Crystal Light

[brew]

I love it with my WMS. Turns the nasty chalk into an orange cream soda (kinda). I love water so I never use it otherwise. As far as the cancer concerns, I guess I just add it to the multitude of carcinogens I'm exposed to on a daily basis.

 

[goal200]

I use it to flavor my WMS and BCAA's but I don't drink too much of it on it's own.

Me too

 

[mommalu]

I used to drink the stuff ALL the time until 2 months ago when I quit cold turkey. I also gave up coffee because I suffer(ed) from extreme migraines.
Since giving them both up, I have been headache free.

 

[Cal_21]

Good info in here about aspartame. I had NO clue it was that dangerous. Yikes.

 

[iggy]

picked up some today and i'm already drink 3x as much water.

 

[timtim]

picked up some today and i'm already drink 3x as much water.

youre not drinking water. these sugar free additive drinks do not flush your kidneys like water. they contain a ton of ingredients that strip the water down. my gp is a kidney doc, a nephrologist. my kidney levels came back all jacked up. i went to see him a few weeks ago, they were still bad. he asked how much water i drank. i told him 1.5 gallons. then i added in that i use crystal light. bam, he knew what was up right away. high protein diets require water, not water like.

 

[iggy]

indeed.

 

[weightedreps]

i like it

 

[1slow_si]

I am on a high protein/low carb diet right now and drink tons of bottled water with 4c brand tea packets. They are sweetened with splenda and are pretty good. Hope they're safe?

 

[pinkiron]

Yep, Crystal Light has aspartame... and a tonne of sodium.

What doesn't is the Nestea version. Great flavours, lower in sodium, and flavoured with Sucralose, so none of the carcinogenic effects. And I understood that aspartame contributes to a lot more than cancer... alzheimers is implicated, as is a lot of formaldahyde related symptoms.

I don't know about you guys, but I dislike water, so getting my gallon per day is tough. Throw in a few of these packets, and 2 gallons is do-able.

Love love love the Nestea version. Never cared much for Crystal Light, always made me feel very thristy after I drank it so I didn't see the point of having it! Nestea however is great tasting, and does quench your thirst. I personally like Apple Goji and Cranberry/Raspberry flavours... According to the lable, it's also made with green tea and has antioxidants. They also have a decaffeinated version...