Drinks: What is more healthy?
Discussion
Situation is I have decided to cut down my beer intake.
But, I am used to drinking a fair bit, and I am thinking maybe it won't be too healthy to just cut out my liquid intake.
I can drink plain water, but find it a bit boring.
Local supermarket do bottles of Sparkling Water and Soda Water for not a lot of pennies. But I am unclear what the difference is between plain sparkling and soda.
IS one more healthy than the other, and are there any side effects of drinking such (except the obvious that my body will have to deal with the gas)?
But, I am used to drinking a fair bit, and I am thinking maybe it won't be too healthy to just cut out my liquid intake.
I can drink plain water, but find it a bit boring.
Local supermarket do bottles of Sparkling Water and Soda Water for not a lot of pennies. But I am unclear what the difference is between plain sparkling and soda.
IS one more healthy than the other, and are there any side effects of drinking such (except the obvious that my body will have to deal with the gas)?
Soda, or sparkling water is just carbonated spring water. It has no extra calories, as the fizzy bit in the drink is only CO2. And seeing as CO2 has no calorific value or nutrition, it has no energy.
If you wanted to keep up a high-volume liquid intake (I do as it keeps my hunger under a bit more control).
Any of the no-sugar concentrated squash you can get from any of the big supermarkets goes quite well with water and fizzy water - like your own, tasty fizzy pop. And definitely a bit more interesting than plain tap-water.
If you wanted to keep up a high-volume liquid intake (I do as it keeps my hunger under a bit more control).
Any of the no-sugar concentrated squash you can get from any of the big supermarkets goes quite well with water and fizzy water - like your own, tasty fizzy pop. And definitely a bit more interesting than plain tap-water.
daz3210 said:
Is it the same thing?
What I am thinking is I am used to drinking a certain amount of liquid, so should I continue to do so?
Soda and fizzy water are different - taste different, sparkling water is just H2O with a load of carbon dioxide dissolved in it by pressure, soda water actually contains Stuff - quinine, I think? - and is chemically quite different. Both contain no calories, though.What I am thinking is I am used to drinking a certain amount of liquid, so should I continue to do so?
Broadly yes, although you'll actually hydrate a bit more efficiently from water than from beer etc. Basically you want to keep yourself at a level (assuming normally functioning kidneys) where your pee is just barely straw-coloured - if it's visibly yellow or orange then you definitely need to drink more water. (beetroot and some antibiotics can affect the colour of your pee).
Sparkling water with just a bit of nice 'high juice' squash (contains sugar but not artifical sweeteners) or even plain apple juice is pretty nice.
BlackVanDyke said:
Soda and fizzy water are different - taste different, sparkling water is just H2O with a load of carbon dioxide dissolved in it by pressure, soda water actually contains Stuff - quinine, I think? - and is chemically quite different. Both contain no calories, though.
FIZZY DRINK FAILMan, I'm rubbish... Ha!
I never knew there was a difference between soda water and fizzy water - just thought it was a posh name...
And anything with alcohol is not good a hydrating you - the alcohol is a diarrhetic, so you're body will pee out the liquid it's trying to absorb.
As BVD mentioned, you can get squash drinks with less chemicals in, but have sugar. I'm trying to cut out my sugars, so choose artificially sweetened stuff.
BlackVanDyke said:
Sparkling water with just a bit of nice 'high juice' squash (contains sugar but not artifical sweeteners) or even plain apple juice is pretty nice.
That was what I had always thought, until the last time I bought some Robinsons high juice, it gave me a massive headache. So I reread the ingredients to discover it now had artificial sweetener in it.Chaz9950 said:
BlackVanDyke said:
Soda and fizzy water are different - taste different, sparkling water is just H2O with a load of carbon dioxide dissolved in it by pressure, soda water actually contains Stuff - quinine, I think? - and is chemically quite different. Both contain no calories, though.
FIZZY DRINK FAILMan, I'm rubbish... Ha!
