How much water do YOU drink?

[trigurl]

I eat oranges, apples and other fruits each day, after 100 ozs of water I am ready for something different! my ONE bad habit is diet soda so I guess that isn't too bad compared to what I could be eating or drinking.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Diet soda is garbage compared to juice. Yeah juice may give you some extra calories but they aren't empty calories. Orange juice is going to give you vitamins and fiber! We all need more fiber.

You're right - diet soda provides no nutrients. But sometimes that's what I want to drink. And in moderation, I think that's OK. After all, we all have to make our own choices. And you're absolutely right that we all need a good amount of fiber. I usually get mine from cereal and from fresh fruit.

I usually choose fresh fruit over juice. And I was very curious about your statement that you get fiber from orange juice. I wasn't aware that there was any fiber at all in orange juice, so I went and looked it up. (My source for this information was http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000020.html.)

What I found was that 1 raw orange (with a diameter of 2 7/8 inches) provides 69 calories and 3.1 grams of fiber. An 8 ounce glass of orange juice (raw, from the fruit as opposed to concentrate) was 112 calories and had only 0.5 grams of fiber. Maybe you're drinking some kind of juice that has fiber added?

--- Denise

[crazycanuck]

Right..i'm going to post by litres...

I try and drink at least 2l of water a day. I may have a coffee but i usually stick to water.

Water, water & more water & say...however it leads to many many pee breaks.....not good when trying to walk home & no public toilet around...

Remember...water & more water..

The public service annoucement for water is over..

Back to regular programming..

c

[Veronica]

I too was kind of surprised by the amount of diet soda consumption. I've just never liked the taste of it. We all have our own little quirks. I often mix my juices.

Thom likes Coke and about 18 months ago I passed out from a coke bubble that was stuck in my chest. I was hot from working in the yard and drank it way too fast. I kid you not. It HURT so bad. Fortunately I was sitting on the floor when it happened. Thom even called 911. I came to as he was dialing. Needless to say, that put me off Coke.

I like orange soda - yeah I have a sweet tooth. But a few months ago I just stopped buying soda at all for me to have at home. I usually have cran/raspberry 100% juice and oj in the house.

I forgot that I usually have a Red Bull a day, sometimes two. One when I get home from work. It's my reward for riding uphill with 10 - 20 pounds of "stuff." The second one is post workout ride.

V.

[tattiefritter]

I regularly drink 3 litres of water a day, more when its hot. It is 4pm here now and I have already drunk over 2.5 litres and a few cups of peppermint tea. I went out for a run at lunchtime and that always makes me thirsty in the afternoon. I really suffer if I don't drink enough water my body really seems to notice when it is a bit dehydrated (I'm sure that's why I get such killer hangovers).

Tlkiwi, I agree with you about the minging tasting water in London. I grew up in Scotland and tap water is lovely, it has no taste to it at all. When I moved to Preston all I could taste in the water was chlorine (or whatever other chemicals they've put in it), took me ages to be able to drink it. I buy bottled water if I'm in London, just can't stomach the water at all.

[Trekhawk]

I too was kind of surprised by the amount of diet soda consumption. I've just never liked the taste of it. We all have our own little quirks. I often mix my juices.

Thom likes Coke and about 18 months ago I passed out from a coke bubble that was stuck in my chest. I was hot from working in the yard and drank it way too fast. I kid you not. It HURT so bad. Fortunately I was sitting on the floor when it happened. Thom even called 911. I came too as he was dialing. Needless to say, that put me off Coke.

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Yikes V - back in Aust a few years ago I read an article in the newspaper about some women bursting a hole in her throat ( the part the food goes down sorry cant remember its name). She did exactly what you did was hot took a big gulp and it fizzed up in her throat with enough pressure to make a hole. She was in pain and eventually went to the doctor where they were shocked at the damage. They advised that this rarely happens but that pouring coke etc into a glass first would allow the burst of fizzy to occur in the glass rather than your throat. I still drink from a can when I have a soft drink sometimes but I always think of that story.

[Trekhawk]

Ooops forgot to ask - doesn't diet soft drink have something nasty in it linked with cancer?

[CorsairMac]

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yup - it's called asparatame and right now there are several lawsuits against it's manufacturer due to the health conditions it is causing. To name 2 big baddies: MS and Lupus.

and now back to our regular programming:

I drink all day period. I live in the desert so I figure I might as well drink as much and as often as I can in case something happens and I end up out there without water for a few whatevers......at least I have something banked until I can get home. I have not a clue how much I drink but it's coffee in the morning, iced tea at lunch and dinner and water in between until I go to bed.

[Trekhawk]

<---climbs on soapbox

yup - it's called asparatame and right now there are several lawsuits against it's manufacturer due to the health conditions it is causing. To name 2 big baddies: MS and Lupus.

and now back to our regular programming:

Thanks Corsair I thought I had read something about that. I dont drink a lot of soft drinks but on the occasion that I do its never diet.