Drinking 7-Up When You're Sick

OutlawPete · 05-06-2010 5:21pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

As opposed to natural 7 up?

What's so funny? Laugh at me again and I'll give you a wedgy

Seriously, years ago they used glucose and sugar to sweeten soft drinks and lemon and lime juice from concentrate also.

Contrast that now with today's fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners and flavorings and you are talking about a total different product.

mardybumbum · 05-06-2010 5:26pm

Dont know about 7-up, but a few gin and tonics will work wonders for your malaria.

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 05-06-2010 5:32pm

No

OutlawPete wrote: »

What's so funny? Laugh at me again and I'll give you a wedgy

Seriously, years ago they used glucose and sugar to sweeten soft drinks and lemon and lime juice from concentrate also.

Contrast that now with today's fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners and flavorings and you are talking about a total different product.

Dude, fructose is a simple sugar just like glucose. The reason there's a big thing about it is because it's dead cheap to grow and so it was bad for sugar producers here when foreign companies started shipping it in, replacing glucose. IIRC the EU placed a quota on imports of fructose for that reason. It doesn't really have any major effects on health unless you're taking in extreme amounts - but the same goes for anything else really.
And last time I checked 7up didn't have any artificial anything in it

sesna · 05-06-2010 5:38pm

aDeener wrote: »

funny that all the times ive been sick, boiled 7up has never done that to me afterwards, also funny that 3 different GPS have in the past recommended me to take it when sick. but of course sesna knows best

Oh if a GP told you, it must be true !

The original mark was made somewhat in jest, but to elaborate slightly, there is little direct clinical data to answer the effectiveness of drinking flat 7up from many scientific analyses demonstrating the inappropriateness of non-physiological liquids for treatment of acute gastroenteritis in children, compared with physiologically-based oral rehydration solutions. Therefore carbonated drinks, “flat” or otherwise, including cola, provide inadequate fluid and electrolyte replacement and are advised in any clinical guidelines.

Rehydration sachets and loperamide are effective treatment for diarrhoea.

I see now why there is such a good market for homeopathic products etc.

yerayeah · 05-06-2010 6:09pm

sesna wrote: »

Oh if a GP told you, it must be true !

The original mark was made somewhat in jest, but to elaborate slightly, there is little direct clinical data to answer the effectiveness of drinking flat 7up from many scientific analyses demonstrating the inappropriateness of non-physiological liquids for treatment of acute gastroenteritis in children, compared with physiologically-based oral rehydration solutions. Therefore carbonated drinks, “flat” or otherwise, including cola, provide inadequate fluid and electrolyte replacement and are advised in any clinical guidelines.

Rehydration sachets and loperamide are effective treatment for diarrhoea.

I see now why there is such a good market for homeopathic products etc.

Well it's hardly a great surprise that something like dioralyte which is designed to adequately replace the fluids and electrolytes lost due to diarrhoea, is better at doing this than 7up.

If you're not very sick and have a bit of mild GE, then there's no harm taking some 7up, it gets your blood sugar up a bit and is easy on the stomach. Above all, it is cheap and unlikely to do any harm.

Where's your evidence to back up your claim about 7up causing osmotic diarrhoea??

yerayeah · 05-06-2010 6:10pm

OutlawPete wrote: »

7-Up years ago is a totally different drink to the 7-Up of today.

Today it contains fructose corn syrup and other artificial crap.

Way back when (pre 1950), it contained lithium!!:eek:

OutlawPete · 05-06-2010 6:13pm

yerayeah wrote: »

Way back when (pre 1950), it contained lithium!!:eek:

There was cocaine in Coke too

GLaDOS · 05-06-2010 6:17pm

No

OutlawPete wrote: »

There was cocaine in Coke too

Stupid modern artificial crap!

Indubitable · 05-06-2010 6:20pm

No

OutlawPete wrote: »

There was cocaine in Coke too

They turned Santa red too! or so they say

sky88 · 05-06-2010 6:25pm

yea i drink it i believe it has some magical cure in it for sickness

sesna · 05-06-2010 6:44pm

yerayeah wrote: »

Well it's hardly a great surprise that something like dioralyte which is designed to adequately replace the fluids and electrolytes lost due to diarrhoea, is better at doing this than 7up.

