cant stand the taste of water
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I'm big on flavored seltzer. Its all I drink. If I go out and they don't have flavored seltzer, I'll ask them to splash sprite in it to give it some flavor.0
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I used to be the same way, you can add all sorts of things in it if you want but remember at the end of the day you're still adding calories and often at times when your body doesn't need them. Quite honestly i would say to you (and all these other ppl who dont drink pure water) get over it your body NEEDS water and quite honestly its not that bad. Try what i did by only water yes you can mix add flavored water and soda water to the mix add lemon but buy ONLY WATER when you go shopping then when you get thirsty all you have to drink is water0
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It does not matter where the water source is from I can't stand the taste. I have used many filters (including the brita), Water straight from an underground spring, (crystal springs in Plymouth NH is just one of these places.) I gag while drinking it.
What taste? Water has no taste.
It could be that your local water company does a crappy job. I have found water in some places (like Kansas City) that has a metallic taste to it. Sometimes it even stinks, like Nevada, MO. However, you were talking about spring water, bottled distilled water, etc. Those have no flavor whatsoever.0 -
Dr. Oz has a "recipe" for water - I believe it's listed on his site. It contains lemon, cucumbers, mint and a few other ingredients. You mix it all together in a pitcher and let it sit in the refrig overnight. You might want to try it to see if you like it.
Actually, the recipe for water is 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. Dr. Oz is just adding flavors to it.
genius he is.
heh. WIN0 -
It does not matter where the water source is from I can't stand the taste. I have used many filters (including the brita), Water straight from an underground spring, (crystal springs in Plymouth NH is just one of these places.) I gag while drinking it.
What taste? Water has no taste.
It could be that your local water company does a crappy job. I have found water in some places (like Kansas City) that has a metallic taste to it. Sometimes it even stinks, like Nevada, MO. However, you were talking about spring water, bottled distilled water, etc. Those have no flavor whatsoever.
Distilled is fine if you get minerals from other sources (which you likely do). As a grad student I drank water out of our UP water machine all the time...and that's as pure as it gets (18.2 resisitivity (forgot units).0 -
People are cracking me up, though. Water DOES have a taste, and it varies from place to place. If it's from a well, it might be earthy or taste of minerals found in the area. Every city water company adds lots of stuff to cleanse the water, too. Fluoride, chlorine, calcium, sodium, sulfates, and the like can lend certain flavors to water. Even though I use a Pur filter pitcher for my water where I live now, the water in my hometown straight out of the faucet still tastes much cleaner than the water in my current city. Check out the content listed from your city's water department, and I think you might be surprised at what all is really in what you're drinking, even after filtering!0
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I like Mio...
Also, make decaffeinated iced green tea!! use stevia to sweeten. it's so good!0 -
I used to hate the way beer tasted, too...
...I got over it.0 -
I used to feel the same way. I started out drinking Crystal Light and then slowly moved to water. The taste of plain water used to make me sick. Now I drink a gallon of it a day without any issues.0
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At first I had to put lemon juice in my water, otherwise I couldn't get it down... now im ok with drinking it plain. Id try lemon juice or crystal light... also the nice thing with the lemon is it does all sorts of great things for your body and immune system!0
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MIO water enhancer has saved me. People swear water has no taste - Well if that was true, the bottled water companies would have never gotten started up. We live on MIO now for our dieting water intake and it's great. It's expensive, though, but at the risk of not drinking the water, I put up with the expense.0
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Try using a bottle that you have to "suck" the water out. I drink it down fast like that and just ignore the lack of flavor.0
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Try using a bottle that you have to "suck" the water out. I drink it down fast like that and just ignore the lack of flavor.
I've also heard that drinking it with a straw helps you drink it faster, though I have yet to personally test that theory.0 -
I don't like drinking water either. I rarely drink water. Not because I have a problem with the taste, it's just because I prefer tastier drinks like soda. I try to just chug some water down once in a while. Either that, or have a glass of water and a can of soda side by side and alternate between them.0
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Maybe its not the water, but the container you are putting it in.
I've discovered that plastic cups really affect the taste of water to me. Using a glass doesn't have an effect on the taste to me.
Nalgene bottles don't seem to have a flavor to me either.0 -
My heart tries to bleed for you: and then it doesn't. For gods sake get a tiny bit real - not the OP of course, well done for you for making these steps and I do wish you well and hear where you are coming from; but anyone bothering about the taste of water (and I've only heard it it from US people on this site so far), please be a touch more aware...
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/the_need/207.asp?gclid=CJKM1Ie_lbQCFSTLtAodFTwAhQ
Maybe you could donate some of what you spend on diet soda and Mio and Crystalite and other crap to people who really need actual water?
I don't like steak without A1 and butter. Got a charity I can donate to?0 -
I just add vodka. It helps a lot.
Best of luck in your journey!
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Maybe its not the water, but the container you are putting it in.
I've discovered that plastic cups really affect the taste of water to me. Using a glass doesn't have an effect on the taste to me.
Nalgene bottles don't seem to have a flavor to me either.0 -
Dr. Oz has a "recipe" for water - I believe it's listed on his site. It contains lemon, cucumbers, mint and a few other ingredients. You mix it all together in a pitcher and let it sit in the refrig overnight. You might want to try it to see if you like it.
Actually, the recipe for water is 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. Dr. Oz is just adding flavors to it.
That's why they put the quotation marks around "recipe," obviously . . .
Party pooper! :grumble:0 -
My heart tries to bleed for you: and then it doesn't. For gods sake get a tiny bit real - not the OP of course, well done for you for making these steps and I do wish you well and hear where you are coming from; but anyone bothering about the taste of water (and I've only heard it it from US people on this site so far), please be a touch more aware...
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/the_need/207.asp?gclid=CJKM1Ie_lbQCFSTLtAodFTwAhQ
Maybe you could donate some of what you spend on diet soda and Mio and Crystalite and other crap to people who really need actual water?
I don't like steak without A1 and butter. Got a charity I can donate to?
www.peta.org :bigsmile:0 -
I seem to notice that the few people that say this to me in real life are heavy smokers. Out of curiosity, do you smoke at all? Just wondering if the smoking affects how drinks taste to people, and whether they need something heavily flavored like soda, sweet tea, or juices to mask it0
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I dont like water either. The taste is chlorinated.
We use a water filter to help with that, or I drink flavoured waters from Walmart which are calorie and sodium free, it gives 4 daily serviings of water in one bottle!0 -
i just chug it0
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Make the water icy cold. Drink when you are thirsty, and drink it down, don't sip. The cold makes the bland taste disappear, and all you feel is the sensation of your thirst being quenched. Works for me.0
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Mios are good to hide the funky taste tap water can have. Bottled water is my favorite thing to drink, doesn't usually taste weird.0
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It does not matter where the water source is from I can't stand the taste. I have used many filters (including the brita), Water straight from an underground spring, (crystal springs in Plymouth NH is just one of these places.) I gag while drinking it.
OK so what taste do you like to drink???0 -
Try some Sassy water:
1 cup frozen fruit
1 pitcher of cold water
Combine the two and put in the fridge and let it chill for awhile then come grab you a glass.0 -
i brush my teeth0
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