Addicted to Crystal Light

crayfish408

I drink a whole container of Crystal Light a day. Sometimes, I even drink part of another one. Is this bad for my health?

chrissymay4

idk if it is bad for you.. but it is mixed with water & you are drinking a ton of that, soooo... lol.. I use a lot of crystal light also, but I have the packets.. not sure exactly how many I use in a day though... I do hope you get some helpful feedback though

sharesb

some people might say the aspartame is bad for you but there are a lot more worse things you can be putting into your body! The amount you are using drinking crystal light is probably minimal....you are doing your body more good in my opinion if it is helping you drink that much water.

AndrewTheWise

Depends on what you mean by a container. Is it the big cylinder full, or the little box?

LoserCruiser

Ya I am thinking that much aspartame would probably not be that great for anyone! I don't even know how you can drink that stuff, it tastes so nasty with all that aspartame, lol. YUCK!

misty1208

some people might say the aspartame is bad for you but there are a lot more worse things you can be putting into your body! The amount you are using drinking crystal light is probably minimal....you are doing your body more good in my opinion if it is helping you drink that much water.

Im with you. I drink crystal light almost every day. It helps me get my water in.

Ninetta

I don't think it should be an issue of "there are a lot worse things" ..... that's a bad excuse. If it's bad, it's bad, so don't do it!

I personally don't that think that anything made in a lab is good for your body but if you choose to keep ingesting it, I would definitely say that you should cut down - mixing it with water or not.......which by the way means that you should only be counting each glass you have as half a glass of water.

Good luck with whatever you decide

crayfish408

1 meaning 2 quarts

crayfish408

Depends on what you mean by a container. Is it the big cylinder full, or the little box?

Container meaning 1 pack from the cylinder... Makes 2 quarts

AndrewTheWise

Oh, that's not all that bad, but if you feel like it's bad, then don't drink so much. Your body tells you what it needs.

jmwolffyy

I use the packets too, and have 3 or 4 a day. I use a 20 oz bottle, instead of the 16 ox, and it still seems a little bit strong, although I like the flavor. I am hoping I can reduce it to half a packet per 20 oz bottle. That would keep my water intake high while reducing the aspartame...

stasmi

Just for the record, it Crystal Lite does not contain aspartame, it contains sucralose. I am badly addicted to it myself and have been doing research on it this morning. That's how I found this thread. I used to drink water exclusively and it completely satisfied me, but now water does not quench my thirst, only Crystal Lite. Also I seem to have developed a wicked sweet tooth, which I never used to have, and a considerable increase in belly fat. Bummer! However, the real proof to me is that my poor husband, who is tall and has always had a slender body type, has been puzzled and dismayed by having put on nearly 20 pounds right in his midsection. It just clicked with me that it's the Crystal Lite! I appear to have gotten him addicted as well to the ever-present pitcher of peach and lemon iced tea flavored Crystal Lite. I feel just awful! That @#$% has got to go. When my diet is tightly controlled, I don't seem to have a problem with weight gain when drinking this stuff, but my food choices run to the uncharacteristically sweet when my eating habits are, shall we say, unchained. You may not have much of a problem until you hit your 50's like me. I read through a lot of questionable and sloppily written information before I found something credible. Here is that link: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/04/26/major-media-finally-exposes-splendas-lies.aspx

uncharted01

.......which by the way means that you should only be counting each glass you have as half a glass of water.

just curious why each glass would only count as half a glass?

InForBacon

No

kballard66

I use one packet a day, moderation for me.

Acg67

how easily we throw around the term addiction

Phoenix_Warrior

I read addicted to crystal meth. Okay, phew. Crystal light probably is much better for you than meth. Perspective.

But in all seriousness, I don't think it's going to do you any harm ♡

ashzacher

I used to love their peach mango green tea. I'd make a pitcher of it and go through it in a day or two.. I realized it had the sucralose too so I kicked the habit. When I want something sweet like tea, I will use Tazo Passionfruit tea mixed with cold water, and add some lemon. A packet of stevia makes it quite sweet!

Sabine_Stroehm

.......which by the way means that you should only be counting each glass you have as half a glass of water.

just curious why each glass would only count as half a glass?

My question as well.

Phoenix_Warrior

.......which by the way means that you should only be counting each glass you have as half a glass of water.

just curious why each glass would only count as half a glass?

My question as well.

I'm going to whisper the word toxins. Maybe they secretly eat up half of the water you put them in. Sneaky hobbitses.

amydub1

Look into the True Lemon products. Far better for you than the Crystal Light products, and no artificial colorants.

dirty_dirty_eater

By the time I finish writing this response you will be dead.

Condolences to your family.
(Can I have your stereo?)

raegrove

I can't quote my source as I can't find it online again, but it said a 150 lb woman would have to drink 20 cans of diet pop a day for the amount of aspartame to be harmful.

patsypooter

I can't handle aspartame at all. It gives me chest pains. No joke, I was so confused as to why I was having chest pains, read some stuff online about aspartame causing that in some people, immediately quit the stuff and the chest pains have never come back!!

I stick to water and the occasional tea with honey.

seashell709

I would be careful with this stuff. It can cause kidney stones if you drink to much of it.

mmclachlan10

Crystal light contains aspartame which is not good for you so drinking that much in 1 day is definitely not good for your health. I'm not judging, I have/had the same issue with diet coke and now I am on to the crystal light energy packets... I am going to try the a drink called SPARKLING ICE, it is naturally sweetened and still has no calories.

dawningr

Addiction to anything is not a good thing. Additives, food coloring and other crap aside.

Try weaning yourself off it. Alternate a glass of water, glass of crystal light, etc. then two glasses of water for each glass of crystal light.

Try more natural flavoring in your water. cucumbers, oranges, berries, etc.

Sharon_C

My husband suffers from really bad migraines and has to see a neurologist. The neurologist told him to stay away from Crystal Light specifically because it triggers migraines. I had an epiphany moment. My husband didn't drink Crystal Light but my 13 year old did and she suffered from headaches too. I made her kick the Crystal Light habit and her headaches diminished. They didn't go away altogether but she wasn't getting nearly as many as she had been.

fyrefly1981

I would probably just try to cut back on the crystal lite (I like it too, but hardly drink it anymore) I only tend to have it if I'm craving soda or something else bad for me. It helps me get through my sweet cravings.

cassy_runs

From my experience, the ratio of Crystal Light powder to water makes the stuff taste a bit strong for my preference- one good way to back off the Crystal Light if you decide that's what your body needs would be to just use like half a packet in that quart of water. Your water will still be lightly flavored, just stick a paper clip on that bad boy and use the other half the next day. It'll save you money, and you'll be ingesting less of the dreaded aspartame, which means your guts won't implode anytime soon.