"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 6/29/2014 6:57 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:13:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> I don't like sugar in my tomato sauce either.
>>>> If it's too acid, I put lemon in it.
>>>
>>> Huh?
>>
>> I have mentioned this many times in the past over the course of many
>> years. I don't want to stir up the same old argument. My mom added
>> lemon to cut the acidity and my Italian MIL did the same. Also saw one
>> of the female Italian cooks on TV mention it. It adds sweetness. There
>> are links. I posted them before. *sigh* Will look again.
>>
>> Right now I can only find links that say to add lemon to raise the
>> acidity for canning but in the body, lemon reduces acid.
>>
>> This link says that lemon reduces stomach acid:
>>
>> http://www.naturalnews.com/034947_ac...RD_foods.html#
>>
>> This is likely why they did this. Both of my parents had bad GERD as
>> did my FIL and one of my BIL's.
>>
>> You don't need a lot. Just one squirt to a large pan of sauce. However
>> you make super lots pots of things so you might need the whole lemon!
>
> I don't know how this affects the argument but, in addition to citric
> acid, lemons contain quite a lot of sugar.

I don't think that they do. Lemons and limes are among the free foods for
diabetics.