I found this article very interesting. Even though I never have lemon wedges in my water, I still probably might not take them. I never knew that it even could have human fecal bacateria on it! Because our immune system is so strong, I think that it won't hurt us so bad when we drink water with lemon wedges, but I still advise others not to this. Even more, not only is it lemons, it is also other fruit. I also found it interesting that the bacteria mostly comes from three places which are bacteria from the intestines (in the form of fecal matter), the respiratory tract (think coughing, talking, sneezing), and the skin. Among the specimens collected were E. coli, staphylococcus epidermidis and candida, a fungus commonly found in the vagina. I never knew that one lemon slice could carry that much bacteria! Next time I go somewhere I will watch more closely.
First of all, I can not tell you how many times I have eaten at a restaurant with the little lemon-wedge-water-glass-decor-thing before. In other words, many, many, many, many times have I drank a glass water with a little lemon in it. How do I know that I haven't been infected by some horrible, terrible disease and died? I will tell you. I am still alive. Things like this bother me a lot because in this world, there just happens to be lots of bacteria on everything. If scientists swabbed a lemon they shouldn't start freaking out if the lemon has any bacteria besides lemon bacteria on it. "Oh no! This lemon has...LIME BACTERIA AND MEAT BACTERIA ON IT. EVERYBODY EVACUATE THE RESTAURANT!" In my experience, no one has said anything related to bad health when talking about a fruit or vegetable. I am not saying that there are not "dangerous bacteria" out there. I am saying that getting all worried about the lemon in your water at a restaurant is a little bit silly. I mean, did you ever worry about the little unnoticeable, innocent lemon in your drink before? No? Of course, no. I think these scientists are really insulting a great culinary delicacy of the western world. This study reminds me of the 5-Second-Rule thing. I may be going a little ballistic on this guy's (or gal's) research. I am looking back on my comment and thinking, "Wow! This comment is as long as War and Peace!" Sorry, off topic. In conclusion, these people are getting worried about something very minor.
I thought that this was a really cool article, and the title was right! I will NEVER want to put a lemon wedge into my water glass again! By the way, Clyde your comment was really funny. I will need to watch more carefully about what I eat or drink. I have drinken water with a lemon wedge in it because I liked the spruce of color, but I will never do this again. At restaurants, I will ask for a new glass of water, because now I know that they don't wash the lemon slice. I agree with Clyde that they are freaking out about something a bit minor. Now I will be a spas at restaurants because of this "interesting" article. Not putting a lemon slice into a glass this will never happen because it is a modern delicacy/ garnish. I thought that this was cool, but kind of gross.
This article surprised me in that I thought the acid from the lime would kill most (if not all) of the bacteria found on the wedge. So, I looked up what difference that would make and found that my previous statement should be correct. When I saw this I thought of what could be causing the microorganisms to grow. Even if they are contaminated by bacteria from other products, when the lemon is cut, shouldn't the citric acid cause the bacteria to die. So now I wonder if perhaps the microorganism was not coming off of the lemon, but from the water. I have found that the ice cubes in water taste strangely. This causes me to think that the microorganism could be something that is in the ice cubes which melt into the water, and made the results the way that they are.
This article was very interesting, yet I will still put a lemon in my glass. I will probably just not put them in at resturaunts. I normally take the lemon out of the glass and squeeze the juice out onto a napkin anyways. About Clyde's comment, first of all, very funny. Second of all, you did over-exagerate what scientists actually do. I also think that now that people have seen this article with get all freaked out about lemons and other fruits. Mainly because of the nacebo effect. The nacebo effect is if I told you that a movie sucks, your brain will sort of agree, and you are more likely to not like it. I agree with Clyde that a small amount of bacteria isn't that bad.
This article was okay. Unlike others, I do not agree with the title. The article basically discussed the use of lemons, and when swabbed, how many different types of bacteria that existed on lemon rinds. At this point in the article, many may have been discouraged to ever put lemon wedges in their water, hence the title. However, if you continue to read on, you will see two facts that state otherwise. First, they try to discreetly state the strength of our immune system, showing us that it will most likely take a lot more than a half contaminated lemon to get us really sick. Also, they mentioned the contamination of other things around the restaurant, just the same as lemon rinds. After reading this article, I may stop putting rinds in my water, but actually, the same amount of bacteria exist everywhere. People don't get scared with the bacteria in our mouth!
I found that this article was exaggerated. Everything has bacterial growth. Another thing is that the water might be the holder of bacteria. This water might have been exposed to litter or dirty animals. If it is the lemons, lemons grow on trees. Trees aren't the cleanest things. I don't think that article was worth reading. I have been drinking water and lemons my entire life and I'm fine now.
