I found a no calorie, no carb, and no fat or sodium water fl
msstillion79
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Ok i have been looking for a better flavoring for my water cause i cant stand plain water and i dont like adding lemons so i found Mio water flavering it Awsome it take just one drop and it takes the water taste out without over doing it and it has No carbs calories fat or sodium in it That was my big issue the sodium in the flaver packs i was using like 300 to 400 mg in a day just in mixes So i just wanted to let u all know about it Have a great Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou:
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Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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if there's no nutritional value in this Mio water, does that mean all ingredients are weird chemicals we can't pronounce?0
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Ok i have been looking for a better flavoring for my water cause i cant stand plain water and i dont like adding lemons so i found Mio water flavering it Awsome it take just one drop and it takes the water taste out without over doing it and it has No carbs calories fat or sodium in it That was my big issue the sodium in the flaver packs i was using like 300 to 400 mg in a day just in mixes So i just wanted to let u all know about it Have a great Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou:
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No idea what is really in MIO. Id suggest organic lemon or lime juice..start the morning with warm cup of water and some lemon or lime juice. Gets the digestion system fired up early or just add some to bottle water. Nothing in the organic jucie other than potassium.0
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Tobbs thats a great ? the ingredients are water, malic acid,propylene glycol,citric acid, natural falvor, potassium. I really dont know what they are so im goin to look it up thanx for making me think !!!!!!!:huh:0
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Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Add frozen fruits to the water instead of ice cubes. Flavored water, and a tasty treat at the end of the glass!0
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Just fair warning. I loved MIO when I first tried it and it started giving me MASSIVE headaches. I can't drink more that one or two squirts of it a day without being incapacitated for 24 hours. If you search the forums here or some reviews, you will see alot of people have similar issues with it.0
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Mio: Another Word for Chemicals. Sweetened with Sucralose. Contains Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Blue 1, Malic Acid, and Propylene Glycol. All artificial colors and sweeteners. Very bad for you health, would not drink0
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Also accurate. Our bodies need fluid, from any source. Doesn't have to be pure water.Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Can you share why you think its bad advice.0 -
I really like Mio too. I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke, and I hardly drink it at all anymore. I know Mio is full of chemicals, but I still figure it's better than soda. That's just me, though.0
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I actually have a bottle of MiO right here. I do like the fruit punch!
For those interested, here are the ingredients: water, malic acid, propylene glycol, citric acid, contains less than 2% of natural flavor, sucralose and acesulfame potassium, potassium citrate, red 40, potassium sorbate0 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Most doctors say that as long as you are getting fluid, it counts (milk, juice, coffee, tea, etc.). I personally think soda is not the best idea because it has so much sodium in it. I'd rather have my sodium on my food! I'd also rather EAT my calories, not drink them! I use a lot of decaffeinated herbal tea; they have lots of unique flavors. I'm using a red vanilla tea today. It's good hot or cold.
Edited to add: I'm using Rooibos tea, and it has been shown to have good antioxidants and such.0 -
Smart water has electrolytes in it. That helps post work out or just in general to replace the electrolytes losts through sweat during the day.0
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Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Can you share why you think its bad advice.
Because coffee is a diuretic, it dehydrates. Soda is too, because of carbonation and sodium. Plus soda and fruit juice are generally too sugary to really be that healthy (in large quantities). Someone who drinks 8 cups of soda, fruit juice or coffee a day will not be adequately hydrated as a person who drinks 8 cups of water.0 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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No it's not. There's no reason to drink just plain water, as opposed to anything else you can drink, other than a caloric reason. Tea, coffee, soda, juice, beer, wine, all hydrate you just like water does. You actually get more water from the food you eat than you drink. What exactly is bad about the advice?0 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Actually HM's advice is fine although I wouldn't advise drinking coke's and stuff.
The reason why I always say to drink plenty of water is because if I just said fluids, then people would end up drinking their calories away and possibly going over their intake.
It's fine as long as you are getting PLENTY of fluids throughout the day so you release water retention.0 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Can you share why you think its bad advice.
Because coffee is a diuretic, it dehydrates. Soda is too, because of carbonation and sodium. Plus soda and fruit juice are generally too sugary to really be that healthy (in large quantities). Someone who drinks 8 cups of soda, fruit juice or coffee a day will not be adequately hydrated as a person who drinks 8 cups of water.
False. In order for caffeine (the supposed ingredient that makes coffee dehydrate) to have an effect on hydration you'd need to drink the equivalent of 10 cups worth in a single serving. Coffee has about 100 mg of caffeine in it, in order to have any appreciable diuretic effect, you'd need to consume more than 1,000 mg's at a time, and the amount of water in coffee more than offsets that. There hasn't been a single study that can prove that regular coffee and soda consumption has any kind of dehydrating effect on people.0 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Not according to the Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU002830 -
Just a little tidbit of info.Kidney Int. 2010 Apr;77(7):609-16. Epub 2009 Dec 23.
