What low carb. drinks do you drink? This is... - Healthy Eating
What low carb. drinks do you drink? This is a multiple choice poll.
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Always decaffeinated tea and coffee. Skimmed milk. Tonic water and diet cola
That's good to hear. Do you drink these at meals only or throughout the day? 
Cup of tea,when I get up sometimes coffee mid morning. Water or tonic with meals. Sometimes have light ovaltine before bed. Trying to drink more water to improve kidney function.
Yes, more water is always good for kidney functions and also keeping the blood flow easier. I always drink a lot of water anytime I have to do a blood drawing so it can be done the first time when I'm at the lab. I have issues when the veins are hard to find with not enough water during the day.
Cocoa with soy milk too.
Which flavor of soy milk? Each type/flavor has different amounts of carbs.. 😀👍🌈🥛
By keeping a food diary I know how many coffees and teas I drink. I always keep a bottle of cold water with me and try to drink water the most.
Is the water bottled or is it filtered and put in a water bottle?😀👍🌈🥛
Tap water, I used to buy a lot of bottled water but now use my money more wisely.
We have a filter for the kitchen sink and fill water bottles for on the go.😀👍🌈
What sort of filter?
Water filter so it doesn’t taste bad/stale.😀👍🌈
I also make a homemade ginger, lemon and honey tea sometimes which I recommend. I peel and freeze the ginger and then when I want a cup, grate some ginger into a cup. Poor boiled water over it and add lemon and honey to taste.
Thank you! This sounds really good and delicious!😀👍🌈☕️
Hi Leah
Very good poll. I chose water, coffee, tea (Three Ginger Tea), club/diet soda (that's a very occasional treat).
Alicia
Thank you for saying that about the poll! I appreciate it very much!😀👍🌈
I drink tea a few times a day. I have diet soda sometimes with lunch depending on the day. I drink water multiple times a day with meals and my medication.😀👍🌈🥛
You're welcome Leah.
I drink a fair amount of water, that's what I'm drinking now. Diet soda is definitely a treat for me.
Alicia 🌈😊👍
Decaf coffee and tea, rice milk
How many times a day do you have rice milk?😀👍🌈🥛
Just once at breakfast.
That's good! Do you have it on cereal or on the side?
Breakfast is porridge or oatibix with rice milk. I am gluten and lactose free.
Do you get on OK with Oatibix if you are following a gluten free diet? They are made with regular oats (high chance of gluten cross-contamination) and barley malt extract, and we were warned to avoid them.
Never had any problems with Oatibix. I was advised to go gluten and lactose free December 2019 to reduce PMR inflammation and it made a big difference. I occasionally have something containing gluten with no adverse reaction.
Decaf coffee.
I also use kefir in smoothies.
Lots of herbal tea usually lemon and ginger , 2 pints of water throughout the day
W,C,T every day, BW mostly when travelling, M occasionally in coffee.
Sounds good! Do you have decaf tea or coffee or do they both have caffeine in them?😀👍🌈🥛
Not decaf coffee, teas are green, fruit, herbal.
I like green( along with other) tea. It helps before going to bed each night.😀👍🌈🥛
Decaff tea ,once a day proper coffee if I want another one - decaff. Sugar free and cafeen free pepsi , skimmed milk or fat free and sugar free almond milk. At least 2L of water every day - bottled or tap . I like pineapple and coconut juice a glass 😋.
I usually only have cranberry or pineapple juice when the blood sugars are dropping/under 100 mg/dl since I drop too fast. I drink decaf. teas during lunch and dinner.
Tis a good poll, my favourite is green or black tea, diluted grapefruit juice first thing in morning, juiced celery,ginger, apple later. I rarely drink with meals. Water, my family trundle into nearby woodland for fresh spring water, I boil it.
Thank you for saying that about the poll. I appreciate that very much. I was thinking of doing another poll related to different cheeses and one on different teas.
How far is the woodlands to get the spring water?
Oow cheeses and teas would be good polls. One spring water source is just 200 meters away, the other is 2miles through narrow lanes, both have watercress growing nearby which we pick for soups and salads, got to wash it a lot though.
Thank you for the great information! How long do you have to wash everything?
Yes, the cheese poll will be done in a few days.😀👍🌈
Ah good, will look forward to your cheese poll, they all give such interesting and different answers, it’s fun, thank you.
