http://www.rodale.com/healthy-soda-0
So, anyone know where you can get any of these in Switzerland or German border areas? I'm going to look for the German one, Bionade, in Jestetten.
Hey, we all know how evil fizzy drinks are, especially the diet ones with those nasty artificial sweeteners. Here is a great list of alternatives:
It's mostly marketing.
If you really want a less 'adulterated' product, drink plain natural water (from the tap!) - or make yourself a carbonated water with a squeeze of fresh juice (as in, squeeze yourself an orange, lemon, apple), and a dollop of sugar if you are after an energy boost.
For a slower energy boost, DIY glass of milk, with a teaspoon or two of chocolate powder (cocoa and sugar)...
What about water? In some places though it's more expensive than a simple soda... And I don't know why people love that crappy Evian stuff.
I've stopped drinking sodas for the last two months - never felt better.
I wouldn’t say the Bionade is that healthy with 14g of sugar! What size bottle is that? 125ml? We picked up an ordinary (not low/light) pink lemonade in Aldi in the UK a little while ago and that was 12.8g of sugar per 100ml.
Best alternatives, water - plain or flavoured (make yourself or buy) - teas of various types (black, green, herbal) and milk. Also fruit drinks can be quite low; I have Aldi’s Cranberry Happy Fruits drink at present and that’s 8.3g of sugar per 100ml.
Like everything else in life if you drink moderately, it doesn’t matter what you drink. A lot of problems are caused by people drinking litres and litres per day of fizzy drinks; even light and zero versions can cause problems if you do that long term. One glass/small bottle a day shouldn’t cause problems.
Speed? Or pro plus for a legal kick start.
Those sound lovely! I am always on the lookout for new alternatives :-) Thanks for the suggestions.
Water, malted barley, hops, sugar and yeast - nature's best.
People have been drinking this for centuries.
Water is the only great alternative, but the idea of paying for tap water is very hard for this American to swallow. I have started drinking soda and beer with meals here for that reason alone.
I don’t see why. What do you think the main ingredient of all those sodas, cokes and beers are? Water.
You’re not in America any more so get used to the way things are done here.
If you are looking for healthier versions of coke then you might want to consider getting a sodastream, these days they tend to use less sugar in their concentrates, instead they use either Asparteme(sp) ( though I personally have concerns about this sweetener) and sucralose (so far not seen anything bad about it), being an avid coke drinker and generally not a fan of the diet versions I like the sodastream full fat cola it has about a third of the calories of regular cola and about a quarter of the sugar.
Are you trying to be rude?
I love my sodastream, also you are not confined to the syrups, I like to experiment, squeezed lemon or lime, apple juice, and don't get me started on carbonated wine......!
No, I say it as an ex-American who’s had to adapt to the British way of doing things and more recently the Swiss. In the UK you wouldn’t even be offered water in a restaurant. Different lifestyle so some adaptation is needed. That’s part of the adventure of living in a different country.
I don't get it, if you don't want to drink fizzy drinks why would you want to replace them with... other fizzy drinks?
Note that most of the suggestions were for water, gazefied or not.
Not sure I'd like to try it with wine, but yeah, home-made fizzy water is much more versatile than just using it with pre-made syrups. I like about a third of a pint of nice apple juice, a good squeeze of lemon juice and the rest fizzy water. Totally refreshing, totally 'natural'.
Of course you would. Or beer, wine, tea, whatever you want.
Having a big glass of iced water chucked in front of me without asking or even being asked, particularly when it's the foul chemical brew that passes for tapwater in much of the US, is nearly enough to make me walk out of a restaurant. I usually glare at the server and ask them politely but firmly to please remove it from my sight.
Do try the wine, you will be surprised, very surprised, even before you start adding strawberrys.
Also try 1 third apple juice, one third cider and the rest water and lemon squeeze.
Gawd, roll on summer.
But we drink pretty decent Crémants d'Alsace for around 5Eu/bottle, so not much point, I feel. Anyway, wouldn't it mess up the mechanism? I know you're not suppose to use pre-sweetened liquids.
Or are you just meaning to add sparkling water to the wine to make a spritzer?
Nope! Just dump it in and you are good to go.