Drinking 7-Up When You're Sick

Twilightning

I was just wondering whether or not anyone else does this. I remember being sick when I was younger and my mam saying the first thing she'd get me around in the shop was a 2 litre bottle of 7-Up. Is this purely an Irish thing? Been feeling like crap the past few days and I've had a bottle of it next to the bed.

DazMarz

No

Tonic water and Coca-Cola too. Both work wonders. Best to have them not too cold and best to let them go a little less fizzy too.

Feel better, OP!:)

Biggins

No

I've heard it many times in hospitals that flat 7-up is just as good for you any any other Lucazade type drink out there.

Daemos

No

Yes, flat 7-Up and dry toast. I kind of miss it in a funny way...

PeterIanStaker

I can't do it anymore because it reminds me of being sick

ldxo15wus6fpgm

No

Yeah but you're supposed to boil it first to flatten it. Otherwise the gas could make you hurl again :pac:

oppenheimer1

No

It has to be boiled to get rid of the fizz. Nothing better for an upset stomach.

thetonynator

No

I thought it was just my mother made me do that!!!

kiffer

defizzed 7up ... That's how you knew it was serious... Out came the 7up... and it's been stirred up to get rid of most of the fizz...

GLaDOS

No

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Yes, flat 7-Up and dry toast. I kind of miss it in a funny way...

Yeah, always what my mam gave me, easier on the stomach I suppose

I was just wondering whether or not anyone else does this. I remember being sick when I was younger and my mam saying the first thing she'd get me around in the shop was a 2 litre bottle of 7-Up. Is this purely an Irish thing? Been feeling like crap the past few days and I've had a bottle of it next to the bed.

Get back to studying, waster.

PrettyBoy

No

I was always told 7up was good for you when you were sick, thought it was just an Irish thing but then I saw it on South Park (though they mentioned Sprite, same thing!) :pac:

Twilightning

No

PrettyBoy wrote: »

I was always told 7up was good for you when you were sick, thought it was just an Irish thing but then I saw it on South Park (though they mentioned Sprite, same thing!) :pac:

7-Up > Sprite

Pauleta

My mammy used to always get me Lucozade

ldxo15wus6fpgm

No

Let me just fix that for ya

Twilightning wrote: »

7-Up < Sprite

sesna

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

It has to be boiled to get rid of the fizz. Nothing better for an upset stomach.

Yup nothing better than a drink full of sugar causing osmotic diarrhoea, to exacerbate an already existing stomach problem. I would use rehydration sachets, but of course mammy knows best.

thetonynator

No

Twilightning wrote: »

7-Up > Sprite

Albert Damp Machinist wrote: »

Let me just fix that for ya

7-up = sprite


There ye go . . .

Bucklesman

No

Albert Damp Machinist wrote: »

Let me just fix that for ya

*SLAP*

Sprite is nasty, syrupy crap and don't you forget it.

Twilightning

No

thetonynator wrote: »

7-up = sprite


There ye go . . .

Blasphemy. I know they're both lemon and lime drinks but they taste completely different. Sprite is mank, just like orange Lucozade. Can't beat the original.

pebbles21

Pauleta wrote: »

My mammy used to always get me Lucozade

Ohhhhhh did she now?....show off:p

alwaysadub

No

Yep-warm 7 up. Stick it in the microwave for a few seconds. I actually drink it like that sometimes even when i'm not sick if i've 7 up that's gone flat!!

Luno

I thought my family were the only ones! :eek:

aDeener

No

sesna wrote: »

Yup nothing better than a drink full of sugar causing osmotic diarrhoea, to exacerbate an already existing stomach problem. I would use rehydration sachets, but of course mammy knows best.

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

Mimikyu

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Indubitable

No

salt in some coke or 7up when I was sick when younger. Tastes rancid but supposed to be good for you. I now normally just go about my daily business as best as I can unless it is something serious and I have to pop into the doctor.

Indubitable

No

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

Perhaps it is the placebo effect?

and what does a gps have to do with anything?

changes

No

Twilightning wrote: »

Blasphemy. I know they're both lemon and lime drinks but they taste completely different. Sprite is mank, just like orange Lucozade. Can't beat the original.

Nonsense, Orange lucozade is the last word in soft drinks imo.

Far too tasty to give to some sickly wretch layed out on their bed :D

gidget

No

I still drink it when i'm sick. Even when i have a cold i would chose hot 7up over Lemsip - can't stand that stuff.

Indubitable

No

gidget wrote: »

I still drink it when i'm sick. Even when i have a cold i would chose hot 7up over Lemsip - can't stand that stuff.

