Wow! What a weath of information! Thanks. I just am recieving my first shipment from Nashua and I looked at the comparisons on my own, but this is an awesome tool.
okay ladies, I was shopping tonight at my no sugar store that has walden farms and I saw something called sodastream, has any of you heard it? They have 0/0/0 soda mixes you just add water and carbonate. You can make sparkling water or pop... i thought it was kind of interesting for those who CANT live without their pop. here is the nutritional details. I tasted it without carbination, it tastes like flat pop.
Ingredients: Water, Colour, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Natural Flavour, Sodium Citrate, Caffeine.
Nutrition Facts
Bottle Size: 500ml Serving Size: 10ml makes 1 cup prepared drink of 240ml. Servings: 50
Amount/Serving Daily Value**
Calories 0
Fat/lipides 0 g 0%
Saturated/ saturés + Trans/ trans 0 g 0%
Sodium 10 mg 1%
Carbohydrate/ Glucides 0 g 0%
Fibre/ Fibres 0 g 0%
Sugars/ Sucres 0 g
Protein/ Protéines 0 g
** Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Its not that I am going to go out and buy it but when I see a new product I wonder about it.
okay ladies, I was shopping tonight at my no sugar store that has walden farms and I saw something called sodastream, has any of you heard it? They have 0/0/0 soda mixes you just add water and carbonate. You can make sparkling water or pop... i thought it was kind of interesting for those who CANT live without their pop. here is the nutritional details. I tasted it without carbination, it tastes like flat pop.
Ingredients: Water, Colour, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Natural Flavour, Sodium Citrate, Caffeine.
Nutrition Facts
Bottle Size: 500ml Serving Size: 10ml makes 1 cup prepared drink of 240ml. Servings: 50
Amount/Serving Daily Value**
Calories 0
Fat/lipides 0 g 0%
Saturated/ saturés + Trans/ trans 0 g 0%
Sodium 10 mg 1%
Carbohydrate/ Glucides 0 g 0%
Fibre/ Fibres 0 g 0%
Sugars/ Sucres 0 g
Protein/ Protéines 0 g
** Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Its not that I am going to go out and buy it but when I see a new product I wonder about it.
Better ask Darbs, I thought it was the No Carbonation along with the 0/0/0. Do you miss soda? I haven't, but I know a lot of people are addicted to DCoke, but I thought it was the aspartame.
MR
Whoops, that is how I always sign my emails, that's first and last initials.........
okay ladies, I was shopping tonight at my no sugar store that has walden farms and I saw something called sodastream, has any of you heard it? They have 0/0/0 soda mixes you just add water and carbonate. You can make sparkling water or pop...
we have a sodastream and we love it. must admit that i really only use it to make club soda. they do have water flavorings that are lemon/lime, etc. and those are good. i think the soda mizes are expensive.
i'm not sure i would spend the full price to buy one. we found one that was accidentally marked down at sears for $19.95. the regular price (it had the machine, two bottles, cyclinder) was $99, so we just took it to the cashier to see if it would register the sale price. it did, so we bought it... you buy refills for the cyclinders at various places, and they are $15. that makes 60 liters, so it's a way of getting carbonated water for $.25 per liter... pretty cheap... and eliminates carrying bottles from the store and the need to recycle. my 3.5 year old loves, and asks if he can help "bubble" the water. i love that he drinks plain club soda and thinks it's a treat!
re: carbonation. i think there have been a lot of questions as to whether carbonated water is allowed on this diet. i am ok with club soda, but i think it might be a problem if you were to try and consume your entire day's worth of water in carbonated form (8-10 glasses/day). however, one or two glasses a day shouldn't be a problem.
the concern regarding carbonated beverages is carbonic acid. this diet promoted alkalinity as a way of promoting weight loss... i'm not sure i buy all that. the stomach is very acidic (with a PH of around 2), and therefore will overwhelm anything like club soda. my dad is a chemist, and we have discussed this at length.
