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

[centauress.livejournal.com]

...And then you're drinking apple juice. So I don't see the reason for labeling it as another juice.

I did say tonic has corn syrup in it. However, it has [i]half[/i] the sugar of other things sweetened with corn syrup. And you can get kosher tonic from whole foods or a kosher store... No corn syrup.

[(Anonymous)]

Grapefruit juice sweetened with apple juice still tastes like grapefruit juice -- just not the kind that's so tart it makes your head implode. Same with pomegranate juice and cranberry juice. Plus you're still getting nutrients from the grapefruit/pomegranate/cranberry juices that you can't get from apple juice alone. Granted, not as much as if you were to drink it straight, but it's still good for you. *shrug*

[varaviksne.livejournal.com]

Grapefruit juice is considered tart? If so, then my tartness taste buds mustn't be working good...

I've been known to go to a grocery store, buy a 64 oz carton of Florida's Natural grapefruit juice, go out to the parking lot, and chug the whole carton.

More times than that, I've bought a 64 oz Odwalla grapefruit juice with "breakfast" and then nursed it all day.

And, when I have the ability to readily bring juice home from the store, I go through 3 or 4 cartons a week.