Sugar-sweetened soda consumption, hyperuricemia, and kidney disease.
Bomback AS, Derebail VK, Shoham DA, Anderson CA, Steffen LM, Rosamond WD, Kshirsagar AV.
SourceDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. asb68@columbia.edu
Abstract
The metabolism of high-fructose corn syrup used to sweeten soda drinks may lead to elevations in uric acid levels. Here we determined whether soda drinking is associated with hyperuricemia and, as a potential consequence, reduced kidney function. At baseline, 15,745 patients in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study completed a dietary questionnaire and had measurements of their serum creatinine and uric acid. After 3 and 9 years of follow-up, multivariate odds ratios from logistic regressions for binary outcome of hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease (eGFR less than 60 ml/min per 1.73 m(2)) were evaluated. Compared to participants who drank less, consumption of over one soda per day was associated with increased odds of prevalent hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease. The odds ratio for chronic kidney disease significantly increased to 2.59 among participants who drank more than one soda per day and had a serum uric acid level over 9.0 mg/dl. In longitudinal analyses, however, drinking more than one soda per day was not associated with hyperuricemia or chronic kidney disease. Neither preexistent hyperuricemia nor development of hyperuricemia modified the lack of association between soda drinking and incident chronic kidney disease. Thus our study shows that high consumption of sugar-sweetened soda was associated with prevalent but not incident hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/200329630 -
Or just don't have pure water. Drink tea/coffee/soda/juice/eat more fruit/veg. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, on it's own! No need to!
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Can you share why you think its bad advice.
Because coffee is a diuretic, it dehydrates. Soda is too, because of carbonation and sodium. Plus soda and fruit juice are generally too sugary to really be that healthy (in large quantities). Someone who drinks 8 cups of soda, fruit juice or coffee a day will not be adequately hydrated as a person who drinks 8 cups of water.
I wish I had the link handy, but recent studies show coffee and soda still hydrate. They are diuretics, but the water they cause you to eliminate is more than made up for by the water in the drink, unless you are drinking more than 8-10 cups a day. As long as you are properly logging what you drink, the calories (and carbs from the sugars) will be tracked, and people can adjust their diets to meet their goals appropriately.
As long as you monitor it, you can easily keep yourself hydrated without drinking any plain water. In general, just check your urine - the more color it has, the more liquids you need. If it is pale to colorless, you are usually doing it right. Some medical conditions can cause more or less color, but in general this is a good guideline unless your doctor has told you otherwise.
I drink water reasonably often, but more often than not, I drink tea, rooibos, homemade chai ( all unsweetened) or milk instead of water, and I count it all towards my 8 glasses a day. Even when I have a glass of juice I count it, and log it too for the calories and nutrients.0 -
Also on diet soda:Diabetes Care. 2009 Apr;32(4):688-94. Epub 2009 Jan 16.
Diet soda intake and risk of incident metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Nettleton JA, Lutsey PL, Wang Y, Lima JA, Michos ED, Jacobs DR Jr.
SourceDivision of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA. jennifer.a.nettleton@uth.tmc.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We determined associations between diet soda consumption and risk of incident metabolic syndrome, its components, and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Diet soda consumption was assessed by food frequency questionnaire at baseline (2000-2002). Incident type 2 diabetes was identified at three follow-up examinations (2002-2003, 2004-2005, and 2005-2007) as fasting glucose >126 mg/dl, self-reported type 2 diabetes, or use of diabetes medication. Metabolic syndrome (and components) was defined by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CI for type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome components were estimated, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and dietary confounders.
RESULTS: At least daily consumption of diet soda was associated with a 36% greater relative risk of incident metabolic syndrome and a 67% greater relative risk of incident type 2 diabetes compared with nonconsumption (HR 1.36 [95% CI 1.11-1.66] for metabolic syndrome and 1.67 [1.27-2.20] for type 2 diabetes). Of metabolic syndrome components, only high waist circumference (men >or=102 cm and women >or=88 cm) and high fasting glucose (>or=100 mg/dl) were prospectively associated with diet soda consumption. Associations between diet soda consumption and type 2 diabetes were independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these measures, whereas associations between diet soda and metabolic syndrome were not independent of these factors.
CONCLUSIONS: Although these observational data cannot establish causality, consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes.
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I'm going to give it a try - I'd like something clear to add to my water bottle that won't go bad if left in my locker overnight
I count my green tea as water. The HARD RULE of 8 glasses has no real science behind it - what IS known is that we need to keep hydrated above the standard levels and to a degree, more is better. The old theory that any caffeine or flavor automatically negates the water is just silly - unless your stomach is totally empty it's going to mix with SOMETHING.
