Ok, someone please tell me why diet soda isn't good for you.......

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chouflour

EWJLang wrote: »

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dpwellman wrote: »

I've no issue with artificial/non-nutritive sweeteners. But to even mitigate that-- seltzer with lime. There's just something about a cold, effervescent drink after a long run or ride during middle of August that just hits the spot.

I'm with you. Love my seltzer, especially in summer. Best gadget I got as a weight loss tool (besides my kitchen scale) is my Sodastream. Cheap fizzy water plain or with a little lemon or lime. I fizz up 2 liters daily and drink them over the course of the day.

I love the Sodastream, too. I drink straight from the bottle all day! I prefer lemon to lime, but really, if I want a drink, 9 times out of 10 it's just plain fizzy water! Very refreshing.

Protip-- pick up a bottle of 100% cranberry juice. (NOT 100% juice cranberry cocktail! The 100% unsweetened cranberry) I love to put about a quarter cup or less of it in a pint glass and fill the rest up with seltzer. It's VERY low calorie (not no calorie, but at those small amounts you are essentially looking at 10 cal or less) , tastes fantastic, and has all kinds of micronutrients. Plus it's a very pretty color and you feel like you're having a cocktail. Knudsen's is one brand, but it can be spendy. If you are on the East Coast, the Nature's Promise label (at Stop and Shop or Giant stores) has a version that is less expensive. Trader Joe's has the best inexpensive version I've found.

A squeeze of lime juice makes it even better, IMO.

Christine_72

I never have and never will drink it. Water suits me fine.
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