I'm on a diet that rquires me drinking over 100 oz. of water a day. I want to put the orange flavored Crystal Light packets in my bottled water, but will it work the same as regular water?
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Yes, it's the same as regular water, just adds flavor, you know at HEB they have flavored water, lemon, strawberry, peach all different kinds of water with 0 calories, look into that, there good...
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I like Tap water! We have very good tap water here and it is better and cheaper for you! It has fluoride in it already!(which is important for your teeth!)
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Subject: Beware of diet soft drinks  \nDiet Softdrink is doing it...\n \n \nPlease read this! It may help you or someone you know.\n\nIn October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out\nof bed; she was in so much pain.\n\nBy March 2002, she had undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick...she just knew she was dying.\n\nShe put her house, bank accounts, life insurance, etc., in her oldest daughters name, and made sure that her younger children were to be taken care of.. She also wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to FL (basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.\n\nOn March 19th I called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said they didn't find anything on the test, but they believe she had MS. (Multiple Sclerosis)\n\nI recalled an article a friend of mine E-mailed to me and I asked my sister if she drank diet soda? She told me that she did. As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that moment... I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet soda !!! I E-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.\n\nMy sister called me within 32 hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!!!! The muscle spasms went away. She said she didn't feel 100% but she sure felt a lot better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article and would call me when she got home.\n\nWell, she called me, and said her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind...\nIn a nutshell, she was being poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda... and literally dying a slow and miserable death.\nWhen she got to FL March 22nd, all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete recovery . and she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!!\n \nThis article saved her life.\n\nIf it says "SUGAR FREE" on the label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!\n\nI have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on "ASPARTAME," marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and 'Spoonful.'\nIn the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United Statesin 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to be rampant.\n\nI stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence..., methanol toxicity is!\n\nSystemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a life-threatening condition.. We have seen patients with systemic lupus become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.\n\nIn cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality, the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear. We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss improved markedly.\n\nThis also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.\n\nDuring a lecture,
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Yes, it is healthy to drink 1.5 l water in the morning.\nkidney's would benefit on the contrary to getting damaged as they will process a relatively pure and dilute blood, which is otherwise more concentrated and impure because of other elements from food etc.\n\nI did try this method for around 6 months and got benefitted. I would also suggest you to use copper vessel to store water overnight that you drink in the morning.
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No. You should have 6-8 to keep properly hydrated. One is not nearly enough. I jazz my water up with lemon, or limes and ice and a straw..goes down easier that way. Also try seltzer water, sometimes the bubbles help make it feel more like soda.\n\nkeep/get drinking
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Simplest, easiest and cheapest way;\n\nDrink plain water at least 8 glasses a day!\nAnd i do eat an organic health food.\n\nRead this;\nhttp://healthydiettips.blogspot.com/2006/10/tips-9-more-about-water-miracle.html\nhttp://healthydiettips.blogspot.com/2006/09/tips-5-power-of-plain-water.html
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Oh yeah! My friend told me the same story! Weird... ;-)\n\nI think, what you need to do, is limit the amount of iced tea you drink. One a day, possibly? Also, drink other drinks like orange juice and MILK. I think it is true because my friend asked MY health teacher and he said that is was. I think it can happen, and if you limit your amounts, you should be fine. You can get "unaddicted" slowly, but surely.\n\nHope this helps!
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soda has carbonated water. orriginaly it was made with reguler water, someone accidently mixed in carbonated water instead of reguler water. this should help!
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Bottled water has become one of the largest industries in the world. Over half of all Americans drink bottled water, spending 240-10,000 times more per gallon for bottled water than they do for tap water, a trend largely fueled by the misconception that bottled water is safer or healthier than tap water.\n\n\nIs bottled water really the best way to get healthy, great tasting water? \nHow do you know about the quality of the water your buying?\nIs the cost worth it? \nControversial reports from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in Washington, DC, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Gland, Switzerland, say no. Even the Federal agency that regulates bottled water quality, the FDA, says no! "Companies who market bottled water as being safer than tap water are defrauding the American public." U.S. FDA \n\n\nIt has also become a target of the environmental community due to the massive amounts of plastic bottles being disposed of from bottled water use.\n\n\nBottled water is now a multi-billion dollar business, the fastest growing and most profitable segment of the entire beverage industry. If you currently buy bottled water, chances are it's because you prefer the taste and trust the quality over tap water, but do you really know what is or is not in bottled water? \n\n\nBottledWaterBlues.Com was created to encourage awareness of some very important issues, primarily the purity of our water and the best place to get it. Why pay so much and get so little?\n\n\nWhen it comes to something as important as our water, which makes up over 70% of our body and ultimately determines our health more than anything else, knowing the facts is essential.\n\nIndoor plumbing was one of the greatest lifestyle enhancements in history. We once had to leave our house, transport and store water. Then, we progressed to indoor plumbing and had a continuous supply of water at our fingertips. Now, we are regressing... people are once again transporting and storing water. Instead of walking to the well, we are driving to the store or having water driven to us. Bottled water simply doesn't make sense, don't let high priced ad campaignes make you think that it does. Once you know the truth, we hope you'll join the millions of informed consumers who are "Just saying no" to bottled water! \n\nThe best alternative to tap water is in-home water filtration. With an in-home water filter you can have better than bottled water quality... at the touch of a button... for under 10¢ a gallon. \n\n\nHome Water Filtration vs. bottled water... it's better quality, a much better value, far more convenient... and it's better for the environment!
