Coridal and Artificial Sweeteners

[Bel 1]

Hi all,

This is a double post, i apologise but im not having much luck on the food and nutrition board :-)

Ok so, about 6 months ago i started having a huge amount of difficulty drinking Water. I have been a good girl for the 8 years with my band i drink my 2lts of Water every day but now i just can't stomach it, it is so bland and everytime i try and drink it my band tenses and it wont go down because i have come to hate drinking it so much.

I switched to a low sugar cordial that i have more diluted then it says on the packet and i am able to get my intake in that way but after having people say to me cordial is bad for you i am wondering if anyone knows is it ok to have cordial instead of plain water?

I mean i would think it would be better to have cordial then nothing but i dont want to look back in years with health problems because of it.

I have tried all the other things like puting lemon in the water and stuff but i hate it lol

Any advice would be appreciated.

Bel

P.S. im an aussie so a lot of products most of you use aren't avaliable to me here :-)

Sorry about the spelling mistake in the title!

Edited August 27, 2009 by Bel

[Jachut 487]

Well, it its not one thing its another. Personally I wouldnt ingest artificially sweetened products day in day out in that quantity, it would freak me out. But I drink a glass of wine most nights and WAY too much coffee and I dont worry about THAT, so its just a matter of not having too many bad habits I guess.

I dont like plain Water a lot except if I've just run, so I do drink cordial occasionally, but its occasional enough that I drink full sugar. I'm a bit paranoid about artificial sweeteners.

[Bel 1]

Thanks for the response Jachut, i am giving up my pepsi max and iced tea so i can drink cordial but i am so super paranoid :-)

[Bel 1]

lol something tells me i wouldn't want to be around when you run out of coffee Jack!

Unfortunatly for me i don't drink hot tea, coffee or anything herbal lol its either Water, iced tea or softdrink so i don't really get a lot of variety :-(

I appreciate you taking the time to post!