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silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's sugar free. No headaches, but, thinking of it, there were two days when I did take 2 paracetamol/Ibuprofen as I had a headache, but nothing horrendous. I put it down to eye strain from the PC

It is the acid, not the sugar, that will have been attacking your enamel.

mystic_trev

Generali wrote: »

Oxo Tower?

I've never been able to face going there since the Restaurant reviews of a few years ago.;) Now taken down but can be read here.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/oxo_tower/

:eek:

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

And I still have. My waking/sleeping pattern could be attributed to my speshulness, it's one of the things on the list.

I've always had poor/bad sleeping/waking patterns.

Last night I fell asleep, badly, before 9pm and woke up at midnight and 4.30 and 7.30 - between these times I was tossing and turning. And the night before I had similar and ended up sleeping "upside down" from where I'd started.

Do the robinsons drinks include artificial colouring? They can cause sleeplessness, and you are drinking quite a lot of their stuff.

Edit. Just looked at the list of ingredients, which is a mile long. But they claim no artificial flavours. http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254854147

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Do the robinsons drinks include artificial colouring? They can cause sleeplessness, and you are drinking quite a lot of their stuff.

Edit. Just looked at the list of ingredients, which is a mile long. But they claim no artificial flavours. http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=254854147

I read the label the other day ... long list of stuff I don't understand. They've still got aspartame in though, which some will say "don't touch".

I'm getting them at £1/bottle at the moment. I thought to transition to squash from Pepsi I should go for a brand that I knew I'd enjoyed in the past, hence the big brand name. Once weaned off, I can then try other cheaper brands (although I've tried the Lidl 89p ones and they're fine). I thought if I focussed on "cheap" at first they might be nasty and I'd give up too soon

I picked up a wine box from Lidl yesterday, to keep the bottles neatly beside the fridge. I thought that'd work - unfortunately six bottles of squash has a slightly larger footprint than six bottles of wine, so I can only fit five bottles in the six-pack box. But five in reserve's enough - and they're all pretty colours

I have one bottle on the go at a time, so that's kept in the fridge. The others are unopened. I wouldn't want to start having 2-3-4 opened bottles on the go.

80 calories/bottle as bought from the shop. Diluted down that's 16 calories/litre. Costwise it's 20p/litre once diluted.

lostinrates

Pn I'm really I impressed . Its a big change for your health. My gastro doctor is one of those very opposed to sweeteners and the dentists on the board voice strong opinions on what to drink between meals.

I love water, and have to keep well hydrated,in fact I have to drink very large amounts, but luckily i am usually only to happy to do so! but I find it hard in colder months too sometimes and do find a bit of flavour can occasionally help one over the hump. I'd try drinking a couple of glasses of neat water a day too, enjoy your cordial and cordial and water as water. Maybe think of them as drinks for different times of day?


( does this mean I shouldn't keep Pepsi max for when you visit so as not to whet your appetite for the stuff again? )

GDB2222

We have the same stuff. Are you meant to refrigerate it after opening?

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I read the label the other day ... long list of stuff I don't understand. They've still got aspartame in though, which some will say "don't touch".

It also contains Phenylalanine.

Side effects may include:
•Jitteriness and trouble sleeping

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/phenylalanine-uses-and-risks

There you go, problem solved, don't forget my fee.

Wheezy, NP MD.

hjd

I'm with Sue on sleeping problems - I am awake several times in the night, never feel rested in the morning.
I don't drink any fizzy drinks or coffee either. One or two mugs of tea a day, and I drink water the rest of the time, no juice, squash etc. . Maybe 2 glasses of wine a week. I should be healthier than I am!

hjd

SingleSue wrote: »

Josh's 18th birthday today, I feel officially old.

My grandmother claimed only to have felt old once one of her children became a pensioner..

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

( does this mean I shouldn't keep Pepsi max for when you visit so as not to whet your appetite for the stuff again? )

Absolutely keep it! I'll still be drinking it, but rein it in so it's back to being "a treat" and not the norm.