I thought this article was very interesting. I had no idea that lemons could be a home to microbial growth. It seems strange, disturbing, and a little gross to me. As I was reading this article, I started to formulate a few questions. First, I was wondering about other food/fruit, not in drinks. Have scientists conducted any experiments with other foods, too? If so, what were the results? Do they have as much microbial growth as lemons? In addition, I was wondering about other fruits inside drinks. The author said it was likely that other fruits, such as limes and cherries, would have the same disturbing microbial growth lemons have. However, the author did not mention whether there are actually studies and statistics that prove that hypothesis. Are there? Further, I am curious to know whether pineapples and umbrellas in drinks also have a lot of microbial growth.
This article was interesting, but I did not find much point in it. Everything on the lemon may sound disgusting, but just like at the end of the article, almost everything has bacteria, could have came in contact with raw meat, or had someone cough on it. It even says that the chances that you will get infected by a lemon wedge is very small, and even so your immune system would probably fight it off. I would be more engaged if it were something unusual that I would've never thought about.
I think that this article was kind of boring, as it doesn't surprise me their is a lot of bacteria on lemon slices, but honestly, I don't really care. I mean, so what is a bunch of bacteria on lemon slices, bacteria is everywhere. Overall, I thought this article was honestly a waste of time (no offense to anyone).
I thought that this article was very informative. Though it is super gross that they found microorganisms growing on the lemon wedges, I will still continue to have a wedge of lemon on my glass since I don't put the rind in my water just the juice. As I read on I saw a section that said that our immune system is pretty good and it is unlikely to get us sick. I am not worried and I don't think anyone else should.
This article was interesting, but i'll still put lemon wedges in my water. I mean, it's not that bad. There is a very small chance that you will get infected by it. I don't really think that there is any point at all to this article because there is bacteria on everything. in addition clyde's article was really funny!
This article was so cool! I'm so grateful that I've never liked lemon in my water! However, I do see Clyde's point. I mean, if it was such a big problem, people would have started dying and/or getting diseases from it a long time ago, and "The Lemon In Your Water" disease would already be known to the world. I understand it's something to be cautious about, but nobody should overly exaggerate the problem and make it into something bigger than it should be. Overall, I enjoyed reading this article and I'm grateful for the knowledge, but I don't think it's something people need to really worry about... just maybe start putting lemon in their water a little bit less, in moderation.
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I found this article very interesting. Even though I never have lemon wedges in my water, I still probably might not take them. I never knew that it even could have human fecal bacateria on it! Because our immune system is so strong, I think that it won't hurt us so bad when we drink water with lemon wedges, but I still advise others not to this. Even more, not only is it lemons, it is also other fruit. I also found it interesting that the bacteria mostly comes from three places which are bacteria from the intestines (in the form of fecal matter), the respiratory tract (think coughing, talking, sneezing), and the skin. Among the specimens collected were E. coli, staphylococcus epidermidis and candida, a fungus commonly found in the vagina. I never knew that one lemon slice could carry that much bacteria! Next time I go somewhere I will watch more closely.
First of all, I can not tell you how many times I have eaten at a restaurant with the little lemon-wedge-water-glass-decor-thing before. In other words, many, many, many, many times have I drank a glass water with a little lemon in it. How do I know that I haven't been infected by some horrible, terrible disease and died? I will tell you. I am still alive. Things like this bother me a lot because in this world, there just happens to be lots of bacteria on everything. If scientists swabbed a lemon they shouldn't start freaking out if the lemon has any bacteria besides lemon bacteria on it.
"Oh no! This lemon has...LIME BACTERIA AND MEAT BACTERIA ON IT. EVERYBODY EVACUATE THE RESTAURANT!"
In my experience, no one has said anything related to bad health when talking about a fruit or vegetable. I am not saying that there are not "dangerous bacteria" out there. I am saying that getting all worried about the lemon in your water at a restaurant is a little bit silly. I mean, did you ever worry about the little unnoticeable, innocent lemon in your drink before? No? Of course, no. I think these scientists are really insulting a great culinary delicacy of the western world. This study reminds me of the 5-Second-Rule thing. I may be going a little ballistic on this guy's (or gal's) research. I am looking back on my comment and thinking, "Wow! This comment is as long as War and Peace!" Sorry, off topic. In conclusion, these people are getting worried about something very minor.
I thought that this was a really cool article, and the title was right! I will NEVER want to put a lemon wedge into my water glass again! By the way, Clyde your comment was really funny. I will need to watch more carefully about what I eat or drink. I have drinken water with a lemon wedge in it because I liked the spruce of color, but I will never do this again. At restaurants, I will ask for a new glass of water, because now I know that they don't wash the lemon slice. I agree with Clyde that they are freaking out about something a bit minor. Now I will be a spas at restaurants because of this "interesting" article. Not putting a lemon slice into a glass this will never happen because it is a modern delicacy/ garnish. I thought that this was cool, but kind of gross.
