# lemons and livers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170 "2013-01-05T16:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/61 "2013-01-09T18:29:52Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > What is so seriously wrong with me that I want to try that? Of course there’s nothing wrong with you. I know because I thought the same thing. We should all take steps to encapsulate our feces in soap balls. It’s the modern way to poop. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/62 "2013-01-10T07:58:02Z")
Well, lemon is added to furniture and wood cleaners, so, the real question should be: Is the liver made of glass or wood? Side question: will eating steel wool clear out arterial plaque? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/63 "2013-01-10T09:20:02Z")
The liver is regenerative. In some types of liver disease, it just heals itself. So, in some cases, it would heal in 90 days with or without the lemon juice. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/64 "2013-01-10T16:05:51Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > The liver is regenerative. In some types of liver disease, it just heals itself. So, in some cases, it would heal in 90 days with or without the lemon juice. My concern is with the type of liver disease that doesn’t ever get healed where the hepatocytes are busted all to hell (in my case, Hep C). I’m looking for any means to boost the performance of the good ones that are still cookin. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/65 "2013-01-10T18:12:37Z")
I’ve been drinking Pledge for the past few months on the advice of my naturopothist. She tells me it’s good for keeping my liver nice and shiny. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/66 "2013-01-10T20:36:56Z")
The real answer to “lemon cleans out the liver” is: “You do know that the things you drink don’t get dumped straight into the bloodstream, right? You know they are digested into constituent parts some of which get absorbed into the bloodstream and is no longer in anyway similar to lemon juice, right? You did take basic biology in high school, right?” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/67 "2013-01-10T21:02:20Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I’ve been drinking Pledge for the past few months on the advice of my naturopothist. She tells me it’s good for keeping my liver nice and shiny. You majorly crack me up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170/68 "2013-01-10T21:15:45Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Of course there’s nothing wrong with you. I know because I thought the same thing. We should all take steps to encapsulate our feces in soap balls. It’s the modern way to poop. The NEXT GENERATION of toilet bowl cleaners! Puts a whole new light on “Scrubbing Bubbles,” huh? ~VOW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lemons-and-livers/646170.md?page=3)