Robinson's No Added Sugar Orange

JackieO

Hi all

Just looking for some advice in relation to the above. I drink a fair bit of the robinson's no-added sugar range. I dilute it fairly well and would probably drink 2-3 pints most days. Sometimes I also get the Tesco range as I love their squash and the lidl one I used to like but have gone off it.

You just get sick of drinking plain water all the time - I find!!!! Just wondering though whether I am doing any danger to my dieting? I generally try and follow a low carb diet.

I'm presuming these are ok on the calories front but just wanted to check that they are not going to give me a massive sugar rush.

EileenG

They won't give you a sugar rush, but those ones have aspartame as their main sweetener. This is purely personal, but this is one sweetener I try to avoid, as I don't like the way I feel when I drink a lot of it. I get slightly dizzy and feel out of control, almost as if I'd been drinking.

JackieO

Yeah, not a big fan of aspartame myself either. Especially with something I use on a regular basis. Might try and look for one that uses an alternative sweetener maybe - if there is such a thing.

LavaLamp

I agree about the aspartame thing and I avoid it at all costs (and any other sweetners for that matter). Have you tried adding a small amount of pure fruit juice into water instead - very different taste to squash but lovely and refreshing and still more exciting than plain water. You will get used to it after a few days.

Another option is herbal teas, either hot or made then left to go cold - there are so many lovely flavours going you are bound to find one you like

EileenG

Lemon juice in water is great. Takes the boring edge off, but doesn't add anything nasty.

JackieO

I have to say I'm pretty uncomfortable about drinking too much lemon juice. I really don't like the idea of all that acid in my system.

El_Dangeroso

JackieO wrote: »

I have to say I'm pretty uncomfortable about drinking too much lemon juice. I really don't like the idea of all that acid in my system.

There's a similar amount of citric acid in the robinson's stuff as there is diluted lemon juice, along with sodium citrate and other additive acids.

rubadub

JackieO wrote: »

I have to say I'm pretty uncomfortable about drinking too much lemon juice. I really don't like the idea of all that acid in my system.

The acid will get your teeth but otherwise the lemon juice actually has an alkaline effect on your body.

http://ezinearticles.com/?High-Alkaline-Food-Diet-Is-A-Miracle-On-The-Body&id=457731

The sour tasting acidic nature's lemon is also high alkaline food. Lemon though acidic in nature when digested leaves an alkalizing effect on the body.

I reckon I suffer from "leaky gut syndrome" and have to change to alkalising foods, my diet was sky high in acidic foods.

WesternNight

rubadub wrote: »

The acid will get your teeth but otherwise the lemon juice actually has an alkaline effect on your body.

http://ezinearticles.com/?High-Alkaline-Food-Diet-Is-A-Miracle-On-The-Body&id=457731


I reckon I suffer from "leaky gut syndrome" and have to change to alkalising foods, my diet was sky high in acidic foods.

Just out of curiosity - is that website one you'd trust for this kind of information? The reason I ask is that I've looked into alkaline vs acidic foods before and browsed through several different sites with lists of alkaline and acidic foods. Each website seemed to contradict the next and I was left quite confused.

I'd still like to get a comprehensive list of both types of food and if there's a trusted one (or more) then that would be cool

El_Dangeroso

I've looked into the alkali vs. acid thing, it could well be right, but there seems to be feck all science testing it for causation of actual disease in humans (just a lot of hypothesising and observational studies)

I bet anything that rather than foods being in and of themselves 'acidifying' or 'alkalizing', it's more likely to be a lack of minerals in the diet and too many things that prevent mineral absorption (grain fibre).

Potassium and magnesium are natural akalizers and the so-called net 'acid' load of the modern diet is far more likely just to be a deficiency of minerals, which is well documented in western populations due to a low intake of vegetables, bone broths and depleted mineral soils along with a high intake of grain fibre.

rubadub

WesternNight wrote: »

Just out of curiosity - is that website one you'd trust for this kind of information?

I agree it looks dodgy! it was the first one I came across on google.

WesternNight wrote: »

The reason I ask is that I've looked into alkaline vs acidic foods before and browsed through several different sites with lists of alkaline and acidic foods. Each website seemed to contradict the next and I was left quite confused.

Did you find a site saying lemons are not alkaline? Many other foods are said to be borderline and so could vary from site to site, but I never saw lemons in the "acidic causing" group, obviously they could be described as an acidic food.

I am reading a book on psoriasis at the moment and it was recommending lemon juice in water for its alkaline effects.
http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Psoriasis-Alternative-John-Pagano/dp/0962884707

WesternNight

rubadub wrote: »

I agree it looks dodgy! it was the first one I came across on google.

Did you find a site saying lemons are not alkaline? Many other foods are said to be borderline and so could vary from site to site, but I never saw lemons in the "acidic causing" group, obviously they could be described as an acidic food.

I am reading a book on psoriasis at the moment and it was recommending lemon juice in water for its alkaline effects.
http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Psoriasis-Alternative-John-Pagano/dp/0962884707

I don't remember lemons in particular. But, say, one will say that all fruits are alkaline. Then another will list out various fruits that are acidic. Then yet another one will have one or more of those acidic fruits and put them back on the alkaline list etc etc. I just gave up in the end.

That was a couple of years ago though so I don't know if those websites still exist or have been modified or whatever. Wouldn't even remember them if I saw them now anyway

The bit in the one you linked about alkaline foods curing diseases though...I'd have to call shenanigans on that. I'm sure a healthy diet does aid in the healing of the body...but to straight up say it cures diseases all by itself...yeah.

Sorry for dragging this thread off-topic by the way!

JackieO

WesternNight wrote: »

Sorry for dragging this thread off-topic by the way!

No worries - this is very interesting info. I definately will have to read up more about this acid/alkaline thing as I suffer from early stage arthritis so generally try and avoid acidic foods. I guess I need to find out more about this though.

Sapsorrow

JackieO wrote: »

No worries - this is very interesting info. I definately will have to read up more about this acid/alkaline thing as I suffer from early stage arthritis so generally try and avoid acidic foods. I guess I need to find out more about this though.

My family is riddled with arthritis I think it's largely a vitamin D and omega 3 thing, but both my parents get awful flares ups from wheat, nightshades (potatos, tomatos, bell peppers, chillies etc) and sugar and they actually managed to figure that out for themselves by trial and error without me telling them any of the science behind it.