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About 7 months ago, I gave up drinking soda. My weakness was Barqs, and I could easily do 4+ cans a day. I've tried giving it up before many times, but this one attempt seemed to stick. I can't stand the taste (aftertaste) of diet sodas, so I do not drink those. My problem is, I don't have anything that satisfies me anymore. I drink a ton of water everyday, but since it doesn't satisfy like soda did, I just keep drinking and drinking. I'm looking for something that will give me flavor again. I don't like carbonated fruit water, and I don't want to do coffee or tea as I find them gross, but also wanted to give up the caffeine as well as the high-fructose corn syrup and other bad things in soda. I've been drinking a lot more beer lately. And by more I mean I went from 1 every month or so to 2-3 a week. It at least has flavor. Any of you have better suggestions for a replacement?
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Mar 2, 2015 03:04
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Always refreshing.
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Mar 2, 2015 03:08
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Good for you giving up sugar water. Know that it is engineered specifically to evoke a response, and now you're missing it. You'll get over it. I drink water and tea. There's like a billion teas, and they're healthy and delicious. Buy high quality stuff (loose tea, not stuff in tea bags, I buy from Adagio) and try lots of samples until you find some things you like. Stay away from "foods" with chemistry experiment ingredient labels.
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Mar 2, 2015 03:32
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Have you tried these flavored squirt things? Aside from coffee and an occasional beer, I only been drinking water for a couple of years. Recently, I got some store brand version of this noise. Good for a bit of flavor every now and then.
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Mar 2, 2015 05:39
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tang you stupid motherfucker
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Mar 2, 2015 08:54
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Make some fruit-infused water. Start with lemon and basil, and branch out from there.
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Mar 2, 2015 09:05
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I find that soda water and lime juice to be extremely delicious.
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Mar 2, 2015 12:05
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Soda water and bitters.
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Mar 2, 2015 16:01
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I pathed down over twenty years of sugared soda to a 5 year alternating mix of sugared and diet, then another of diet only and finally, for the past few years seltzer water, almost exclusively Polar. I also devolved my caffeinated drinking from Starbucks mochas, Dunkin' Donuts "mocha" (coffee + chocolate syrup), and now to black coffee. For me the key was gradual change and in the case of coffee, making it myself.
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Mar 2, 2015 16:38
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Lacroix. A hundred times Lacroix. Go for the simple flavors that don't taste artificial: lime, grapefruit, and apricot are my favorites.
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Mar 2, 2015 17:32
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Seriously, any citrus seltzer is fantastic.
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Mar 2, 2015 18:08
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Water with cucumber and lemon floating in it is pretty awesome
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Mar 2, 2015 19:39
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Drink on mate all day. Drink on Fernet all night. Learn to dance the tango.
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Mar 2, 2015 21:17
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Caydence posted:About 7 months ago, I gave up drinking soda. My weakness was Barqs, and I could easily do 4+ cans a day. I've tried giving it up before many times, but this one attempt seemed to stick. I can't stand the taste (aftertaste) of diet sodas, so I do not drink those. My problem is, I don't have anything that satisfies me anymore. I drink a ton of water everyday, but since it doesn't satisfy like soda did, I just keep drinking and drinking. Water. Fresh squeezed fruit juices. Or at least fruit juices without HFCS in it. Wine. Beer.
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Mar 2, 2015 21:48
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When I'm craving soda I like to mix about 1/4th to 1/3rd juice (I like orange or pineapple best) with seltzer. Satisfies my carbonated sugar water craving with a fraction of the sugar, and is delicious. Lemon water/seltzer is refreshing and good and I drink that too, but it doesn't get the soda monkey off my back like that does. Also find a supermarket which sells seltzer/club soda in cans, the big bottles go flat and the small glass bottles are expensive.
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Mar 3, 2015 03:16
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Speaking of fruit juices + soda water, I am a huge fan of mixing 1 part pomegranate juice or tart cherry juice with 3 or 4 parts soda water. Sparking lemonade or limeade with fresh squeezed juice and just a little bit of sugar is also great. Also seconding bitters. I got a set of these as a Christmas gift and I've used them way more for putting in soda water than for making cocktails. Oddly, I started drinking a lot less soda after getting a SodaStream. I started mixing in less and less of the syrups until eventually I just started preferring the little unsweetened flavors or bitters or just straight soda water. You'll get used to not needing a ton of sugar after a while.
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Mar 3, 2015 03:33
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Sarsaparilla Tea?
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Mar 3, 2015 04:36
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Caydence posted:also wanted to give up the caffeine as well Why?
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Mar 3, 2015 06:34
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 Unsweetened and tasty as Hell. Comes in a bunch of other flavours.
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Mar 3, 2015 06:38
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Mister Macys posted:
I loving love coconut water so I'll look that up. Like OP I couldn't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners but for some reason Cherry Coke Zero proved to be a very effective gateway drug and now all diet soda tastes normal to me.
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Mar 3, 2015 08:56
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Seltzer. I use my Soda Stream. They also sell those citrus oils for flavoring. You can also get sasparilla root extract if you miss that bite.
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Mar 4, 2015 00:02
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Beer!
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Mar 4, 2015 05:50
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Flavoured water works for me, somehow I don't notice the artificial sweetener as much as I would in a diet soda. I will never give up coffee; pretty sure I am caffeine dependent.
