Kia-Ora Orange

Mayoegian

I love this drink! I don't have a grá for water, and so always tend to fall back on this! It's very tasty, but now I'm thinking maybe it mightn't be as healthy as I think. Si the question is-is Kia-Ora(the normal kind!) a healthy drink?

cleremy jarkson

I find it make's me thirstier; do you not find this?

As far as healthiness is concerned, I'd imagine that the sugar verion is healthier than the one with the artificial sweetners...but it still isn't exactly healthy!

Ciaran500

Not healthy. If you look at the labels of foods you want to eat, anything with sugar or salt added are generally processed and unhealthy foods you want to avoid.

petermijackson

Surely anything that helps get more water into the system is good for you. Maybe not as good as pure water - but tastes nicer and certainly better than any sugary fizzy drinks.

Maybe I'm wrong?

jimmycrackcorm

It all depends on relativity. Worse than water but better than coke. I don't think it's entirely conclusive that artificial sweetners are worse especially where sugar and teeth and diabetes are concerned.

jimmay

I've been drinking this stuff for years. I used to drink 3 cans of Diet Coke a day so a total improvement for me!

Just get the NO ADDED SUGAR bottles!?

El_Dangeroso

jimmay wrote: »

I've been drinking this stuff for years. I used to drink 3 cans of Diet Coke a day so a total improvement for me!

Just get the NO ADDED SUGAR bottles!?

The no added sugar still has sugar in it. Probably not as much as coke but still not good.

I've gotten into flavoured teas when I don't want plain water, you get used to the taste and it's much better for your teeth.

Pikeman

It's too orangey for crows.

TokenWhite

So where does milk or tea fall on this line of relativity. I dont drink much in the way of fizzy drinks. I tend to drink either tea or milk when I'm not having water.

El_Dangeroso

TokenWhite wrote: »

So where does milk or tea fall on this line of relativity. I dont drink much in the way of fizzy drinks. I tend to drink either tea or milk when I'm not having water.

Milk is relatively calorific for a beverage so if you're drinking pints of it, probably not a good idea. Tea is ok, just make sure you don't drink it with meals, it inhibits iron absorption.

A friend of mine went to give blood and couldn't because of low iron, the nurse asked if he drank tea with meals and he did and she said this was probably causing the low iron levels.

Soda water with a squeeze of lemon is really refreshing when you get used to it.

Sapsorrow

cleremy jarkson wrote: »

I find it make's me thirstier; do you not find this?

As far as healthiness is concerned, I'd imagine that the sugar verion is healthier than the one with the artificial sweetners...but it still isn't exactly healthy!

I'm fairly sure sugar makes you lose more water as urine due to an osmotic effect in the kidneys. Not 100% on this though did it about 3 years ago in college so tis fuzzy, Temple do you know?
Whether it's worse depends on the sweetener used and personal opinion. Also a sweetner would be better for a diabetic or obese person if consumed regularly. They're both crap either way anyway.

petermijackson wrote: »

Surely anything that helps get more water into the system is good for you. Maybe not as good as pure water - but tastes nicer and certainly better than any sugary fizzy drinks.

Maybe I'm wrong?

Debatable that one partly because of my first point above, it's a bit of a cop out though when there are plenty healthy ways to drink water without a load of sugar or sweetners and colouring/flavouring agents.

TokenWhite wrote: »

So where does milk or tea fall on this line of relativity. I dont drink much in the way of fizzy drinks. I tend to drink either tea or milk when I'm not having water.

Caffeine makes you lose more water as it inhibits the kidneys from reabsorbing water in the proximal tubule. Not a good idea, also the tannins are anti-nutrients and if you add sugar then too much tea and coffee is a bad idea on several levels.