Last night I received an email from a woman who wanted to conceive a son or a boy. She had heard from her aunt that eating lemons, drinking lemonade, and eating lemon-flavored products (yogurt, pudding, jelly, etc.) would help her conceive a boy. She wanted to know if this advice was true, and if so, would other citrus fruits, such as oranges, also apply? I will deal with this in the next article.

The reasoning behind the aunt’s advice is that the aunt is assuming that lemons will alkalize your body. Since being alkaline or having a low PH stimulates the sperm chromosomes that help form males, the aunt assumes that eating plenty of these types of foods will help stimulate and maintain optimal PH.

Many people reading this are likely thinking, “no, that’s wrong. Lemons and all citrus fruits are acidic. That’s why you’re not supposed to eat too many of them and that’s why it can erode tooth enamel.” And, all of this is true. On the surface, citrus foods have a high pH. But, lemons are one of those foods that are initially acidic but then turn alkaline when metabolized later on. (On a side note, this isn’t always going to be true. It only applies when the fruit is picked when it’s ripe. If it’s picked when it’s unripe or unripe and then changes once it’s at the grocery store, then the opposite would happen and it would actually be digested as acid.) Also, this applies to many other fruits and vegetables. Some examples are things like some apples, mangoes, and peaches.

And there are many foods besides these that read as alkaline in your body. This is not just limited to fruits and vegetables. Walnuts are also a good option. But, due to the recent trend of fasts and cleanses, most people are more aware of fruits.

So I guess the short answer to the question is that lemons may be a food that would help the writer become more alkaline (although I would advise her to check if she starts reading even before starting this as it might not be necessary) . And it would not be a good idea to consume juice sweetened with sugar or derivatives such as yogurts or puddings. These are processed foods that should be avoided. People also sometimes confuse it with douching, which is another method of changing PH. Douching with lemon juice and water would produce a completely different result and is probably not the best idea in this situation.

And douching and food aren’t the only things to consider with conceiving a child. He also wishes to reduce her time. To encourage men to produce sperm that I talked about earlier, you should have intercourse at the end of your ovulation date.