I never knew there was a difference between soda water and fizzy water - just thought it was a posh name...
And anything with alcohol is not good a hydrating you - the alcohol is a diarrhetic, so you're body will pee out the liquid it's trying to absorb.
As BVD mentioned, you can get squash drinks with less chemicals in, but have sugar. I'm trying to cut out my sugars, so choose artificially sweetened stuff.
I meant tonic water. Soda water is indeed the same as ordinary fizzy. I'm a bloody idiot. Sorry about that.
As you were.
Something with a high vitamin C content.
The RDA of 60mg is the minimum required to prevent scurvy, however you need more than that.
Vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant and lowers blood pressure. 500mg daily is what you should be having.
Get a juicer and juice oranges and kiwi fruits.
The RDA of 60mg is the minimum required to prevent scurvy, however you need more than that.
Vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant and lowers blood pressure. 500mg daily is what you should be having.
Get a juicer and juice oranges and kiwi fruits.
Chaz9950 said:
FIZZY DRINK FAIL
Man, I'm rubbish... Ha!
I never knew there was a difference between soda water and fizzy water - just thought it was a posh name...
And anything with alcohol is not good a hydrating you - the alcohol is a diarrhetic, so you're body will pee out the liquid it's trying to absorb.
As BVD mentioned, you can get squash drinks with less chemicals in, but have sugar. I'm trying to cut out my sugars, so choose artificially sweetened stuff.
You guys might be confusing tonic water and soda water. I drink a lot of both, without alcohol.Man, I'm rubbish... Ha!
I never knew there was a difference between soda water and fizzy water - just thought it was a posh name...
And anything with alcohol is not good a hydrating you - the alcohol is a diarrhetic, so you're body will pee out the liquid it's trying to absorb.
As BVD mentioned, you can get squash drinks with less chemicals in, but have sugar. I'm trying to cut out my sugars, so choose artificially sweetened stuff.
sparkling water is usually naturally sparkling mineral water - nature has dissolved CO2 into it - but can be artifically carbonated water
soda water is just another name for artifically carbonated tap water
tonic water is sparkling water with quinine, and these days also sugar/sweetner, dissolved in it
... personally I try to avoid fruit juices along with sugar ... I enjoy having a fully functioning liver
TheDiplomat said:
oldbanger said:
... personally I try to avoid fruit juices along with sugar ... I enjoy having a fully functioning liver
Eh? Explain the liver bit?Unfortunately many unsweetened fruit juices contain just as much fructose as sugary fizzy drinks
for more info see:
http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journal/v7/n5/abs/n...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/Gener...
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/too-m...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
http://www.drbriffa.com/2006/11/10/juicy-details-w...
oldbanger said:
Fructose is quite strongly correlated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and is directly blamed for the disease by many hepatologists. The disease is now quite commonly seen in obese children.
Unfortunately many unsweetened fruit juices contain just as much fructose as sugary fizzy drinks
for more info see:
http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journal/v7/n5/abs/n...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/Gener...
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/too-m...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
http://www.drbriffa.com/2006/11/10/juicy-details-w...
Cheers, interesting stuff. I assume the fructose -> glucose, converted to fat via insulin which ends up in the liver.Unfortunately many unsweetened fruit juices contain just as much fructose as sugary fizzy drinks
for more info see:
http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journal/v7/n5/abs/n...
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/Gener...
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/too-m...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
http://www.drbriffa.com/2006/11/10/juicy-details-w...
Food (!) for thought.
TheDiplomat said:
Cheers, interesting stuff. I assume the fructose -> glucose, converted to fat via insulin which ends up in the liver.
Food (!) for thought.
Nope. Glucose and fructose are totally different chemicals. One cannot be converted directly to the other.Food (!) for thought.
Fructose can only be burned in the liver, glucose can be burned anywhere.
Edited by oldbanger on Sunday 20th May 19:49
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