If you're not very sick and have a bit of mild GE, then there's no harm taking some 7up, it gets your blood sugar up a bit and is easy on the stomach. Above all, it is cheap and unlikely to do any harm.

Where's your evidence to back up your claim about 7up causing osmotic diarrhoea??

So you're basically saying its crap, does nothing, but should be advocated because it is "no harm". Nice.

I don't need evidence to assert that drinking large volumes of hypertonic sugar drinks can cause osmosis of water, just as I don't need evidence to show that falling off a two-story building can break your leg.

GLaDOS · 05-06-2010 6:56pm

No

sesna wrote: »

So you're basically saying its crap, does nothing, but should be advocated because it is "no harm". Nice.

I don't need evidence to assert that drinking large volumes of hypertonic sugar drinks can cause osmosis of water, just as I don't need evidence to show that falling off a two-story building can break your leg.

Surely any water lost to osmosis in the small intestine (where glucose would be absorbed) would then be re-taken up in the large intestine later on?

sesna · 05-06-2010 6:58pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Surely any water lost to osmosis in the small intestine (where glucose would be absorbed) would then be re-taken up in the large intestine later on?

It wouldn't when there is hypermotility of the GI tract in the first place.

Also not all glucose would be absorbed when taken in high quantities.

Millicent · 05-06-2010 7:02pm

sesna wrote: »

It wouldn't when there is hypermotility of the GI tract in the first place.

Also not all glucose would be absorbed when taken in high quantities.

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Surely any water lost to osmosis in the small intestine (where glucose would be absorbed) would then be re-taken up in the large intestine later on?

I think ye may be taking this thread waaayyy too seriously! :P

GLaDOS · 05-06-2010 7:04pm

No

Millicent wrote: »

I think ye may be taking this thread waaayyy too seriously! :P

...he started it. :pac:

Your Airbag · 05-06-2010 7:05pm

Drink water, much more good for you.

owenc · 05-06-2010 7:24pm

What the heck, i've never done that or even heard that!! weird, does everyone do that? Mined i don't know anyone that does that. Thats really weird.

Aussie Sean · 05-06-2010 7:43pm

Twilightning wrote: »

7-Up > Sprite

NO NO NO!!!!!

Sprite has a horrible bitter sickly taste!! No comparison what so ever!!

Having said that though with a lot of shops buying cheaper 7up abroad some of them taste awful too. The French version tastes like it has gone off. Extra Lime in it I have been told

Sean

owenc · 05-06-2010 8:09pm

Aussie Sean wrote: »

NO NO NO!!!!!

Sprite has a horrible bitter sickly taste!! No comparison what so ever!!

Having said that though with a lot of shops buying cheaper 7up abroad some of them taste awful too. The French version tastes like it has gone off. Extra Lime in it I have been told

Sean

Why is 7up the irish alternative to sprite no one on here seems to mention sprite ever.

View Profile · 05-06-2010 8:17pm

No

Because 7up has been around longer than sprite, well in Ireland anyway.

owenc · 05-06-2010 8:41pm

View Profile wrote: »

Because 7up has been around longer than sprite, well in Ireland anyway.

rite jw.

Aussie Sean · 05-06-2010 9:29pm

owenc wrote: »

Why is 7up the irish alternative to sprite no one on here seems to mention sprite ever.

Nerd hat on here

Sprite is a Coca Cola product,but over here Coca Cola Ireland had the franchise for 7UP for years so Sprite was never introduced. However eventually Coca Cola decided they wanted their own product on our shelves and Coca Cola Ireland were forced to comply. 7UP International were none too happy with this and took the franchise from them and gave it to C&C(now Britvic Ireland). Considering 7UP was and still is one of the biggest sellers on the Irish Market,this must have been a financial blow to Coca Cola. Worked out well for me though,my Dad worked for C&C so no more secret buying of a rivals product:D and plenty of freebies!!!:p

Sean

OutlawPete · 05-06-2010 9:34pm

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned these, as when I was growing up if someone was hit by a truck, they would bring them out on a plate with a glass of 7up ...

CorsetIsTight · 05-06-2010 9:35pm

Schweppes Tonic Water when I'm feeling under the weather - there's nothing quite like it.

aDeener · 05-06-2010 10:04pm

No

sesna wrote: »

Oh if a GP told you, it must be true !

