Little idea for a tasty alcohol-free & diabetes-friendly beverage

[Member496333]

Little tip for a nice weekend drink for those who don't drink alcohol or coffee etcetera. A glass of cool sparkling water with a tiny dab of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder stirred-in makes for a zingy, citrusy, refreshing beverage. Especially with an ice cube or two. I don't recommend going overboard on either sparkling water or vitamin C. I don't routinely use either myself, but nevertheless it's a tasty beverage and seems pretty harmless.

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[ert]

V-8 vegetable juice with tabasco sauce and lea perrins Worcestershire sauce
virgin mojito with soda water

 

[KK123]

Little tip for a nice weekend drink for those who don't drink alcohol or coffee etcetera. A glass of cool sparkling water with a tiny dab of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder stirred-in makes for a zingy, citrusy, refreshing beverage. Especially with an ice cube or two. I don't recommend going overboard on either sparkling water or vitamin C. I don't routinely use either myself, but nevertheless it's a tasty beverage and seems pretty harmless.

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I might have it as a chaser Jim...after my coffee! (Sounds good!).

 

[Buzzer81]

Little tip for a nice weekend drink for those who don't drink alcohol or coffee etcetera. A glass of cool sparkling water with a tiny dab of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder stirred-in makes for a zingy, citrusy, refreshing beverage. Especially with an ice cube or two. I don't recommend going overboard on either sparkling water or vitamin C. I don't routinely use either myself, but nevertheless it's a tasty beverage and seems pretty harmless.

That is all.

Hi Jim, thanks for that. Why wouldn’t you go overboard on sparkling water? Is there a health reason for that or purely because of the taste?!

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Member496333]

Hi Jim, thanks for that. Why wouldn’t you go overboard on sparkling water? Is there a health reason for that or purely because of the taste?!

Thanks,
Jon

Not long ago I found myself drinking a lot of it and noticed I was getting puffy ankles. I knew it wasn't my diet so reverted back to still water and my ankles were back to normal in 48h. Just my experience, but apparently it can be a thing.

 

[zand]

Not long ago I found myself drinking a lot if it and noticed I was getting puffy ankles. I knew it wasn't my diet so reverted back to still water and my ankles were back to normal in 48h. Just my experience, but apparently it can be a thing.

Wow! I never knew that. Thank you.

 

[Member496333]

Wow! I never knew that. Thank you.

Neither did I!

Not saying anyone should take any notice but in my case it was definitely the cause. The puffiness was slowly getting more noticeable over a matter of several weeks but went away almost immediately after reverting back to still water. Now I'll just have one or two glasses of the hard stuff from time-to-time without issue

 

[Tophat1900]

Little tip for a nice weekend drink for those who don't drink alcohol or coffee etcetera. A glass of cool sparkling water with a tiny dab of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder stirred-in makes for a zingy, citrusy, refreshing beverage. Especially with an ice cube or two. I don't recommend going overboard on either sparkling water or vitamin C. I don't routinely use either myself, but nevertheless it's a tasty beverage and seems pretty harmless.

That is all.

Wow, you're getting all fancy!

I will give it a shot.... sounds good.

 

[Buzzer81]

Not long ago I found myself drinking a lot of it and noticed I was getting puffy ankles. I knew it wasn't my diet so reverted back to still water and my ankles were back to normal in 48h. Just my experience, but apparently it can be a thing.

Ok, worth knowing. I’ve been drinking unusually high amounts of it for a while...... I knew there’d be something!!!! I’ll save it for those special
Occasions

 

[DJC3]

Not long ago I found myself drinking a lot of it and noticed I was getting puffy ankles. I knew it wasn't my diet so reverted back to still water and my ankles were back to normal in 48h. Just my experience, but apparently it can be a thing.

Oh no! I’ve recently bought a soda stream - I love having sparkling water at the touch of a button and I’m drinking loads of it too. I really struggle to drink enough still water so I thought this was my salvation. I shall keep a close eye on my ankles, thank you.

 

[Tophat1900]

Little tip for a nice weekend drink for those who don't drink alcohol or coffee etcetera. A glass of cool sparkling water with a tiny dab of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder stirred-in makes for a zingy, citrusy, refreshing beverage. Especially with an ice cube or two. I don't recommend going overboard on either sparkling water or vitamin C. I don't routinely use either myself, but nevertheless it's a tasty beverage and seems pretty harmless.

That is all.

Ok, I purchased some sparkling water and some powdered VitC... I am happy to state that your beverage idea was nice. Enjoyable on a hot day. I would give it a 6.9 out of 10 and worth having every now and then.

*Individual results may vary.