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Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by mrduncan »

aristoxenus wrote: post #39
mrduncan wrote: post #3

My usual daily routine consists the following: 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning and lots of water and orange juice the rest of the day. I quit drinking soda years ago for the most part (still drink it occasionally but rarely) in college when it was just a lot cheaper to drink water instead and have never really had the urge to pick it up again. If you're looking to kick the soda, I'd suggest switching over to someth…

Easy on those juices -- that much simple sugar can lead to a metabolic/alertness roller coaster, if not weight problems.

Probably good advice, I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on the internet. For myself though, I stick mainly to water throughout the day.

Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by herval »

Water or green tea!

Beware the Coke Zero, its sweeteners are quite harmful, according to some physicists I consulted (and to what happened to myself: got very strong stomach pain for months, and the reason was that I got a reaction to Coke Zero! Switched to Coke Light and it's all gone...)

Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by CaptainMorgan »

Upon waking up I have 1-2 cups of coffee, minus the sugar.

Throughout the day I have close to a gallon of water. Also, I drink Weight Watchers soda: contains no sodium, no sugar, no calories, etc... Coke zeros contain sodium, no? If a drink contains sodium I always thought it defeated the purpose of drinking it - which in my case has always been to quench thirst... sodium acts as an agent to make you drink more never actually quenching my thirst - in my experience.

As far as alcoholic beverages, my handle speaks for itself. :)

Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by smokinn »

ashleyw wrote: post #17

On the average day: • 2x extra strong coffees with sugar (still dislike it really, too sour, but it wakes me up.) • ~1-2 litres of Coke and/or other fizzy drinks (my addiction) • 1-2 Hot chocolate (at night) • ~4x litres of water, sometimes with flavouring

No offense intended but are you overweight? If not, how do you keep the weight off with that much consumption? Daily gym?

Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by jsz0 »

When I was in Europe a few years ago I picked up a seltzer habit. Nothing is as refreshing as an ice cold seltzer. To me it rivals the effects of a coffee in the morning. It's a good alternative if you like fizzy drinks. You can mix some fruit juice in if you want something sweeter. Besides that I drink lots of ice black coffee in the summer -- homemade though because coffee shops use disgusting stale/burnt coffee for iced and it tastes really bad black. If you get some good beans, grind them yourself, and get the coffee off the burner quickly after brewing you'll get an ice coffee that isn't too bitter.

Re: Ask HN: What do you drink?

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Post by mannicken »

Coffee (French pressed, buy pre-grinded) with splenda.

Tea (black mostly like Red Rose, Earl Grey, English Breakfast with honey/sugar).

Water (after a run and before).

Perrier bubbly water.

Buttermilk.

Milk.

Diet coke, sprite zero, and other junk less often.

Sugarfree red bull.

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