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Best Beverages for Teens
lulalacroix
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What are the best beverages for teens? Juice, soda, and energy drinks often contain a lot of sugar and sometimes loads of caffeine. Diet beverages contain sugar substitutes. Obviously water is a good choice, but other than water what say you?
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My dd drinks water, milk, unsweetened tea or juice usually. Soda pop is just sometimes. No energy drinks.
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Teens aren't really vastly different than any age group. Teens often do not get enough protein or calcium, so some milk or calcium-rich drink is a good idea.1
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My kiddo drinks milk and diet soda! Doesn't drink water, well because, he's an obstinate teenager.1
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kenyonhaff wrote: »Teens aren't really vastly different than any age group. Teens often do not get enough protein or calcium, so some milk or calcium-rich drink is a good idea.
Teens may not be very nutritionally different than others, but many do not always make the best food or drink choices. Plus they can be harder to regulate than my children of younger ages. For example, my 9 year old would never ask for an energy drink or Starbucks. My 9 year old also does not go the the corner store with her friends to buy whatever she wants. Hence my question regarding teens.0 -
Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »Milk. Water. Flavored water infused with Fruit.
Sugar really isnt all that bad honestly, if the teens are healthy and active they will process the sugar just fine.
But do you or would you limit the number of sugary drinks? I don't have a problem allowing a sugary beverage, but in my home the limit is one soda or sweet tea per day.1 -
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lulalacroix wrote: »kenyonhaff wrote: »Teens aren't really vastly different than any age group. Teens often do not get enough protein or calcium, so some milk or calcium-rich drink is a good idea.
Teens may not be very nutritionally different than others, but many do not always make the best food or drink choices. Plus they can be harder to regulate than my children of younger ages. For example, my 9 year old would never ask for an energy drink or Starbucks. My 9 year old also does not go the the corner store with her friends to buy whatever she wants. Hence my question regarding teens.
The way my mom did it was not keep those things in the house but allowed me to drink soda when we went out to dinner. As a parent, I think it's good to teach your kids not to fear or label food, but rather let them know that some are more of a treat than others.
Typically when I did drink often as a kid was orange juice, milk and iced tea.2 -
lulalacroix wrote: »kenyonhaff wrote: »Teens aren't really vastly different than any age group. Teens often do not get enough protein or calcium, so some milk or calcium-rich drink is a good idea.
Teens may not be very nutritionally different than others, but many do not always make the best food or drink choices. Plus they can be harder to regulate than my children of younger ages. For example, my 9 year old would never ask for an energy drink or Starbucks. My 9 year old also does not go the the corner store with her friends to buy whatever she wants. Hence my question regarding teens.
The way my mom did it was not keep those things in the house but allowed me to drink soda when we went out to dinner. As a parent, I think it's good to teach your kids not to fear or label food, but rather let them know that some are more of a treat than others.
Other than water, we only keep plain milk, brewed/unsweet iced tea, seltzer, and Diet Coke at the house. We also keep bottles of unsweetened lemon and lime juice to add as flavoring. The only one who likes the diet soda is limited to one per day. When we're out or when they buy lunch at school, they can have what they'd like. They recognize it as a treat, which I think happened because they grew up like that. Now as teenagers, it's their "normal."0 -
Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »Milk. Water. Flavored water infused with Fruit.
Sugar really isnt all that bad honestly, if the teens are healthy and active they will process the sugar just fine.
Most teens are not active. Therefore, good idea to watch calorie intake in general and high calorie, nutritionally less foods/drinks especially.0 -
We do mostly water. Soda is a treat. We use Mio or other flavor additives from time to time or Kool-Aid with 1/2 sugar. Kids are active and typically ask for water.0
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Water, milk, iced tea. Same things I'd offer my 9 year old (who asks for Starbucks Frappuccinos regularly and gets them from time to time.)0
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When I was a teen I drank milk and water. And sometimes coffee if my dad was feeling nice. Now I drink almond milk and water. And more coffee.
I am so glad I never grew up drinking that crap, cause I have never ever wanted it. My husband is addicted to soda because he grew up drinking it.
So maybe just go with those and the occasional hot cocoa or a smoothie?
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When I was a teen I drank water, juice, hot chocolate and soda. I only got soda at school if I bought it with my own money. My parents refused to have it in the house which was probably a good thing.1
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Packerjohn wrote: »
Strawberries and Creme and Vanilla Bean Creme frapps have no coffee/caffeine in them. They are pretty much milkshakes. There is a vanilla frapp that has coffee in it though. We once had a new barista who accidentally made us one of those and my daughter was quick to declare that something was wrong with it
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When I was a teen I was only allowed to have milk or water. Soda only when we went out to eat or for special occasions. I couldn't even buy it at school because the machines only operated outside of class hours.0
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as a teen I drank what my parents drank: unsweetened iced tea, skim milk, water - mostly sparkling. We always had OJ or grapefruit juice available, and drank it half mixed with sparking water (a German thing). I never expected to have a huge variety of beverages to choose from - I understood the purpose of a drink was to quench thirst. Part of the soda culture is the change in expectation - that drinks be packed with flavor and be sweet and be drunk for the flavor hit, not just to hydrate. We truly don't need tons of drink options.1
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Water, tea, milk (in my one who can drink it).
On special occasions they'll have pop (I encourage diet or Zevia, and preferably no caffeine), hot chocolate or wine.
ETA I make them protein, fruit and veggie shakes a few days per week too.0 -
Milk, chocolate milk, vitamin water zero, water water water lol0
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Water, tea, milk (in my one who can drink it).
On special occasions they'll have pop (I encourage diet or Zevia, and preferably no caffeine), hot chocolate or wine.
ETA I make them protein, fruit and veggie shakes a few days per week too.
You allow your teenagers wine? I definitely wasn't expecting alcohol as an answer.1 -
Beer! sorry but I had to say that.0
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_Majestic_AF_ wrote: »Most alcohol consumption starts in the teen years. Just saying.
In the US legal drinking age is 21.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »_Majestic_AF_ wrote: »Most alcohol consumption starts in the teen years. Just saying.
In the US legal drinking age is 21.
In many US states, it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol in their own homes. I know my parents allowed me to have some on holidays.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »_Majestic_AF_ wrote: »Most alcohol consumption starts in the teen years. Just saying.
In the US legal drinking age is 21.
In many US states, it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol in their own homes. I know my parents allowed me to have some on holidays.
Yep. According to this:. I don't know how accurate it is, but if the nv in that poster's SN means Nevada, then it would be legal.0 -
Mine mostly drink water and milk, and sometimes coffee. Soda is every once in awhile.0
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Packerjohn wrote: »_Majestic_AF_ wrote: »Most alcohol consumption starts in the teen years. Just saying.
In the US legal drinking age is 21.
In many US states, it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol in their own homes. I know my parents allowed me to have some on holidays.
Yep. According to this:. I don't know how accurate it is, but if the nv in that poster's SN means Nevada, then it would be legal.
Bingo! I grew up in a town of German immigrants and drinking beer/wine was a common occurrence. Rarely if ever did anyone drink to excess and since it was normalized, it was rarely abused.
I live in Wisconsin where it is legal as long as it is supervised by the parent/guardian. Every now and then we have a do-gooder "OMG think of the children!" attempting to pass prohibition again, but it gets quickly struck down.0 -
My kids aren't teenagers, but they drink milk in the morning sometimes OJ if I can get it super cheap. Water the rest of the day. At school they get a juice/koolaid box for their lunch. Occasionally, they get sprite when we go out, but it isn't often.0
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