A boring Value Village day.. only these

[petek]

David

When you buy cranberry juice, check the label.. most Ocean Spray cranberry coctails are not 100% cranberry juice, only a small percentage with lots of water and sugars..I think Costco sells a brand that is 100% cranberry juice. That's why they call it Cocktail and not Juice, they can't legally if it's not 100%.

 

[user 12105]

cranberry juice

I believe northland is 100% juice.

 

[maytagbear]

Northland is a blend of juices

and is "100% juice," but not 100% Cranberry juice.

100% Cranberry juice is totally undrinkable. (I've tried.) One needs water, at least. My urologist said that the plain Cranberry Juice Cocktail(!), not Cran-apple, Cran-grape, or Cran-tangerine (my favourite) is the way to go for preventing UTI's. In my experience (all I can say--) is that he's been right for me.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[toggleswitch]

juices.

Speaking of juices.

I beleive I have become sensitve to high-fructose corn syrup.
(in juices, sodas and almost everything else..)

For our international friends this is an inexpensive sugar substitute. Changes taste too. I had 7-up in Europe made with sugar and here in the US where it is made with "HFCS" and they taste radically different. (I am assuming that the water was not the main cause.)

Does anyone else geet high then tired from this?
my blood-sugar level appears to be normal, and diabetes seems to be a non-issue at this time...

What is going on?

 

[petek]

Well Mr. toggle

It may be the caffeine. Did you know that in Canada and possibly Europe or certain countries there, that only "cola's" i.e. soda pop colored brown (Coke,Pepsi,root beer etc) can contain caffeine. 7-up, Mountain Dew etc since they aren't "brown" cannot contain caffeine like they do in the USA. Strange but true.

 

[toggleswitch]

interesting

I believe here to be called a "cola" there must be caffeine in it.

I did not know that the product had to be brown to have caffeine elsewhere..is that by law or tradition?

yet, I cant think of a clear soda with caffeine...

I thought in scandinavia coke and pepsi (not sure if called "Cola") are only available without artififical coloring and are, therefore, clear.

 

[foraloysius]

Well, it's brown in Sweden and Norway. Perhaps they use a natural coloring overthere. I posted a link to the Norwegian website. Say after me: Er du tørst?

http://www.cocacola.no/page3-0.jsp

 

[kenmore1978]

Tiredness

"Does anyone else geet high then tired from this?
my blood-sugar level appears to be normal, and diabetes seems to be a non-issue at this time..."

I'm on the Atkins Diet, and yes, that is exactly what happens. The sugar from soda or other quickly assimilated sweets causes the body to pour out Insulin to counter the rise in blood sugar. But them, one's blood sugar drops TOO low and you feel tired and sleepy. I used to feel drowsy after lunch all the time until I quit having large sugared sodas at lunchtimes and realized Atkin's was right.

 

[foraloysius]

Here is an interesting site about diets. There is a risk with Atkins that you get too much saturated fats and run the risk of getting problems with your kidneys or the cardiovascular system.

http://www.diet-i.com/

 

[toggleswitch]

Diets

Cool. White or brown, I'm sure it does satisfy a thirst.

I was always taught "Everything in moderation", which is an ethnic thing that goes back prolly thousands of years.

As far as diets go.. I did well on Atkins until gout reared its ugly head.

and today's mantra (repeat after Toggle...)

"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels."

and

"You can't lose weight by talking about it, you have to shut your mouth."

 

[toggleswitch]

Sorry , forgot to follow instructions.

Er du tørst?

Would that possibly be "Are you thirsty"?

 

[foraloysius]

Very good Steve! Your first sentence in Norwegian!!

 

[kenmore1978]

Atkins Diet

He addresses those things in his book, problem is that people don't follow his book to the letter like what should be done.

A lot of people get the idea that they suddenly should start eating tons of fat and protein, and that's not what he really says. He calls for taking certain tests before starting the diet that I'm sure people are skipping over.