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Diet soda drinkers are more likely to be overweight or obese than regular soda drinkers — and the more they drink, the fatter they’re likely to be. So report researchers associated with the San Antonio Heart Study, who admit that they were baffled by the finding.\n\nDepite previous studies reporting on the alarming proportion of daily calorie intake among adults and children that regular soda pop represents, the San Antonio study did not find an association between regular soda and “serious weight gain.”\n\nThe finding was not completely out of left field: Previously a study at Purdue found that rats fed artificially sweetened liquids were more inclined to overeat than those fed sugared liquids. The researchers hypothesized that the body regulates food intake partially by using taste clues, and when “sweetness” no longer seems to be associated with calories to be burned by the body, the body abandons that clue as meaningful, and doesn’t try to restrict the intake of sweets as strongly as before. (Translation: When you drink diet soda, you may tend to pig out on sweet junk food and desserts more.)
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Crystal lite is good - nice flavors available. Also, iced tea but use artificial sweetener instead of sugar. Any tea that doesn't have sugar in it, Lipton makes a 'diet' mix that's ok, but not like real tea. Coffee, of course, but no sugar, artificial sweetener only.\n\nI like a 'milk cocktail' myself: Large glass of COLD milk, about a tablespoon of vanilla and 2 or 3 packets of artificial sweetener (I use nutrasweet, but any that don't contain sugar are good).\n\nThe hard part is going to be getting used to artificial sweeteners! When I first had to cut out sugar, I thought I was going to die without my Dr. Pepper! I now drink diet coke mostly because I never liked original coke, so it doesn't bother me that it 'doesn't taste right'. If you're in an area where Kroger has a store, their store brand diet drinks are excellent, and about 1/3 the price of name brand. The colas are more like pepsi than coke, however. Their cherry diet cola tastes, to me, like real Dr. Pepper, so it's been a treat!
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Though it is of course ok to drink it, there is an argument that it is more healthy to drink tap water because of the minerals it has in it. Our bodies need trace ammounts of all kinds of minerals to survive that we don't always get from food. \n\nWe even need a small ammount of cyanide in our diet to survive. This was discovered as the technology to feed a person intravenously for a long period of time developed. Minerals that were not previously thought to be essential were found to get their way into our diets through dust that settles on our food and of course water sources, and our bodies are dependent on these minerals.
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ignore the answer above, your body cells will not lyse after a drink as they imply.  these drinks are supposed to be isotonic with body cells but in reality they are little more use than water, there are a number of lawsuits going on in england to force these manufacturers to change the way they advertise these products.  the idea was that by mimicking the solute concs in a cell then the uptake of the drink would be more rapid, in reality the body deals with these drinks in pretty much the same way as it does with other foods.  the only reason that they needed a basic working knowledge of homeostasis was so that they could pretend it was some kind of super drink and sell more units, its an advertising gimmick, nothing more
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Yes definitely! This is for the simple reason:-Tap water is likely to contain dissolved salts, and other impurities. But distilled water contains only water, and hence better.
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If it is the only option for hydration, then it is necessary.  If you have other options, you should ingest them as caffiene is diuretic which facilitates the movement of water through the boby quicker.  This leads to less use of the water in your body and more urination.  Water with a small amount of electrolytes (or 1 part Gatorade/Sport Drink cut with 2 parts water) is still the best for hydration.
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Due the day after tomorrow, huh? : |  Oh well.\n\nYou might give this a shot, and it shouldn't be diffucult to find much info online about it too.\n\nSo often, it goes unnoticed, but is used everyday. The water you drink is already special -it has so many uses and is a really interesting and versitle compound, but a hot button issue in many places is whether or not your drinking water should be FLUORIDATED. Fluorine (make sure it's spelled 'u' before 'o' to advoid spelling point reductions) has caused quite a stir for some people because it is a poison. So why is this poison added to city drinking water by the water departments? It helps to fight tooth decay, and helps save millions in dental costs especially among the poor who sometimes can't afford dentistry service in the first place. But yet is still a posion.\n\nHere is where you come in. Do a little research on what fluorine is, how much is harmful, why is it added to water, and maybe how much is added to water. From there, you can write a paper showing how it is a part of daily life, and how chemistry in your life isn't just facts, but also a hot topic to many.\n\nWell, good luck with the research, and with the paper!
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I'm glad you pointed this out.  I think its very bad advise to say that people need 8 glasses of water to lose weight.  This is wrong.  The body may need 8 glasses of fluid, but that can be any type of fluid, like milk, juices, coffee, tea, whatever.  I lost 80 pounds and have kept it off for over 5 years and drank water just when I was thirsty.  If I would drink 8 glasses of water on top of my other liquids, I would be totally bloated.\n\nI did drink more water when I worked in a steel foundry, but I would alternate it with a bottle of gatorade.  Gatorade has some electrolytes in it.  How did you restore your electrolytes?