Claim: Eating lemons kills cancer cells and the compounds of the tree are 10,000 times more effective at doing so than the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin.
Fact-check: Facebook post claiming lemons treat cancer better than chemotherapy is false - Full Fact
Verdict: while some compounds contained in lemons and their trees may have anti-cancer action at high concentrations, there is no evidence to suggest they are in any way superior to chemotherapy.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00