Comments on: Ideas to Buy Fewer Drinks and Drink More Water

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:05:38 +0000

We dilute our juice as well. I def. second this idea. Like, when we make concentrate juice, instead of adding 3 cans or h2o we will add 4-5.

My kids are fans of water and always have been. My little sister started calling it “diamond juice” so that the kids would like it better.

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By: GP

GP — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:49:03 +0000

I usually drink water at home and order soda when I eat out… My main problem, however, is drinking enough water. I also feel like I should be drinking milk and orange juice regularly to get calcium and vitamin C.

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:23:44 +0000

Yes, and I like the citrus slice in the glass makes you think you’re drinking like royalty.
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By: ChristineG

ChristineG — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:04:20 +0000

I don’t really have any new ideas, but I wanted to say that banishing sweet drinks can certainly be done. I was not raised on soda (or pop here in Canada), but I was raised on lots of fruit juice. I rarely drank water. As a result, it is hard for me to reach for water unless I keep other things out of the house. I keep a few cans of frozen lemonade for company/special occasions and I often make iced tea in the summer (raspberry leaf/oatstraw/nettle/red clover/mint blend), but other than that, I just don’t buy sweet drinks. I am very pleased that my children drink so much water, as they have not been raised with a juice habit.

So, I guess that would be my best tip. Just don’t buy anything else. Then, there is no choice to be made.
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By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:43:03 +0000

I found a wonderful Black Cherry concentrate by Knudsen Farms. It comes in a very small glass bottle. I water it down even more the suggested amount. It’s basically becomes flavored water but my kids love it. The best part is the glass bottle because glass is so much more sustainable to recycle than plastic.

ITA with the “train your brain” tip. It is so true.
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By: Shanna

Shanna — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:46:09 +0000

You have a fellow Kool-Aid drinker who resides in my home…my 53-yr-old husband. An AVID Kool-Aid drinker! Not picky about flavors, either. He makes his own and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t use a full cup of sugar, either.

By: Tish

Tish — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:21:59 +0000

Number 4 is so true. I LOVE the taste of water, and have times out of the month, say a week that I only drink water.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:39:48 +0000

I bought a Brita tank a few years ago at the thrift store for a couple of dollars. For us, having the water COLD and available makes all of the difference. Also, I grew up drinking milk, water, and occasional orange juice, and to this day I have no taste for pop. My husband is an entirely different story.

By: Marci@OvercomingBusy

Marci@OvercomingBusy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:30:02 +0000

Filtered water is pretty much all we drink here except for dilute fruit juices for the kids in the morning. Back in my working days, I would set a 32 oz cup of water on my desk with the goal of drinking it all in the morning and filling it up at lunch and finishing most of it by the end of the day. Since then, I always have a glass of water close by.
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