pH.
So should I put AA batteries in my water bottle or not?
I believe the AAs go in your vagina. She does a lot of vagina stuff, like my ex.
I can confirm the vagina stuff with his ex
She was a freak!
That sounds like her alright. You should definitely go get tested, fyi.
Vagina stuff. AKA sex.
Don’t tell me you did it missionary!
She did at least a few missionaries, among others.
Well, they did show up at her door and asked to help her “come to Jesus.”
I’m reading these comments and I’m thinking I should call this dude’s ex. I can only hope I’m worthy.
I’ll tell her to expect you
The best way to remain beautiful your whole life is being born in a family of (white) millionaires, remain a millionaire through inheritance and by working on your family’s cushy business without ever having to worry about nothing for not even a second of your life and also having access and being able to aford the most modern and technological advancements in beauty. If that is not enough and you still feel time is getting close you can create your own fake science and get even more money (maybe that helps?)
this and using sunscreen
For us poors sunscreen is the best value per dollar. Especially men, because women often include it with other cosmetics (even if it’s not that effective and you should be using a straight up sunscreen)
and drinking water
Pretty sure millionaires age better regardless of skin color, don’t know why race is involved
I imagine due to media beauty standards being quite racist
Beauty standards are more classist than racist, they always point to what the powerful perceived as attractive or things that set them apart from their “lessers”, the farmhand was hardly considered more attractive than the slaves his boss’s neighbor owned. That said race plays a part but it isn’t THE answer
I added that because for black milionaires the “ever having to worry about nothing for not even a second of your life” don’t apply
You know they worried at least once in their lifes about a police siren lol
Mixing an acid and a base makes a salt. She’s drinking saltwater.
It’s got 'lectrolytes!!
Yeah, it’s got what plants crave
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to mutilate my thirst.
spoiler
I can’t believe this exists as a product, but I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
Add a little sugar and you have a solid rehydration blend then
Such a stupid cunt snake oil salesperson.
What’s the pH of snake oil?
With or without lemon slice?
Maybe the same as her “Goop”.
Or is she a stupid snake cunt oil salesperson?
Okay, let’s see … stupid cunt sales oil snakeperson?
Hmm, does “Goop” sell Cunt oil?
Can you say that again without the misogyny?
Right? What the fuck is with the comments in this.
I reported the guy after he doubled down. Waiting to see if the mods will do something or if I will have to block the comm.
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Why shouldn’t I be offended on behalf of other people? You just were.
Or is just that I shouldn’t be offended on behalf of people that you don’t like? Like women?
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She’s a rotten cunt, scam artist. Don’t care how you label it.
I want dehydrated water.
Just like mom used to make!
I can sell you a bottle of 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. Just add fire. Boom. Water.
Is there a consensus view on whether or not Gwyneth is a genuine numbnut or is just cynically exploiting people who are?
Ask her vagina candle?
GOOP = What your brain is made of if you support or buy these “products”.
She’s just another GRIFTER!
The most important thing to keep in mind with celebrity actors is that they make a living pretending to be someone/something they’re not. And they’re damn good at it too.
Not to cast doubt on everyone in that profession. Rather, proceed with an abundance of skepticism when considering celebrity endorsements.
“You know what would make this poison really pop? A fistful of active charcoal and prompt medical treatment!”
Just an aside, you can make Alkaline lemon water.
It do it:
- Peel a lemon using a vegetable peeler
- Squeeze the bits of peel (pith side up) into a glass or bottle. This allows you to express the oils from the peel.
- Add your Alkaline water to the Glass, the oils will rise to the top, some of it (very little as oils are hydrophobic) will mix with the water, giving it a lemon flavor similar to lacroix.
Is called a bird
Sells vagina eggs
#Girlboss
Look, only a basic bitch drinks Alkaline water without a little acid.
Instructions unclear. Now stuck on a cosmic journey.
Gwyneth seems to mean well albeit ignorant, but I don’t know how Chris Martin put up with her for so long in their marriage. I don’t even know what he saw in her if she is a cuckoo from the start.
- She doesn’t mean well.
- Neither does Chris Martin.
I would gladly curse his whole bloodline for daylight savings.
Gwyneth seems to mean well albeit ignorant,
Giving this much benefit of the doubt to people will be the end of us all.
I’m serious. Hanlons razor, that stupid rule of thumb, has probably caused the most harm of any phrase ever uttered.
I bet he heard it from that one video by angela collier