The original mark was made somewhat in jest, but to elaborate slightly, there is little direct clinical data to answer the effectiveness of drinking flat 7up from many scientific analyses demonstrating the inappropriateness of non-physiological liquids for treatment of acute gastroenteritis in children, compared with physiologically-based oral rehydration solutions. Therefore carbonated drinks, “flat” or otherwise, including cola, provide inadequate fluid and electrolyte replacement and are advised in any clinical guidelines.

Rehydration sachets and loperamide are effective treatment for diarrhoea.

I see now why there is such a good market for homeopathic products etc.

hmm they are a bit more qualified than you :rolleyes:

Buford T Justice · 05-06-2010 10:37pm

No

Yup Used to boil it and when it cooled down, drank it... Aah the memories.

owenc · 05-06-2010 10:43pm

Aussie Sean wrote: »

Nerd hat on here

Sprite is a Coca Cola product,but over here Coca Cola Ireland had the franchise for 7UP for years so Sprite was never introduced. However eventually Coca Cola decided they wanted their own product on our shelves and Coca Cola Ireland were forced to comply. 7UP International were none too happy with this and took the franchise from them and gave it to C&C(now Britvic Ireland). Considering 7UP was and still is one of the biggest sellers on the Irish Market,this must have been a financial blow to Coca Cola. Worked out well for me though,my Dad worked for C&C so no more secret buying of a rivals product:D and plenty of freebies!!!:p

Sean

So yous don't have sprite! :eek: ?

Aussie Sean · 05-06-2010 11:48pm

owenc wrote: »

So yous don't have sprite! :eek: ?

Only since 2001

Sean

Elzer · 05-06-2010 11:55pm

No

old wives tale or not......its still the best aid for getting ya back on track when you are ill.......boilt 7 up......mother used to throw the stuff at us......and it worked!!!

owenc · 06-06-2010 12:28am

Elzer wrote: »

old wives tale or not......its still the best aid for getting ya back on track when you are ill.......boilt 7 up......mother used to throw the stuff at us......and it worked!!!

That's not that bad then

Dunjohn · 06-06-2010 1:14am

No

We never boiled the 7-up, we just stirred the living ***** out of it with a fork. We must've been poor or something.

Elzer · 06-06-2010 1:26am

No

Dunjohn wrote: »

We never boiled the 7-up, we just stirred the living ***** out of it with a fork. We must've been poor or something.

heya,

we've seen the hard times too..... i remenber the pot sitting on the embers on the fire to heat the 7up, up in another time to save gas!!.......i think its just down to peoples preference..... you can shake the bejasus out of it or boil it bit it still does the job......a fixer for you when your not well......i dont think i know many prople that drink fizzy 7 up when sick............

Jev/N · 06-06-2010 1:43am

Something to do with electrolytes or something....

Coke is still the best hangover cure though

Elzer · 06-06-2010 1:54am

No

Jev/N wrote: »

Something to do with electrolytes or something....

Coke is still the best hangover cure though

7up for sickness and coke for hangovers......i definately agree:)

sesna · 06-06-2010 2:19am

aDeener wrote: »

hmm they are a bit more qualified than you :rolleyes:

And what exactly are you basing that on ?

I suppose gob5hites CJH, Bertie were saints in your eyes too, who did their best for the country. After all, they did hold office of taoiseach !l

Also, why did you have contact with three different GP's for simple gastro-intestinal upsets? A case of hyperchondriasis, to say the least.

starbelgrade · 06-06-2010 2:51am

Elzer wrote: »

old wives tale or not......its still the best aid for getting ya back on track when you are ill.......boilt 7 up......mother used to throw the stuff at us......and it worked!!!

Your mother used to throw boiled 7up at you when you were sick? Jesus - she'd be locked up for doing that these days.

Ruu_Old · 06-06-2010 3:53am

No

It is a tried and tested Irish mammy elixir.

Muas Tenek · 06-06-2010 4:10am

the ultimate formula for rehydration during illness is 1 quarter glass 7up plus 1 spoonful of sugar - fizz up and drink after fizz - result settled tummy :P+ nights sleep = better next day.

