The Beverage Desert

[foxgrrl]

Why is it so hard to find something to drink? Oh yeah, because I don't want to drink:

• Tap Water
• High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Aspartame (NutraSweet)
• Alcohol
• Milk
• Caffeine
• Excessive amounts of Sugar

Dear Lazyweb: What kind of drinks can I put into my body? Note that most fruit juice available in the United States is fortified with High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Update:
Ok, small amounts of Caffeine and non-HFCS sugar are ok. I just don't want a lot of those most of the time.

Comments

[m4dh4tt3r.livejournal.com]

Bottled water in glass? I have very similar desires/restrictions on what I drink. Another problem with a lot of fruit juices is not just HFCS, frequently, there is some other form of sugar added. I drink juices that are 100% juice, and then I cut it with about 1/3-1/2 bottled water, depending on the sweetness of the juice, generally San Pellegrino because I like the fizzy. My favorite juices are cranberry, pomegranate, pineapple, and grapefruit.

[foxgrrl]

I've been doing something like this lately. Adding pure lemon juice to San Pellegrino. There is a brand of "Santa Cruz" organic lemon juice, which unlike every other bottle of pre-squeezed lemons you can find, does not contain Sodium Benzoate. Which is also on my list of things to avoid.

Sodium Benzoate turns into Benzine in the presence of ascorbic acid (vitamin C, E300).

[m4dh4tt3r.livejournal.com]

Sodium Benzoate turns into Benzine in the presence of ascorbic acid (vitamin C, E300).

Yeah. I've been avoiding any kind of preservatives, but that one in particular in the presence of ascorbic acid.

[centauress.livejournal.com]

...And just how much food would you have to consume to get a dose that would adversely affect? Something ungodly large, according to studies on mice and cows, in which it wasn't possible to feed them enough to get a negative reaction without feeding it to them straight, at 2 grams per kg dosages. At a concentration of 0.01% in a can of soda, how much would you have to drink to reach your threshold for statistical data of a 1/3rd of a lb dose?