i do drink them and i drink 2 litres a day now, but as much as i struggle to drink water on its own, i cant help wondering if it actually, when made up with "high juice" , that it is not benefiting me ?
2006-08-25 05:52:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Your kidneys use water and a process called osmosis to filter salt, urea and other waste products out of your blood. You do lose some vitamins and minerals in this process as well because your kidneys can't differentiate between different 'osmotically active' chemicals.
If you drink pure (normal) water your body has a much easier time cleaning out the wastes and keeping your salts at the right level and things.
The sugar or sweeteners and other chemicals in artificial juices are 'osmotically active' as well. Your body uses extra water to get rid of the chemicals and it has more difficulty in getting rid of the wastes and things that really need to go. Because your body is just trying to flush the stuff through, you are probably losing more of the good stuff that you need as well.
In conclusion, it is much better to drink plain water. I also think that non-caffeinated, un-sweetened herbal teas are just as good.
There is more about how your body works at:
http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-iQ_TenI9dLT74fuxz0hwQxOHovpKsgI-?cq=1
All feedback appreciated.
2006-08-25 06:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by SmartBlonde 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I squeeze some fresh lemons in mine. You can drink the "juice" ones. Just make sure there isn't any sugar added.
2006-08-25 05:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by Jen G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought they are not good for you at all.Many of them will have high levels of preservative and this usually consists of mainly sugar which as we all know is not good for us.
There are several flavoured waters available now which are not high in sugar and taste pretty good I think !
2006-08-25 06:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by any 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just remember juice has sugar and calories, water doesn't.
2006-08-25 05:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Nani 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
Nothing compares 2 mineral water
2006-08-26 07:11:34 · answer #5 · answered by mrcool_90 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well just water would be better... since there is no sugar in it. its not good to have that much sugar... or sugar substitute. you should be drinking water. or water with lemon or lime, thats pretty good for you too...
2006-08-25 05:56:14 · answer #6 · answered by rachel o 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this bottle water craze has got out of hand, bottled water is not as clean as tap water because the FDA does bottled water the EPA who have much higher standards takes care of tap water. so anybody spending there money on bottles of water is just not smart.
2006-08-25 06:00:55 · answer #7 · answered by native 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a tree might have a better water filtration system,i haven't really done much lab work on that though
2006-08-25 06:00:52 · answer #8 · answered by dale 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
plenty of choice in the supermarkets
2006-08-25 05:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi juice is full of sugars usually, so not very good for your teeth or health...........
2006-08-25 05:55:32 · answer #10 · answered by fossil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