[Diabetes-talk] Sugar drinks

[Mike Freeman]

Bottled water is often no better and no worse than tap water throughout the U.S. Also, unless you specifically buy distilled water, minerals etc. Are not eliminated by using bottled water. 
I just drink from the tap and don't worry about it. 

Mike Freeman
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On Mar 26, 2013, at 9:45, "Sandi Ryan" <sjryan2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not only talking about soda, but also fruit juice and other sugary drinks (though most are sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup these days.) For some people, eating out is a license to eat whatever they want, and drink what they want, and it's a lot easier to get snagged and do your blood sugar harm by downing a 12- or 16-ounce glass of orange juice or eating a plate of fries served with a sandwich because "this doesn't happen very often."  As diabetics, we all make choices--I certainly drink diet drinks when I indulge (though they have issues, too, actually)--but some people may fit sugary drinks into their diets by skipping some of the sweeter foods I'd rather have.  When we took food last year, we bought bottled water for our room for two reasons:  You never know what the water in a city you're visiting will be like; and we wanted filtered water for use in the coffeemaker.  And my husband and I do limit the amount of any type of sweetened drink we have, whether diet or regular, so we wanted plenty of water to drink.
> 
> Sandi
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:09 AM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Sugar drinks
> 
> 
>> You mention not drinking sugar drinks, and this makes me think of
>> something. Is this really a problem for diabetics? Of course this is
>> rhetorical, but what's the problem with diet drinks? Maybe it's because
>> I've been diabetic since the age of four, but I always opt for diet
>> drinks or water. I know so many diabetics who don't do this, and I guess
>> I don't understand why it's such a big deal. I always assumed it was a
>> given a diabetic  would avoid the sugary drinks but guess not... And
>> it's kind of like alcohol, it's empty calories, and I'd rather spend
>> calories on actual food than a drink, grin.
>> 
>> Bridgit
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Sandi Ryan