Lemon water vs regular

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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  • DarkTwain
    DarkTwain Posts: 130 Member
    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 consumption
  • ashnicole083
    ashnicole083 Posts: 4 Member
    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?
  • Blooperss
    Blooperss Posts: 42 Member
    I'm curious - what makes regular water so hard to drink?
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,037 Member
    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.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    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.

    ^this
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    I use bottled concentrated lemon juice and pour a bit in my water, sometimes if I'm feeling sluggish the taste perks me up
  • aries68mc
    aries68mc Posts: 173 Member
    Just flavor water with lemon (or other fruit you want). That's what I do.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    it's not bad for you. you are fine to drink it.
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,345 Member
    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?
  • invisibleman53
    invisibleman53 Posts: 20 Member
    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.
  • invisibleman53
    invisibleman53 Posts: 20 Member
    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. Different
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    Carlos_421 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.)

    source.gif

    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.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    All I drink is flavored water. My go-to is Nestle Splash Acai Grape. So yummy!
  • ashnicole083
    ashnicole083 Posts: 4 Member
    Sharon_C wrote: »
    All I drink is flavored water. My go-to is Nestle Splash Acai Grape. So yummy!

    I haven't tried the grape but my daughter tried it at a friend's house and fell in love with it. Picking it up to today to try
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Blooperss wrote: »
    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.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    mbaker566 wrote: »
    Carlos_421 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.)

    source.gif

    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.
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    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.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    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.