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Mar 4, 2015 07:33
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Republicans posted:I loving love coconut water so I'll look that up. Yep exactly, OP just needs to nut up and get acclimated to the aftertaste. Once you get used to it you don't notice it any more and then you can drink all the loving soda in the world without taking in a single calorie.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:43
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Learn to like coffee, drink that + water all day. Or just acknowledge that you'll have a transition period, but drinking your calories is stupid (if they don't get you drunk) and constantly drinking water is not a bad thing at all. I used to drink 4-5 cans of diet soda a day, realized I was being a dumb and also a child, started drinking water and black coffee. I feel better, save money, and my teeth are only slightly more stained from the coffee.
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Mar 4, 2015 17:12
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rj54x posted:Learn to like coffee, drink that + water all day. Days I eat a lot of fruit I don't need coffee at all. It's nice.
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Mar 4, 2015 17:19
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American Fresca is pretty good gateway to diet sodas. It doesn't even say diet!
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Mar 4, 2015 17:20
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The Midniter posted:Yep exactly, OP just needs to nut up and get acclimated to the aftertaste. Once you get used to it you don't notice it any more and then you can drink all the loving soda in the world without taking in a single calorie. Worth noting: there have been studies* indicating that diet soda may lead to an increase in your sugar intake because your body stops associating sweetness with calories. *I don't have a citation so take this with a grain of salt. Also, I started drinking straight soda water lately and I've realized that it's the carbonation I've been craving. My grandparents always had Perrier available for family get-togethers and it was always one of my favorite drinks. Philip Rivers fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 18:56
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C2o coconut water is very good.
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Mar 4, 2015 21:22
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I really like mineral water with the juice of a fresh lemon. Really close to soda only more sour (what is actually pretty awesome).
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Mar 4, 2015 21:42
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Soda water. It will almost always have some kind of bicarbonate in it which is kinda healthy for you. Or you could do what I do, which is drink distilled water until I feel slightly uncomfortable, then I eat something. BAM! Problem solved. If you want flavor, add a teaspoon of baking soda. VVVVV - Doesn't tea kinda defeat the purpose of moving away from soda when it has caffeine, and then you are adding sugar to it? Jakcson fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 22:49
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I'm not sure if you think of tea as specifically unsweetened, but I drink a ton of this at home: Get the family size lipton ice tea bags, the kind that each bag makes a quart, not a cup. Get a nice 2 quart pitcher, and fix two bags at a time, then add in 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup country time lemonade mix. Then just start adjusting to taste and stick with it. Super cheap, very yummy, not overwhelmingly lemonade or tea flavored.
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Mar 4, 2015 22:53
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Jakcson posted:Soda water. It will almost always have some kind of bicarbonate in it which is kinda healthy for you. Only if you drink it white person-style. Most herbal teas don't contain caffeine. I personally love the taste of rooibos hot or cold and it has a nice woody vanilla note that may satisfy root beer cravings.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:40
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Akbar posted:Only if you drink it white person-style. What?
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Mar 5, 2015 04:07
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Tiggum posted:What? I think that means you have to use a straw and snort the tea up your left nostril. Or Akbar could have just made a nonsensical and racist post.
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Mar 5, 2015 04:16
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Putting enough sugar and creamer in it to qualify as a dessert would be my guess. Though that's more a "fat white person" coffee. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Mar 5, 2015 04:43
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OP, you know small amounts of caffeine are actually good for you, right? Drink a couple of cups of tea or coffee a day, it's good for your heart, kidneys, brain and intestines - kidneys and intestines are particularly 'hard science' because of the simple fact that coffee, if you're not used to it, makes you piss and poo poo more, which is a Good Thing for flushing out 'toxins' (a really overused term with psuedoscience, but when it comes to kidneys and your bowels, a legitimate issue given their role is to eliminate waste and long-term build-up is one of those cancer risks). It's also maybe good for cancer and diabetes, so unless you've got a good reason to quit caffeine, don't,
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Mar 5, 2015 09:21
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Loomer posted:OP, you know small amounts of caffeine are actually good for you, right? Drink a couple of cups of tea or coffee a day, it's good for your heart, kidneys, brain and intestines - kidneys and intestines are particularly 'hard science' because of the simple fact that coffee, if you're not used to it, makes you piss and poo poo more, which is a Good Thing for flushing out 'toxins' (a really overused term with psuedoscience, but when it comes to kidneys and your bowels, a legitimate issue given their role is to eliminate waste and long-term build-up is one of those cancer risks). It's also maybe good for cancer and diabetes, so unless you've got a good reason to quit caffeine, don't, It's worth noting that caffeine dependence is a real and actual thing. Think baby nicotine addiction.
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Mar 5, 2015 20:53
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Leaf Coneybear posted:Lacroix. A hundred times Lacroix. Go for the simple flavors that don't taste artificial: lime, grapefruit, and apricot are my favorites. Picked up some lime today and while I find club soda to be far too bitter to drink alone it's great mixed with diet cherry cola and rum.
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Republicans posted:Picked up some lime today and while I find club soda to be far too bitter to drink alone it's great mixed with diet cherry cola and rum. Club soda and tonic water aren't the same thing, FYI. Club soda is just plain ol' carbonated water (plus maybe sodium bicarbonate?) where as tonic water has quinine added and is distinctly bitter.
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