tired of boring water...

I mix tangerine and mint in my water in a batch and let it sit overnight- I also use lemons, limes etc. Tea with no added sugars (such as organic green tea) is a good option. Be careful with flavored waters or flavorings to add to water- even if they do not have sugars because they may contain sodium or other additives just to make it taste good that you may not want to be putting in to your body. That being said- if you splurge on a MiO or a lemonade powder from time to time its not going to kill ya

After three months of water (and one coffee each morning, which I don't put sugar in), I had an iced tea the other day while eating out ( no sugar of course). ... Omg, it was so good. I think all the crap in soda effed up my taste buds , and they are starting to recover

I never understand these hate water people

clean water has no taste..there is no taste to hate

to get enough water in your system each day takes literally less than 10 seconds a few times a day

you people can talk yourselves into anything

you act like drinking some water is climbing a mountain in a blizzard

quit making it such a big deal

Water is water- by itself its own essential pure form that we all need.

Not true. Your body is capable of extracting the H2O it needs from any food/drink that contains water.
So if you don't really need to drink "pure" water why do it if you don't like it?

:laugh:

I told Plain Water, "it's not you... it's me" and left her for a chick named Crystal Light (and her cousins). I still have a soft spot for Plain Water and see her on the side cuz Crystal and I aren't exclusive.

To shake up the routine a bit, sometimes we'll have a threesome! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: You'd be surprised how well they get along!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: <double entendre' meets 'pun intended'> :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sometimes I get sick of it too, I bought a Soda Stream and carbonate very cold plain filtered water. Tastes almost like a treat! Sometimes I add a squeeze of lime or lemon.

Mio Drops, they're like kool-aid for grown-ups!

I find the tap water here tastes of chlorine, so I either buy bottled water, or, as others have suggested, I put a squeeze of lemon or lime in it.

I never understand these hate water people
clean water has no taste..there is no taste to hate
to get enough water in your system each day takes literally less than 10 seconds a few times a day
you people can talk yourselves into anything
you act like drinking some water is climbing a mountain in a blizzard
quit making it such a big deal

amen to that.

As a new member here, I am surprised to see so many people downplaying the importance to water in your diet. The human body is made up of something like 2/3 water. Sure, your body can get water out of anything you consume, but there are chemicals in a lot of these drinks being discussed that have questionable effects on the body long term. Why you wanna put your renal system and liver through that everyday?

Another note, all these drinks come in plastic or glass containers. The improper waste of billions of plastic containers, among many other things, has created an Eco-disaster on literally a global scale.










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Just my 2 cents.

I agree with the bottled water thing. Reusable bottles are/were better but they don't sell fuses as my old buddy used to say.

Here's my 8 glasses per day:
1 cup blueberry, raspberry apple juice for vitamins.
2 cups coffee to pump me up at work
1 big tumbler of water for thirst
1 can of diet soda or water for lunch
1 coffee or water or V8 or something for a snack
1 sparkling mandarin flavoured no sodium drink to relax
1 cup chocolate milk before workout and maybe one after if it fits the daily diet plan
1 or 2 beers to relax before/after dinner
Anything else I want if I'm still thirsty...that 10-12 8 oz glasses.

As a new member here, I am surprised to see so many people downplaying the importance to water in your diet. The human body is made up of something like 2/3 water. Sure, your body can get water out of anything you consume, but there are chemicals in a lot of these drinks being discussed that have questionable effects on the body long term. Why you wanna put your renal system and liver through that everyday?


Just my 2 cents.

There is no scientific data to support that these drinks have detrimental effects on the body. However, we'll leave the aspartame debate for another thread.

There are multiple studies that show coffee prevents Type 2 diabetes, some types of cancer, Alzheimer's, and depression. It's also been shown to decrease Parkinson's symptoms .As it also hydrates just as well as water, why wouldn't I chose this instead of boring water? It also has a social aspect; when's the last time you went out for water?

In regards to other fluids such as milk, you get the hydrating effects of water, but also Vitamin D, calcium, potassium, and protein. Juice gives you potassium and Vitamin C.

My kidney and liver do just fine with these chemicals.

water with lemon or mint
zero calorie flavored water
zero calorie vitamin water
powders (crystal light) or those new fancy liquid things
and my personal favorite, tea (black, green, whatever you want)

all of these should be OKAY

ADD CRYSTAL LIGHT OR MIO TO THE WATER FOR FLAVOR

Water + Lemon + Stevia = Guilt Free Lemonade

If you made that "Water + Lemon + Sucralose," my chemistry professor would say that it = cancer and/or other health problems.

Lies. Chemistry professors don't deal in cancer.

my health/food science teacher would say it equals cancer and/or other health problems as well

Lately, I've been drinking iced green tea. Bigelow makes a green tea with wild blueberry & acai that has a great flavor. I make 1/2 gallon at a time and take a 24 oz container to work every day.