This article surprised me in that I thought the acid from the lime would kill most (if not all) of the bacteria found on the wedge. So, I looked up what difference that would make and found that my previous statement should be correct. When I saw this I thought of what could be causing the microorganisms to grow. Even if they are contaminated by bacteria from other products, when the lemon is cut, shouldn't the citric acid cause the bacteria to die. So now I wonder if perhaps the microorganism was not coming off of the lemon, but from the water. I have found that the ice cubes in water taste strangely. This causes me to think that the microorganism could be something that is in the ice cubes which melt into the water, and made the results the way that they are.
This article was very interesting, yet I will still put a lemon in my glass. I will probably just not put them in at resturaunts. I normally take the lemon out of the glass and squeeze the juice out onto a napkin anyways. About Clyde's comment, first of all, very funny. Second of all, you did over-exagerate what scientists actually do. I also think that now that people have seen this article with get all freaked out about lemons and other fruits. Mainly because of the nacebo effect. The nacebo effect is if I told you that a movie sucks, your brain will sort of agree, and you are more likely to not like it. I agree with Clyde that a small amount of bacteria isn't that bad.
This article was okay. Unlike others, I do not agree with the title. The article basically discussed the use of lemons, and when swabbed, how many different types of bacteria that existed on lemon rinds. At this point in the article, many may have been discouraged to ever put lemon wedges in their water, hence the title. However, if you continue to read on, you will see two facts that state otherwise. First, they try to discreetly state the strength of our immune system, showing us that it will most likely take a lot more than a half contaminated lemon to get us really sick. Also, they mentioned the contamination of other things around the restaurant, just the same as lemon rinds. After reading this article, I may stop putting rinds in my water, but actually, the same amount of bacteria exist everywhere. People don't get scared with the bacteria in our mouth!
I found that this article was exaggerated. Everything has bacterial growth. Another thing is that the water might be the holder of bacteria. This water might have been exposed to litter or dirty animals. If it is the lemons, lemons grow on trees. Trees aren't the cleanest things. I don't think that article was worth reading. I have been drinking water and lemons my entire life and I'm fine now.
I thought this article was very interesting. I had no idea that lemons could be a home to microbial growth. It seems strange, disturbing, and a little gross to me. As I was reading this article, I started to formulate a few questions. First, I was wondering about other food/fruit, not in drinks. Have scientists conducted any experiments with other foods, too? If so, what were the results? Do they have as much microbial growth as lemons? In addition, I was wondering about other fruits inside drinks. The author said it was likely that other fruits, such as limes and cherries, would have the same disturbing microbial growth lemons have. However, the author did not mention whether there are actually studies and statistics that prove that hypothesis. Are there? Further, I am curious to know whether pineapples and umbrellas in drinks also have a lot of microbial growth.
This article was interesting, but I did not find much point in it. Everything on the lemon may sound disgusting, but just like at the end of the article, almost everything has bacteria, could have came in contact with raw meat, or had someone cough on it. It even says that the chances that you will get infected by a lemon wedge is very small, and even so your immune system would probably fight it off. I would be more engaged if it were something unusual that I would've never thought about.
I think that this article was kind of boring, as it doesn't surprise me their is a lot of bacteria on lemon slices, but honestly, I don't really care. I mean, so what is a bunch of bacteria on lemon slices, bacteria is everywhere. Overall, I thought this article was honestly a waste of time (no offense to anyone).
I thought that this article was very informative. Though it is super gross that they found microorganisms growing on the lemon wedges, I will still continue to have a wedge of lemon on my glass since I don't put the rind in my water just the juice. As I read on I saw a section that said that our immune system is pretty good and it is unlikely to get us sick. I am not worried and I don't think anyone else should.
This article was interesting, but i'll still put lemon wedges in my water. I mean, it's not that bad. There is a very small chance that you will get infected by it. I don't really think that there is any point at all to this article because there is bacteria on everything. in addition clyde's article was really funny!
This article was so cool! I'm so grateful that I've never liked lemon in my water! However, I do see Clyde's point. I mean, if it was such a big problem, people would have started dying and/or getting diseases from it a long time ago, and "The Lemon In Your Water" disease would already be known to the world. I understand it's something to be cautious about, but nobody should overly exaggerate the problem and make it into something bigger than it should be. Overall, I enjoyed reading this article and I'm grateful for the knowledge, but I don't think it's something people need to really worry about... just maybe start putting lemon in their water a little bit less, in moderation.
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