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> but how much is "enough" Indeed! My wife literally eats lemons like they were oranges. Probably something for us to look out for!

• pvaldes 6y ago
  > My wife literally eats lemons like they were oranges Those are probably Meyer lemons, that is a hybrid (lemon x tangerine if I remember correctly) so is sweeter than the true lemon (or maybe your wife is simply strange ;-)).
  • ycombinete 6y ago
    She is definiltely just strange. She loves anything sour, and will eat any lemon anywhere. She's had to stop recently after being shouted at by her dentist, for stripping away a lot of her enamel with all the citric acit in the lemons.
  • samatman 6y ago
    Especially in the Bay Area (the user name hints at that), this is a good guess. Most of the trees you'll find a few to a block are Meyer lemons. One of the things I miss about the Bay, along with the pervasive jasmine, and persimmon season.
  • pvaldes 6y ago
    Just was curious and checked it. It seems that there is not much lemon in Meyer lemons: (citron x (pomelo x mandarin)) I assume that, having a little pomelo blood could trigger the same chemical interactions shown in the article.