Re: Non-NutraSweet drinks?

[Guest guest]

Rose-Marie,

My son drinks Clear American which can be purchased at Walmart. They have

many different fruit flavors and they actually taste very good for a caffeine

free, calorie free, sodium free soda.

The ingredients is Carbonated Water, natural flavors, citric acid, aspartame,

potassium citrate potassium benzoate(A preservative); Phenylketonurics:

contains phenylalianine.

Prior to the diet my son would drink water but he no longer likes to and we

were having trouble getting fluids into him. He just turned 4 so I just use

a little soda in a cup and then fill the rest with water and he is fine with

that.

He also loves popsicles made with this. He has been on the diet a year as of

January and at the beginning I was doing Kool-aid popsicles but I also got

quite tired of looking at his stained cheeks and chin.

I know that some kids do not do good with aspartame but luckily for us this

has not been a problem.

Janice - Mom to (seizure types myoclonic, atonic and tonic clonic - Now

seizure free over a year and totally med free!) Yeah to the diet!!

[Guest guest]

I don't know anything about the fruit drink but Splenda has a soda

called Diet Rite that tastes good.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

Fruit 20 is made w/ sucralose. We use Glaceau, flavored fruit water.

Tastes like very watered down fruity water, but better than plain water I

guess. We can get it at Bread & Circus, or Whole Foods.

Barvb Swoyer

Non-NutraSweet drinks?

> What might people suggest for drinks that are free from NutraSweet AND

heavy-duty dyes? isn't much of a water drinker , unfortunately. As

far as she's concerned, it only exists to rinse and spit after brushing her

teeth. We were doing well with flattened seltzer, but now we are trying to

steer clear of NutraSweet. We're sleuthing a possible pattern of tough days

following large amounts of seltzer and diet Jello. Bummer, as she loves her

Jello/cream/fruit snacks. She can handle any of the Kool-Aid sugar free

flavors without trouble, but during drooly allergy periods it would be nice

to avoid the bright dyes that stain her chin.

>

> We're willing to give Splenda-sweetened sodas a try. I have never seen

Fruit 2o in our grocery stores--is this available only in a limited

distribution area or in specialized stores? What is the sweetener?

>

> Thanks for your help,

>

> Rose-Marie,

>

> mom to , age 7, who is showing some wonderful new skills now that

she's off the meds!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jake used to drink that too (but we eliminated aspartame). It was the one

drink that he liked. It's very strong, so I too used to water it down....to

basically a drink of water w/ a splash of Clear American.

Barb Swoyer

Re: Non-NutraSweet drinks?

> Rose-Marie,

>

> My son drinks Clear American which can be purchased at Walmart. They have

> many different fruit flavors and they actually taste very good for a

caffeine

> free, calorie free, sodium free soda.

>

> The ingredients is Carbonated Water, natural flavors, citric acid,

aspartame,

> potassium citrate potassium benzoate(A preservative); Phenylketonurics:

> contains phenylalianine.

>

> Prior to the diet my son would drink water but he no longer likes to and

we

> were having trouble getting fluids into him. He just turned 4 so I just

use

> a little soda in a cup and then fill the rest with water and he is fine

with

> that.

[Guest guest]

Rose-Marie,

Katera won't drink plain water either. I use Koolaid's lemonade flavor.......

mainly because of the staining issue. Katera tends to be quite messy with her

drinks..... shakes and spills her sippy-straw cup all over the place..... so I

avoid the red dyes (not good for the brain anyway according to my naturopath)

and the dark green lime. The lemonade has almost no color. I sweeten only with

stevia. You can either make up a whole half gallon at a time..... or make it one

drink at a time with just a sprinkle of Koolaid powder and a tidge of stevia

powder. My fave is NuNaturals pure extract stevia powder.

Patti

Non-NutraSweet drinks?

What might people suggest for drinks that are free from NutraSweet AND

heavy-duty dyes? isn't much of a water drinker , unfortunately. As far as

she's concerned, it only exists to rinse and spit after brushing her teeth. We

were doing well with flattened seltzer, but now we are trying to steer clear of

NutraSweet. We're sleuthing a possible pattern of tough days following large

amounts of seltzer and diet Jello. Bummer, as she loves her Jello/cream/fruit

snacks. She can handle any of the Kool-Aid sugar free flavors without trouble,

but during drooly allergy periods it would be nice to avoid the bright dyes that

stain her chin.

We're willing to give Splenda-sweetened sodas a try. I have never seen Fruit

2o in our grocery stores--is this available only in a limited distribution area

or in specialized stores? What is the sweetener?

Thanks for your help,

Rose-Marie,

mom to , age 7, who is showing some wonderful new skills now that she's

off the meds!