You can feel hot 7up rotting your teeth as you drink it. (I can anyway).

Orizio

Twilightning wrote: »

mank, just like orange Lucozade.

Blasphemy - I hope you are brutally stoned the next time you leave your house.

Diabhal Beag

Lucozade Original (Hate it so much)

Welruc

my dog had pups a while back and a couple of them got sick, vet told me to give them 7up, one lived and one died so i dunno

Nemanja91

No

Boil the 7up, last year I got food poisoning and was told to boil 7up and I wasn't thinking straight so I poured the bottle Into the kettle, it was disgusting.

aligator_am

Aye, boiled 7up or boiled red lemonade, remember getting that as a kid if I was sick

jimmycrackcorm

No

sesna wrote: »

Yup nothing better than a drink full of sugar causing osmotic diarrhoea, to exacerbate an already existing stomach problem. I would use rehydration sachets, but of course mammy knows best.

Mammy always know best. How else could you find socks for example?

Biggins

No

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Mammy always know best. How else could you find socks for example?

Two month old unwashed smell? :pac:

aDeener

No

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Perhaps it is the placebo effect?

and what does a gps have to do with anything?

sorry general practitioners

even if it is the placebo effect it hasnt given me any negative side effects any time ive taken it while sick so i cant see what sesna is getting at

View Profile

No

Why in gods name would you ever boil 7up?!!

If ya's want it flat just stir it with a spoon.

yerayeah

sesna wrote: »

Yup nothing better than a drink full of sugar causing osmotic diarrhoea, to exacerbate an already existing stomach problem. I would use rehydration sachets, but of course mammy knows best.

Since the body can absorb glucose, it wouldn't cause any osmotic effect I think. Could be wrong though... And anyway, if you did have some sort of tummy bug, a small bit of diarrhoea might be no bad thing as it would help flush out the bug.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

No

View Profile wrote: »

Why in gods name would you ever boil 7up?!!

If ya's want it flat just stir it with a spoon.

Doesn't do the job properly, there's still a little gas left in it when you do that. Also it sterilises it at the same time, can't be a bad thing when you're sick :P

View Profile

No

Ya dont need to sterilise it, its perfectly clean.

Boiling it has got to alter the properties of the drink. Cant be good! :eek:

manlad

To get it flat all ya do is shake the living dayligths out of tghe bottle. Don't open it for a while but

Your Airbag

Urban legend I think. Surely no soft drink is good for you let alone whilst your ill.

ballsymchugh

aDeener wrote: »

sorry general practitioners

even if it is the placebo effect it hasnt given me any negative side effects any time ive taken it while sick so i cant see what sesna is getting at

nah tis no placebo. it's the right balance of sugars and water to give you a bit of energy to get you motoring sooner rather than later. warming it up gets rid of the fizz so that it won't let the gas build up.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

No

View Profile wrote: »

Ya dont need to sterilise it, its perfectly clean.

Boiling it has got to alter the properties of the drink. Cant be good! :eek:

Not true, there are plenty of micro organisms in absolutely every foodstuff (inc. drinks) available to us, now they wouldn't be at all harmful to a healthy person, but for someone really ill it could make a difference. It's hardly crucial that it's sterilised, just a little added bonus for someone who is really ill.

oppenheimer1

No

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Perhaps it is the placebo effect?

and what does a gps have to do with anything?

Being a smartarse never got anybody anywhere.

sesna wrote: »

Yup nothing better than a drink full of sugar causing osmotic diarrhoea, to exacerbate an already existing stomach problem. I would use rehydration sachets, but of course mammy knows best.

Unboiled 7up doesn't cause osmotic diarrhoea, so I can't see how removing the carbon dioxide would. Me thinks one is talking through ones hole tbh.

OutlawPete

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.

Donkey Oaty

From the Beacon Hospital website:

After your child's operation/procedure...your child will be offered flat 7 up in order to slowly rehydrate. Solids are not always given as they may cause vomiting.

littlehedgehog

No

TBH, whenever I've food poisoning, flat 7up with a tiiiiny tiiiiny bit of salt is the first thing I have when I can keep anything down to try get something back in to my body after a day of nothing. I find it helps a lot!

stovelid

I've also heard a few times that flat (boiled) 7-up is good for the runs and so on.

GLaDOS

No

OutlawPete wrote: »

Today it contains fructose corn syrup and other artificial crap.

As opposed to natural 7 up?

Twilightning

No

ScienceNerd wrote: »

As opposed to natural 7 up?

It's a shame 7-Up doesn't occur naturally in the wild anymore.