Lemon water vs regular
ashnicole083
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I have a hard time drinking regular water. However, I can drink 64-80 oz of Nestle lemon water without a problem. Is the flavored water really bad for you or am I okay to keep drinking it?
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Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)6
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Pardon the sarcasm above, flavored water isnt bad for you, however they tend to have artificial sweeteners and sodium and perhaps you should mix in some glasses of regular water so that it isn't your entire water consumption2
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It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?0
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I'm curious - what makes regular water so hard to drink?1
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ashnicole083 wrote: »It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?
Asking whether lemon-flavored water is "really bad for you" is a different question from whether you can drink flavored water on a clean fast. I guess if you want a definitive answer to that, you need to decide who you're going to accept as the official arbiter of clean fasts.
In the meantime, what do you think engaging in a clean fast is going to accomplish?8 -
ashnicole083 wrote: »It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?
What’s a clean fast? How do you think it will help you achieve your goals? What are your goals?
The fact that you refer to intermittent fasting as “the big thing right now” is telling. Weight loss comes down to a calorie deficit. Intermittent fasting is a popular approach right now but the weight loss comes down to a calorie deficit. Does the lemon water have calories? If so, log them. But as long as you account for them, they won’t hinder your weight loss. Regardless of whether someone else considers them clean or dirty.8 -
I'm not familiar with the water or what's in it but love water with lemon (especially with a cucumber slice and fresh mint). I drink 4 glasses a day. No clue on the fasting question though I've seen people on keto say under a certain calorie limit. The teaspoon or so in my water isn't many calories, I think it's around 10.1
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Personally, I would fill a bottle with water and chuck a slice of lemon in it.
It's bound to cheaper that way, and to me would probably taste better.
It would also count exactly the same as water, as that's all it is.10 -
littlegreenparrot1 wrote: »Personally, I would fill a bottle with water and chuck a slice of lemon in it.
It's bound to cheaper that way, and to me would probably taste better.
It would also count exactly the same as water, as that's all it is.
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I use bottled concentrated lemon juice and pour a bit in my water, sometimes if I'm feeling sluggish the taste perks me up2
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
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Just flavor water with lemon (or other fruit you want). That's what I do.0
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it's not bad for you. you are fine to drink it.0
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ashnicole083 wrote: »It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?
Stop believing random stuff on the internet.9 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Whoa! How did we get from lemon water to baby formula?4 -
ashnicole083 wrote: »I have a hard time drinking regular water. However, I can drink 64-80 oz of Nestle lemon water without a problem. Is the flavored water really bad for you or am I okay to keep drinking it?
Lemon juice also activates the saliva glands to moisten the mouth so it does assist in feeling not thirsty but how much sugar is in that Nestle's product? I just use a 100% lemon juice product by adding 1 tablespoon to an 8 ounce glass of water.0 -
ashnicole083 wrote: »I have a hard time drinking regular water. However, I can drink 64-80 oz of Nestle lemon water without a problem. Is the flavored water really bad for you or am I okay to keep drinking it?
Here's another suggestion that I had a BAM cuisine store. While waiting, the hostess gave me a glass of water with a few slices of cucumber in it. Very light taste. Different0 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Apparently you never heard about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
TL;DR -- For more than 40 years, a variety of advocacy groups and government entities have criticized Nestle's marketing of infant formula in poor communities. Among the many issues raised is that poor mothers are given formula free in the hospital, so their milk dries up, and then they have to purchase formula they can't afford, whose directions they may not be able to read, and dilute it too much when mixing it because they couldn't possible afford as much as they would need to give their babies adequate nutrition. I'm sorry James Franco is so ill-informed.3 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Apparently you never heard about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
TL;DR -- For more than 40 years, a variety of advocacy groups and government entities have criticized Nestle's marketing of infant formula in poor communities. Among the many issues raised is that poor mothers are given formula free in the hospital, so their milk dries up, and then they have to purchase formula they can't afford, whose directions they may not be able to read, and dilute it too much when mixing it because they couldn't possible afford as much as they would need to give their babies adequate nutrition. I'm sorry James Franco is so ill-informed.
this is not the place for your soapbox10 -
All I drink is flavored water. My go-to is Nestle Splash Acai Grape. So yummy!1
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ashnicole083 wrote: »It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?
If your source of information believes that zero calorie (or virtually zero calorie) water with flavourings somehow breaks your fast but plain water doesn't I would advise not using that source of information - apart from comedy value perhaps?
