Lipton diet green tea???

Kai_Milla1

Good morning everyone! I decided I need to start drinking something day to day other than just
water, and the milk in my protein shakes. I HATE soda, and I just generally stay away from everything
else. I bought a pack of the Lipton Diet citrus green teas...I know green tea is really good for
you so I figured I could use some! It's 0 cal, 0 carb, 0 everything except low sodium. The ingredients
say "Flavored with natural flavors" does that mean there's artificial sweeteners? And if so...
does that make this a bad thing to drink on a daily basis, or every few days?

CookNLift

if it tastes sweet it probably has traces of ehrythritol, aspartame, or some sort of artificial sweetener. check the label to see the ingredients, I think the newest trend of sweetener has transitioned to ehrythritol.

It doesn't really make a difference unless you have cancer in your history, as doctors recommend people going through treatment to avoid artificial sweeteners and carcinogens. As a side note, enjoy it!

I usually like drinking and brewing my own green tea with either powdered green tea or steeping tea bags and adding a pinch of baking soda to eliminate the bitterness. But that's me because I like my green tea plain, to each their own.

Correction, they use sucralose to sweeten it.

here is some background information I quickly googled for sucralose in case you experience any side effects (not guarenteed you will)

http://www.3fatchicks.com/11-sucralose-side-effects/
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/12/03/sucralose-dangers.aspx

Pros and Cons:
http://www.onhealth.com/artificial_sweeteners/page9.htm

Kai_Milla1

if it tastes sweet it probably has traces of ehrythritol, aspartame, or some sort of artificial sweetener. check the label to see the ingredients, I think the newest trend of sweetener has transitioned to ehrythritol.

It doesn't really make a difference unless you have cancer in your history, as doctors recommend people going through treatment to avoid artificial sweeteners and carcinogens. As a side note, enjoy it!

I usually like drinking and brewing my own green tea with either powdered green tea or steeping tea bags and adding a pinch of baking soda to eliminate the bitterness. But that's me because I like my green tea plain, to each their own.

Correction, they use sucralose to sweeten it.

here is some background information I quickly googled for sucralose in case you experience any side effects (not guarenteed you will)

http://www.3fatchicks.com/11-sucralose-side-effects/
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/12/03/sucralose-dangers.aspx

Pros and Cons:
http://www.onhealth.com/artificial_sweeteners/page9.htm

Thanks for the info and advice! Just checked the bottle and there is none of those in the ingredients so I think im good! I just wanted to make sure it wasn't going to throw off my diet or anything since im not use to drinking really anything but water.