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Drinks Anonymous
Hey guy i got something to ask. I'm to drop some pounds. So im cutting out soda. what are things i can drink that have favor? I know water the best but after i need something else. But is it juice bad becasue of all the sugar. What about fruit Nectar is that bad to drink.
>> Anonymous
Google whatever your drinking or look at nutrition tables on the label.

Switch to water imo, its all i drink now as you dont need sugar at all, get your energy from other sources.

Sugar = Body burns through it in about 30 mins and stores it as fat if unused.

Afaik.
>> Anonymous
Plain iced tea.
After a while, soda isn't even appealing and iced tea (plain) tastes great. Trust me.
>> Anonymous
I'd drink that powdered gatorade, but at about 1/4 of the recommended ratio after riding my bike, it was a little odd at first, but you get used to it really quickly, and forget that it's so dilute (you could drop it to even less than that after you get used to it, I kept it there to partially replenish lost fuel).
>> Anonymous
Peach diet Snapple.
http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/snapple-diet-peach-tea-beverage-2625.htm
>> Anonymous
I prefer Arizona iced tea, little better than soda but it still has a good amount of sugar
>> Anonymous
Green Tea. And I don't mean that flavored shit. Real god damn green tea that doesn't have added sugar/sweetener.
>> Anonymous
>>135963

I read on a few sites green tea helps break down fat to be used as an energy source and increases metabolism. Can anyone confirm?
>> Anonymous
Milk
>> Anonymous
>>135945

Seconded. I used to be addicted as hell to "liquid candy" like soda and juice, but I started drinking more water (at first, it was actually for vanity reasons because drinking lots of water is great for your complexion) and drinking about a 25 ounce bottle of water in between meals to keep me full. It IS tough for a few weeks to give up the sugary drinks, but after you hit a certain point, you don't miss them at all and when you try to go back to them, they are just repulsively sweet and sodas are too bubbly.

I used to have the odd diet soda, but I've even kicked those completely as I both lost the taste for it and began fearing the damage acidic drinks like soda can do to tooth enamel (sugar is NOT the main reason soda is bad for your teeth). PLUS, if you just buy a tap water filter for your sink, you save a lot of money that you'd otherwise spend on other drinks. I do recommend keeping stuff like milk in your diet, though, but I can't drink it due to lactose intolerance. And just stick with fruits and such for your vitamin C, you can get by just fine without juice. Another tip is to not drink DURING meals, because the habit of enjoying sweet beverages seems to come from the want to compliment your food with the drink during meals. Water doesn't compliment stuff that well, so just hold off on drinking until you're finished eating.

>>135974

It does have many antioxidants and it does help boost your metabolism, which is why green tea is used in many overpriced diet pills. You can get the same benefits from white and black tea (white is more popular in Asia, black is a UK thing mostly) as well as herbal teas like chamomile. But don't forget that just plain old water is naturally effective at helping to break down fats, as well as burn them off as water is required to create the chemical reactions involved in combusting stored fat as energy.
>> Anonymous
>>135989

Thanks. I tend to drink ice cold water all day as the body has to heat it up therefore increasing metabolism and burning 11 calories for a large glass, not much, but better than room temp water. I didnt like many soda drinks to begin with, it tends to give a burning sensation in my throat when i drink them, so i've never been a fan anyway so it was easy for me to cut them out.

As for the tea, im guessing they use a potent extract of green tea for the metabolism effects and unconfirmed assisting in breaking down fats. Any idea how much green tea i'd have to be drinking per day to get any benefits of it? I only drink about 1 cup a day while the rest is drinking water.
>> Anonymous
i have not had any soda since august of last year. i drink lots and lots of OJ and juice that does not have HFCS. Propel lemon is win too.
>> Anonymous
Green tea with a bit of honey and/or lemon. Also, a few months without soda and you'll never want it again. I can't recall the last time I had soda without it being in a mixed drink, and even that's rare for me.
>> Anonymous
Iced Tea
>> Anonymous
Good god, is it really that hard to just fucking drink water? I don't fucking get it, see someone post this shit every other day, JUST DRINK WATER.
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Go do some hard, intensive exercise and force your body to cry out for water. It's all in your head. Screw "fruit Nectar." If it's a taste issue, you don't need anything else, you weak willed little wimp