there is a lot that i love about this diet, but i'm not sure i buy the whole alkalinity argument in general. if anything, eating alkaline food will just make it necessary to eat more salt (NACL) for the stomach to produce enough hydrochloric acid (HCL) to reach the PH level of 2 for proper digestion... that is part of the reason that we need so much salt on this diet. the other reason we need salt is to stabilize blood pressure and also make sure that our mineral composition is in check because the diet is naturally low in sodium... (although keep in mind that if you eat more than one soup a day this isn't the case).
probably more info than anyone wanted, and feel free to debate with me. i think there is a lot of confusion about acidic foods and their impact on our bodies. the divide seems to be between chemists and nutritionists. one this one, i side with the chemists.
we have a sodastream and we love it. must admit that i really only use it to make club soda. they do have water flavorings that are lemon/lime, etc. and those are good. i think the soda mizes are expensive.
i'm not sure i would spend the full price to buy one. we found one that was accidentally marked down at sears for $19.95. the regular price (it had the machine, two bottles, cyclinder) was $99, so we just took it to the cashier to see if it would register the sale price. it did, so we bought it... you buy refills for the cyclinders at various places, and they are $15. that makes 60 liters, so it's a way of getting carbonated water for $.25 per liter... pretty cheap... and eliminates carrying bottles from the store and the need to recycle. my 3.5 year old loves, and asks if he can help "bubble" the water. i love that he drinks plain club soda and thinks it's a treat!
re: carbonation. i think there have been a lot of questions as to whether carbonated water is allowed on this diet. i am ok with club soda, but i think it might be a problem if you were to try and consume your entire day's worth of water in carbonated form (8-10 glasses/day). however, one or two glasses a day shouldn't be a problem.
the concern regarding carbonated beverages is carbonic acid. this diet promoted alkalinity as a way of promoting weight loss... i'm not sure i buy all that. the stomach is very acidic (with a PH of around 2), and therefore will overwhelm anything like club soda. my dad is a chemist, and we have discussed this at length.
there is a lot that i love about this diet, but i'm not sure i buy the whole alkalinity argument in general. if anything, eating alkaline food will just make it necessary to eat more salt (NACL) for the stomach to produce enough hydrochloric acid (HCL) to reach the PH level of 2 for proper digestion... that is part of the reason that we need so much salt on this diet. the other reason we need salt is to stabilize blood pressure and also make sure that our mineral composition is in check because the diet is naturally low in sodium... (although keep in mind that if you eat more than one soup a day this isn't the case).
probably more info than anyone wanted, and feel free to debate with me. i think there is a lot of confusion about acidic foods and their impact on our bodies. the divide seems to be between chemists and nutritionists. one this one, i side with the chemists.
I think you should change your name to "YouRock"
Thanks for the info on the alkalinity, I had no idea and love it that you know so much about chemistry. I have a BA because I have a hard time with science and Math. I appreciate you sharing the knowledge. OK, let me ask you this, HOW did you find out that the PH of your stoomach is 2?
I think you should change your name to "YouRock"
Thanks for the info on the alkalinity, I had no idea and love it that you know so much about chemistry. I have a BA because I have a hard time with science and Math. I appreciate you sharing the knowledge. OK, let me ask you this, HOW did you find out that the PH of your stoomach is 2?
talked to my super nerdy dad who is a ph.d. in chemistry. being very thorough, i also googled it to make sure that he was right.
btw, my 3.5 yr old is next to me... he called your little swimming icons "dancing eggs" just now. very funny...
talked to my super nerdy dad who is a ph.d. in chemistry. being very thorough, i also googled it to make sure that he was right.
N.E.R.D. = Not Even Remotely Dorky...
As far as I'm concerned, the jury is still out on carbonation... I stopped drinking the stuff years ago, just because I got to where I didn't enjoy it anymore... I much prefer tea (green, mostly) or just plain ol' water...
And I've had a hard time understanding the pH argument of this diet too... I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that high protein foods cause higher acid levels in the body... all food we ingest influences our body pH level... seems to me the goal should be balancing the body pH, & IP protocol does that by allowing a nutritional balance of alkaline-forming & acid-forming foods...
I ended the week being down 1.5 lb. from last week!.. a lot better than those half-pound losses the previous 3 weeks... so that makes 9 lbs. in the 5 weeks I've been back on protocol... not so bad when I look at it that way!..