Rinse the watercress for a few minutes in fresh water, soak half hour in salt water, then another quick rinse, it’s worth it! Any sprigs with roots I plant in my garden but it’s slow without running water and tastes too peppery strong.
You must also make sure you are eating watercress, not ‘fools watercress’ which looks very similar, that tastes of carrots and is slightly poisonous ⚠️
Great advice! Thank you for letting me know that about the fools watercress. Never knew that information.😀👍😀
Always decaffeinated tea and coffee, drinking bottled water now also for my epilepsy medication due to possible dehydration.
I drink a lot of both filtered water from the kitchen sink and bottled water when on the go.
What decaf. teas are your favorites?
Tetley Decaf Tea and Kenco Decaf Coffee.
That sounds good!😀👍🌈☕️
I found a lovely drink that tastes a bit like Campari 🍷. Aecorn dry aperitif. I mix it with sparkling water and it’s wonderful 😊
We've given up caffeine in our house as my OH had really high blood pressure and was struggling to sleep. So my coffee is now decaffeinated and my diet coke is caffeine free.
I only have 1 or 2 coffees when I first get up and maybe with breakfast, the occasional diet coke with lunch but I drink glasses of tap water all day. I always have a glass next to me and top up when empty so probably drink around 8-10 glasses per day.
That's great to hear about the 8-10 glasses of water. I aim to try and drink that much each day. Sometimes, it may be more since I have to have a snack now and then depending on the blood sugars and I have to take medication before eating anything that isn't juice/fruit.
I've selected water and club/diet soda. I think club soda is sparkling water?
I mostly drink water and sparkling water, with the occasional diet coke (mostly as a mixer for rum).
Sometimes I have herbal tea too.
What flavor of herbal teas do you like? Are they decaf./caffeine?
I like peppermint or lemon and ginger I wish I liked some caffeinated ones though, sometimes you need a kick, I've just never liked the bitter taste.
It’s okay to like decaf..😀👍🌈 I drink decaf. before bedtime.😀👍🌈☕️
I drink mainly coconut water, also various herbal teas such as ginger tea and cinnamon tea
I like both ginger and cinnamon teas. We have some of them here and I drink them with some of my meals depending on what we are eating/time of season.
I also drink semi-skimmed milk. Like the Survey.
Thank you for saying that about the poll. I will do one on cheeses and what flavor everyone likes.
I drink de caff tea and coffee because otherwise I get heart palpitations and insomnia....thank you menopause 🤨. I don’t drink milk but I use in it my tea and coffee. My cold drink of choice is filtered water.
It's good to hear that you put milk in your coffee and tea. What flavor of tea do you use with the milk?
The best decaf tea I can find is good old Yorkshire tea. As for the best decaf coffee, I find that Percol’s decaf instant suits me. I use full cream milk because it’s lower carb than semi.
I drink Decaff too - PG tips are my current favourite but I will have to give the Yorkshire ones a try. Decaff Kenko is nice aswell 😊
Sounds great!😀👍🌈☕️
Also fresh Oat milk supplied by the Milkman my Tea is Green Jasmine plus Pure lemon juice
That's great to hear about the oat milk. Do you add it to cereal or drink it on the side?
Everything really, it tastes really creamy but light at the same time. The shop one I buy is Oatly barista
Actually, Low fat milk.
That's great to hear! Do you add it to anything or have it on the side with a meal/snack?
Hi Leah, great poll, I’m a tea drinker but do drink coffe and obviously water. I don’t have to worry about carbs but don’t like sugary drinks which helps. 😊
What's your favorite flavor of tea?
Thank you for saying that about the poll, Hidden ! I appreciate that very much. I was thinking of doing a poll on different cheeses.
I prefer a breakfast tea it’s a blend of black teas. 😊 a cheese poll is a good idea.
I will post the cheese poll Thursday night for Friday morning!😀👍🌈🧀
Decaf filter, chicory and cacao drink, (Oatily barista edition oat milk or black if fasting) herbal tea
Sounds good! What herbal teas do you like?
The only way I drink water is when it is boiled and and married to a teabag or some coffee. I don't really 'drink' milk, only add it to my tea and coffee. And coffee must have full fat dairy milk, and tea, semi-skimmed. 👍
When do you have the coffee/tea during the day?
