Altenatives to tea, coffee or fizzy drinks?

beautiful_ravens

Fizzy or still water with a dash or two of pure lemon juice
Herb or fruit tea - red fruits are strongest, esp rosehip.
Lactofree milk

pigpen

hot chocolate
milk shakes
smoothies
fresh juices.. could even juice your own!
fruit teas.. I like the raspberry and cranberry, fennel tea is nice if you can deal with the smell lol. Peppermint upsets my tummy.

I drink ribena.. it is also very good made with hot water.

Or you could just stick to wine/spirits etc (not lager or cider.. too much sugar.)

ali-t

I drink loads of sparkling water but am not diabetic and drink it with diluting juice. Would that suit you? Very thirst quenching and no caffeine.

countrymusicfan

Thanks, everyone. Will give your suggestions a try.

thriftlady_2

Red Bush tea would be my choice if absolutely had to do without my ground coffee :eek:

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lickylonglips wrote: »

fruit juices, even diluted, are to be avoided by diabetics due to their very high sugar content. even diluted half and half, it would be far too much sugar for someone who is type 2 diabetic to be having if they're being sensible.

with regards milk, even skimmed milk is high in sugar (lactose), which again isn't suitable in large quantities for diabetics.

i stick to diet drinks (although again we're supposed to keep an eye on caffeine intake) and tea with a little milk....

try decaffeinated tea and coffee maybe?

I have never heared this before, and I am type 2 diabetic on Meds. :eek:

Skintmama

How about Barleycup? I used to buy it from healthfood shops and make it like instant coffee.

jennihen

Wakeup cup with guarano instead of caffine is very uplifting.
I also drink redbush.

IMadeMyOwnLuck

plain tap water but filtered, it tastes lovely

ruthiejane

I only have one cup of coffee a day and don't drink tea. This is mainly because caffine doesn't help my endometriosis (or probably any other illnesses, just adds more stress to the body!)

I have Barleycup which has already been mentioned, I make it with soya milk and it tastes like a very weak coffee, I think it tastes odd with cows milk.

I also have herbal teas, in the cupboard at the moment are peppermint, raspberry leaf, fennel, ginger, Bengal spice, green tea and jasmine, liquorice and camoile with honey and vanilla. All very good for my particular illness, and all except green tea I think delicious and mostly full of flavour.

Fruit juice, try blackcurrant or apple made up half and half with hot water - yum!

I also put a few pieces of fresh or frozen root ginger in a mug and pour on boiling water. Great for colds as well as being delicious!

I love BottleGreens cordials - lemongrass and ginger or elderflower are my favourites.

Also ginger cordial - lovely just with water, but delicious with pineapple or apple juice! I buy it from Lakeland, but I'm sure other places do it.