Deki · 06-06-2010 4:25am

No

We were always given 7up if we had the flu. No one shook the fizz out though. And if you had a sore throat my daddy would go get you a pint of ice cream. (got to eat it out of the carton all to yourself)

taytothief · 06-06-2010 5:08am

No

This thread is nonsense. Calpol.

Bonkers_xOx · 06-06-2010 12:41pm

7 Up? Pffft, my mother gave me Jameson when I was sick.

aDeener · 06-06-2010 1:33pm

No

sesna wrote: »

And what exactly are you basing that on ?

I suppose gob5hites CJH, Bertie were saints in your eyes too, who did their best for the country. After all, they did hold office of taoiseach !l

Also, why did you have contact with three different GP's for simple gastro-intestinal upsets? A case of hyperchondriasis, to say the least.

im basing that on the nonsense you have spouted - you clearly are not qualified in the medical area :rolleyes: and in the off chance that you are hows about you explain why i have never had any negative effects from boiled 7up? in fact i have felt better every time after i have taken some.

hmm i quite like your strawmanning there, top notch! the only requirement to become a politician is to get elected, to become a doctor you actually have to study very hard.

do you even need to ask why i was at 3 different GPs? :rolleyes: - my own GP, then he retired so his replacement, then when the replacement was on holidays her replacement, ffs :rolleyes:

G-Money · 06-06-2010 1:44pm

No

If you ever need to take Disprin, dissolve it in some 7up rather than water. The 7Up takes away almost all of the horrible taste and makes it much easier to consume. It was something my mother used to give to us when we were sick.

Twilightning · 06-06-2010 3:18pm

No

For the people who're bickering in this thread over whether or not 7-Up actually does have any potential health benefits or whether or not a GP's advice is wrong, give it a ****ing rest, seriously. It wasn't the point of my thread. I just wanted to know whether or not people regularly drank the stuff when they become sick. Christ on a cracker.

stepbar · 06-06-2010 3:22pm

I hate 7up, it reminds me of being sick. The taste is rank.

sesna · 06-06-2010 3:30pm

aDeener wrote: »

im basing that on the nonsense you have spouted - you clearly are not qualified in the medical area :rolleyes: and in the off chance that you are hows about you explain why i have never had any negative effects from boiled 7up? in fact i have felt better every time after i have taken some.

hmm i quite like your strawmanning there, top notch! the only requirement to become a politician is to get elected, to become a doctor you actually have to study very hard.

do you even need to ask why i was at 3 different GPs? :rolleyes: - my own GP, then he retired so his replacement, then when the replacement was on holidays her replacement, ffs :rolleyes:

You are the one advancing useless, ad hominem arguments. I have dealt in fact. My original post was, as said before, a one-line statement made in jest. I can only surmise the resulting vitriol is the result of my audacity in daring to contradict Mammy's wonder cure.

If you knew anything about the "medical area", you would realise that efficacy of treatment is not based subjectively on how you (or anyone else) feels, but rather on detailed evidence base/clinial trial.

If you are suffering from diarrhoea, stomach upset, etc so frequently you should seriously consider seeing a gastroenterologist. IBS/ Crohn's disease does not respond well to "flat" 7-up :pac:

mark renton · 06-06-2010 3:39pm

Twilightning wrote: »

For the people who're bickering in this thread over whether or not 7-Up actually does have any potential health benefits or whether or not a GP's advice is wrong, give it a ****ing rest, seriously. It wasn't the point of my thread. I just wanted to know whether or not people regularly drank the stuff when they become sick. Christ on a cracker.

I drank a can of 7up with a nagan of vodka when I was 14, then went to funderland and got on all the rides - got very sick

couldnt drink 7up for 15 years after it, couldnt even stomach the smell of it

Zombienosh · 06-06-2010 3:42pm

No

Yeah must be an irish thing, because of it. now i can't drink 7 up, it reminds me of being a sick kid.

Elmo · 06-06-2010 3:47pm

No

Mam always had 7UP for us when we were home sick from school.

Thomas828 · 06-06-2010 3:57pm

I'm seldom sick and I'd only drink 7up when I'm well. I wouldn't recommend giving it to a sick person of any age.

Drinking 7-Up When You're Sick

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