Re: Sugar Free Flavour Water

[Mitch1705]

So I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and Im not gonna lie its new to me and i have no idea what im doing but hopefully with the help of you guys i will learn.

However i have a quick question is flavoured water ok for diabetes as i drink a fair bit. it is completely sugar free and here are the nutrition values:

Nutrition
Typical values per 100mls
Energy 5.7kj/1.4kcal
Protein 0.0g
Carbohydrate 0.0g
of which sugars 0.0g
Fat 0.0g
of which saturates 0.0g
Fibre 0.0g
Sodium Trace

However my only concern is that it contains sweetners? so not sure where i stand, Thanks.

 

[Mike d]

That, on the face of it, sounds fine to me.

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I don't wish to be alarmist or a scaremonger but I offer the following information for you to read. I looked it up since I discovered flavoured water and thought it was wonderful until I read about the artificial sweeteners.

Although I still drink it I now know what it is I am drinking.

https://theecologist.org/2007/oct/03/behind-label-volvic-touch-fruit

 

[NicoleC1971]

So if you were previously guzzling fruit juices and fat cokes all day then going to this product would be an upgrade to your new diabetes routine.
This drink may not raise your blood sugar but it won't cure you of your taste for sweetness. If you do want to cure a sweet tooth its best to reduce or eliminate this kind of drink; there's a theory that you will merely end up craving more sugar once the brain realises it did not the calories that it was promised in the drink!
I think the jury is out on whether artificial sweetners are carcinogenic; they are generally regarded as safe but have been linked to bladder cancer in rodents but only when said rodents were given massive doses.
I put them in the category of okay but not very helpful for weight loss.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

So I have just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and Im not gonna lie its new to me and i have no idea what im doing but hopefully with the help of you guys i will learn.

Here's the pix you posted with a broken link.