Can anyone suggest an alternative lunchtime drink to diet cola?!
Can anyone suggest an alternative lunchtime drink to diet cola?
I need a drink other than water, tea or coffee to have with lunch.
I usually drink diet cola, but need a change. Everthing else on the market either puts on too much weight (milk drinks), has too much sugar (fruit juices) or is just too expense (fresh made juice).
Is there any other products I have just not found yet?
Answers:
have you tried any vitamin waters? they come in many different flavors, all enhanced with different vitamins. the brand i drink is "Glaceau Vitamin Water", i know sobe makes them, and a lot of other brands are catching up.
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Propel by Gatorade is great and healthy!
Have you tried coke zero, that tastes like regular coke, but has no sugar in it.
Iced tea with no sweetner, or artificial sweetner, like Splenda is refreshing and lo-cal.
diet pepsi?
regualr coke?
just kidding you should try sobe or sobe lean
they are refreshing good for you and tasty
give it a try. =]
Diet green, red or white tea. These teas come in flavors like peach and berry. There is also a newer drink out called Enviga, its a carbonated green tea beverage and it's delicious, it comes in 3 flavors also.
Try a small container of milk.
I prefer water or unsweetened iced tea but if those are out of the question maybe club soda or flavored water or even gator aid and sugarless red bull .
You only need to drink water, make sure it is pure, clean filtered water. Most people are dehydrated and our bodies need half our body weight in ounces a day to sufficiently do what they were designed to do. That is just plain water. I am glad that you are off diet colas, as they are chemicals and sugar and can kill you eventually. Just look up Aspartame and you will see.
There is a drink called Cran-Raspberry put out by Ocean Spray I think is the brand do not get the cocktaiI one and Walmart or Zellers or any grocery stores have it. It is a large bottle, about half a gallon or so. I am not sure of the size but it is very reasonable in price, and the cran =cranberries, and the raspberries are high in anti-oxidents which you need
All the energy drinks are mostly just flavoured water and sugar
Here is an article on Sodas that you can share with your family and friends.
The Real Dangers of Soda to You and Your Children
By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege
How many sodas have you had today? How about your kids? The average American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks each year, but before you grab that next can of soda, consider this: one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites.
This is an alarming amount of sugar, calories and harmful additives in a product that has absolutely no nutritional value. Plus, studies have linked soda to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease. Despite this, soda accounts for more than one-quarter of all drinks consumed in the United States.
Teenagers and children, who many soft drinks are marketed toward, are among the largest consumers. In the past 10 years, soft drink consumption among children has almost doubled in the United States. Teenage boys now drink, on average, three or more cans of soda per day, and 10 percent drink seven or more cans a day. The average for teenage girls is more than two cans a day, and 10 percent drink more than five cans a day.
While these numbers may sound high, they’re not surprising considering that most school hallways are lined with vending machines that sell, of course, soft drinks. It’s not uncommon for schools to make marketing deals with leading soft drink companies such as Coca-Cola from which they receive commissions--based on a percentage of sales at each school--and sometimes a lump-sum payment.
The revenues are used for various academic and after-school activities, but what activity could be worth devastating the students’ health, which is exactly what consuming all that soda is doing? Getting rid of vending machines in schools--or replacing their contents with pure water and healthy snacks--could make a big difference, as vending machines can increase the consumption of sweetened beverages by up to 50 or more cans of soda per student per year.
Let’s take a look at some of the major components of a can of soda:
? Phosphoric Acid: May interfere with the body's ability to use calcium, which can lead to osteoporosis or softening of the teeth and bones. Phosphoric acid also neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, which can interfere with digestion, making it difficult to utilize nutrients.
? Sugar: Soft drink manufacturers are the largest single user of refined sugar in the United States. It is a proven fact that sugar increases insulin levels, which can lead to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain, premature aging and many more negative side effects. Most sodas include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar.
? Aspartame: This chemical is used as a sugar substitute in diet soda. There are over 92 different health side effects associated with aspartame consumption including brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilispsy/seizures. Further, when aspartame is stored for long periods of time or kept in warm areas it changes to methanol, an alcohol that converts to formaldehyde and formic acid, which are known carcinogens.
? Caffeine: Caffeinated drinks cause jitters, insomnia, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, elevated blood cholesterol levels, vitamin and mineral depletion, breast lumps, birth defects, and perhaps some forms of cancer.
? Tap Water: I recommend that everyone avoid drinking tap water because it can carry any number of chemicals including chlorine, trihalomethanes, lead, cadmium, and various organic pollutants. Tap water is the main ingredient in bottled soft drinks.
? Also you may want to not use tap water for cooking your food as cooking does not take out those pollutants.
? Soda is one of the main reasons, nutritionally speaking, why many people suffer health problems. Aside from the negative effects of the soda itself, drinking a lot of soda is likely to leave you with little appetite for vegetables, protein and other food that your body needs.
If you are still drinking soda, stopping the habit is an easy way to improve your health. Pure water is a much better choice. If you must drink a carbonated beverage, try sparkling mineral water.
you shouldn't drink too much diet coke or pepsi--aspartame, splenda, and nutrisweet are artificial sweeteners that are actually chemicals designed to block out all your tastebuds except for the "sweet" tastebud.
have you tried yogurt drinks? how about dried flower/fruit water? or milo? or homemade barley?
Try about a third orange juice (from a carton will do) with diet lemonade or spring water - gassed or non-gassed. (Sorry, my English has gone out the window today - I know what gassed etc should really be, but cannot remember!!!)
J20 which can also be diluted is another alternative which I really like - being non-alcoholic.
Real Juice does not contain added sugar. I would know, I am a diabetic.
herbal tea