Plus - I drink a LOT more water when it has a flavor like my green tea!
I do know that some people don't count calories in drinks which is also (IMHO) silly since soda or sweetened drinks can have a ton of calories. I have to bank my calories during the day for my red wine at night 0 -
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/tea-types-and-their-health-benefits
Here's an article on the benefits of different types of teas.0 -
Also on diet soda:Diabetes Care. 2009 Apr;32(4):688-94. Epub 2009 Jan 16.
Diet soda intake and risk of incident metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Nettleton JA, Lutsey PL, Wang Y, Lima JA, Michos ED, Jacobs DR Jr.
SourceDivision of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA. jennifer.a.nettleton@uth.tmc.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We determined associations between diet soda consumption and risk of incident metabolic syndrome, its components, and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Diet soda consumption was assessed by food frequency questionnaire at baseline (2000-2002). Incident type 2 diabetes was identified at three follow-up examinations (2002-2003, 2004-2005, and 2005-2007) as fasting glucose >126 mg/dl, self-reported type 2 diabetes, or use of diabetes medication. Metabolic syndrome (and components) was defined by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CI for type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome components were estimated, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and dietary confounders.
RESULTS: At least daily consumption of diet soda was associated with a 36% greater relative risk of incident metabolic syndrome and a 67% greater relative risk of incident type 2 diabetes compared with nonconsumption (HR 1.36 [95% CI 1.11-1.66] for metabolic syndrome and 1.67 [1.27-2.20] for type 2 diabetes). Of metabolic syndrome components, only high waist circumference (men >or=102 cm and women >or=88 cm) and high fasting glucose (>or=100 mg/dl) were prospectively associated with diet soda consumption. Associations between diet soda consumption and type 2 diabetes were independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these measures, whereas associations between diet soda and metabolic syndrome were not independent of these factors.
CONCLUSIONS: Although these observational data cannot establish causality, consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203
I have to point out the one major flaw in this study, in case it isn't obvious to others. People with, or at risk of diabetes or other insulin resistance diseases are most likely already drinking diet sodas because of their condition, in an attempt to control blood sugar levels, not that drinking diet sodas led to the condition.0 -
i drink plain water because i think plain water is delicious!
i do occasionally (less than once a week) have moi, diet a&w, flavored bubbly water. last night i had a lemon vitamin water zero over dinner after my first day of 30ds0 -
I found one that is no calorie, no carb, no fat, no sodium and no artificial sweetners (which Mio has). It's called tea. It even comes in a no caffeine variety.0
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if there's no nutritional value in this Mio water, does that mean all ingredients are weird chemicals we can't pronounce?
That depends. Can you pronounce Sucralose?0 -
Also on diet soda:Diabetes Care. 2009 Apr;32(4):688-94. Epub 2009 Jan 16.
Diet soda intake and risk of incident metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Nettleton JA, Lutsey PL, Wang Y, Lima JA, Michos ED, Jacobs DR Jr.
SourceDivision of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA. jennifer.a.nettleton@uth.tmc.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We determined associations between diet soda consumption and risk of incident metabolic syndrome, its components, and type 2 diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Diet soda consumption was assessed by food frequency questionnaire at baseline (2000-2002). Incident type 2 diabetes was identified at three follow-up examinations (2002-2003, 2004-2005, and 2005-2007) as fasting glucose >126 mg/dl, self-reported type 2 diabetes, or use of diabetes medication. Metabolic syndrome (and components) was defined by National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% CI for type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and metabolic syndrome components were estimated, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, and dietary confounders.
RESULTS: At least daily consumption of diet soda was associated with a 36% greater relative risk of incident metabolic syndrome and a 67% greater relative risk of incident type 2 diabetes compared with nonconsumption (HR 1.36 [95% CI 1.11-1.66] for metabolic syndrome and 1.67 [1.27-2.20] for type 2 diabetes). Of metabolic syndrome components, only high waist circumference (men >or=102 cm and women >or=88 cm) and high fasting glucose (>or=100 mg/dl) were prospectively associated with diet soda consumption. Associations between diet soda consumption and type 2 diabetes were independent of baseline measures of adiposity or changes in these measures, whereas associations between diet soda and metabolic syndrome were not independent of these factors.
CONCLUSIONS: Although these observational data cannot establish causality, consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19151203
I have to point out the one major flaw in this study, in case it isn't obvious to others. People with, or at risk of diabetes or other insulin resistance diseases are most likely already drinking diet sodas because of their condition, in an attempt to control blood sugar levels, not that drinking diet sodas led to the condition.
Did you actually read the study?
I can also link more if you'd like.0
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