It's just a potty lack of commonsense and trying to elevate intermittent fasting for dietary control into some quasi-religious or cult-like nonsense. The "it can't be doing you good unless you are suffering" mindset is just dumb.11 -
There's no official Intermittent Fasting authority with voted in rules that can validate whether or not your habits meet some criteria or other. If you practice some periodization of eating because it suits you, but happen to need your coffee in the morning and then skip to lunch, that's just how you do it.7
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I'm curious - what makes regular water so hard to drink?
For many it is the flavor from the chlorine and chloramines added to make it safe to drink, or naturally occurring minerals from hard water or wells (which can be easily removed by using a filter). For others, they are so conditioned to having flavor and/or fizz in their beverages that going without makes it unpalatable.
I like my fizz. I use tap water filtered and chilled by my refrigerator and fizz it up with a SodaStream. Occasionally I will add flavor so I use about 1/4 tsp of lemon or lime extract which adds no calories. I lived through the cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee in the 80's so we have some of the safest drinking water in the country due to the upgrades to the municipal supply and I live in a hard water area so tap water on its own isn't great , but a filter takes care of it.
Just because a bottle says "water" doesn't mean it is just water. Many are better described as diet clear soda since they have flavorings and artificial sweeteners. Many are also seltzer which is just fizzy water with or without extract added.
Lemon juice is a mild diuretic so it is recommended for woo like fasts and cleanses because it makes you pee so it appears you are losing weight. It can be helpful if you had a huge sodium day and are feeling a bit puffy from it.0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Apparently you never heard about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
TL;DR -- For more than 40 years, a variety of advocacy groups and government entities have criticized Nestle's marketing of infant formula in poor communities. Among the many issues raised is that poor mothers are given formula free in the hospital, so their milk dries up, and then they have to purchase formula they can't afford, whose directions they may not be able to read, and dilute it too much when mixing it because they couldn't possible afford as much as they would need to give their babies adequate nutrition. I'm sorry James Franco is so ill-informed.
this is not the place for your soapbox
How is a thread about whether flavored water is "clean" not a a place for a soapbox? Much cleaner with soap.1 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Apparently you never heard about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
TL;DR -- For more than 40 years, a variety of advocacy groups and government entities have criticized Nestle's marketing of infant formula in poor communities. Among the many issues raised is that poor mothers are given formula free in the hospital, so their milk dries up, and then they have to purchase formula they can't afford, whose directions they may not be able to read, and dilute it too much when mixing it because they couldn't possible afford as much as they would need to give their babies adequate nutrition. I'm sorry James Franco is so ill-informed.
I guess I just don't see how there's any connection with baby formula having too much water in it and a question about whether or not lemon water is just as good as regular water.12 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Carlos_421 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Are we talking about zero-calorie lemon-flavored water that is being sold for human consumption? How could it be bad for you? (Proviso: I see it's from Nestle. Since you're typing on the Internet, I'm assuming you're not an infant and you are using it for purposes of hydration. That's fine. Please do not substitute it for baby formula or use it to dilute baby formula.)
Apparently you never heard about this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
TL;DR -- For more than 40 years, a variety of advocacy groups and government entities have criticized Nestle's marketing of infant formula in poor communities. Among the many issues raised is that poor mothers are given formula free in the hospital, so their milk dries up, and then they have to purchase formula they can't afford, whose directions they may not be able to read, and dilute it too much when mixing it because they couldn't possible afford as much as they would need to give their babies adequate nutrition. I'm sorry James Franco is so ill-informed.
this is not the place for your soapbox
How is a thread about whether flavored water is "clean" not a a place for a soapbox? Much cleaner with soap.
well we are talking about whether lemon water breaks a fast. whether or not lemon water counts toward water intake or as something elsed
not the moral or ethical habits of a company who happens to make flavored water. you want to talk about that. go make your own thread. we already have a thread about ethical consumption. maybe start one about ethical drinking. or wedge into the consumption thread5 -
I often add a wedge of lemon, lime, clementine or other random citrus to my water. It tastes good and smells good and is a great healthy option.
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ashnicole083 wrote: »It's called Nestle Splash lemon water. I guess I'm just confused because I was reading about the intermittent fasting that seems to be the big thing now. It talks about in order to do a clean fast water can't be flavored. So I thought what am I missing? I thought water was water?
People say all sorts of things just because they like rules, arbitrary or not. How is "coffee flavored" water okay on IF but lemon water is not? My only concern with lemon water (other than that I personally don't like how it tastes) would be if it has enough lemon juice to be overly acidic because my teeth are sensitive to too much acid.3
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